Banking

Denver – October 05, 2026 -- KeyBank has signed a three-year renewal with Kroenke Sports & Entertainment (KSE), securing naming rights to a new premium seating area and the exclusive designation as Official Retail Bank Partner of the Colorado Avalanche.

KeyBank secures naming rights to new glass-side premium seating area

The agreement rebrands an exclusive, all-inclusive premium seating section on the glass as the KeyBank Ice Deck, featuring eight tickets in the corner of the Avalanche's attack-twice side at Ball Arena.

Bank extends 30-year sponsorship history dating to franchise's 1995 Denver debut

KeyBank has been an original partner of the Avalanche since the team relocated to Denver in 1995, spanning more than 1,428 wins and three Stanley Cup Championships. Last season, the bank presented the Avs Alley watch parties during the 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs.

Miami – October 01, 2026 -- Nuix used Sibos 2026 to position its Nuix Neo platform as a tool for financial institutions to convert unstructured data into usable financial crime intelligence, citing that up to 90% of enterprise data remains unreadable by conventional systems.

Nuix Neo processes over 1,000 file types to surface hidden risk signals

The platform's patented processing engine extracts information from emails, chat logs, counterparty data, transaction records, case files and voice recordings at a binary level. Deterministic natural language processing classifies and risk-scores the data, while semantic search surfaces relevant documents across languages based on meaning rather than keywords alone.

"AI is only as good as the data beneath it, and in complex financial crime investigations seeing and connecting all evidence is critical," said Chris Stephenson, Head of Industry Advocacy at Nuix.

Nashville, Tenn. – October 01, 2026 -- INSBANK marked the 10th anniversary of its INSBY Awards on September 30, naming four Middle Tennessee businesses for entrepreneurial achievement at a ceremony held at Belle Meade Historic Site & Winery.

Four client firms receive 2026 recognition

Infinity Hospitality, a Nashville event planning company serving weddings and corporate events, led this year's honorees. Worley Sound, a premium live sound reinforcement and audio consulting firm, and TMP, a Nashville-based architecture and interior design practice, were also recognized. Venture Express, a carrier specializing in high-volume, time-sensitive freight shipping available 24/7, rounded out the 2026 class.

Johannesburg – October 01, 2026 -- Absa Group has selected Thunes as a strategic Multicurrency Clearing partner, expanding a collaboration that links Absa's Pan-African banking footprint to Thunes' Direct Global Network spanning more than 140 countries, 90 currencies, and 220 payment methods.

Deal builds on South Africa's Absa Global Pay launch

The new agreement extends the two companies' prior rollout of Absa Global Pay in South Africa, which combined Absa's banking franchise with Thunes' global payment connectivity and local-market capabilities. The expanded partnership now underpins Absa's broader cross-border payments strategy across African and global markets.

Clearing link enables payouts beyond bank accounts

By connecting directly to Thunes' network, the collaboration allows Absa to route payouts to mobile wallets and card rails, not just bank accounts, with 24/7 liquidity and enterprise-grade compliance built in.

Pine Bluff, Ark. – September 29, 2026 -- Simmons First National Corporation (NASDAQ: SFNC) will release third quarter 2026 earnings after market close on Thursday, October 15, 2026.

Management Sets October 16 Conference Call for Investors

The bank holding company's executives will host a live conference call at 7:30 a.m. Central Time on Friday, October 16, to review quarterly results with analysts and shareholders. Interested parties can join by dialing toll-free 1-844-481-2779 within North America and referencing conference ID 10212015.

The call will also stream live via the Investor Relations section of simmonsbank.com, with a recorded version accessible for at least 60 days following the session.

Miami – September 28, 2026 -- Chainlink said it is enabling financial institutions to connect their systems and key-signing infrastructure to Swift's blockchain ledger, opening a path for banks to run 24/7 tokenized deposit payments without replacing existing settlement arrangements.

Chainlink Runtime Environment powers a self-signing model for bank connectivity

The solution centers on a self-signing model built through the Chainlink Runtime Environment (CRE), which orchestrates workflows linking financial institutions to Swift's ledger while institutions retain control of transaction-authorizing keys. Banks can adopt round-the-clock tokenized payment workflows while preserving current security governance, approval processes, and operating models.

Charlotte – September 28, 2026 -- Huntington National Bank will install its name atop the One South office tower in uptown Charlotte and expand its regional headquarters to four full floors, doubling its footprint in the building as it deepens its commitment to North Carolina and South Carolina.

Huntington doubles its footprint at One South tower

Huntington will occupy the entire 39th and 40th floors of the 40-story building at 101 S. Tryon St., adding to two floors it already holds and bringing its total presence to four full floors. The bank opened its regional headquarters at One South in 2023 and now houses several hundred colleagues there and across the greater Charlotte area, spanning multiple business segments and operational functions.

New York – September 28, 2026 -- Bank of America has launched Payments Insights, a new CashPro capability giving corporate and commercial clients AI-driven analytics on payment efficiency, cross-border flows and working-capital performance across U.S. accounts.

CashPro processed 213 million payments in the first half of 2026, up 10% year over year

The volume growth underscores the scale treasury teams now manage, with Bank of America framing even incremental efficiency gains as materially impactful at that transaction level. Payments Insights joins CashPro Data Intelligence, the bank's AI-powered suite that already includes Capital Markets Insights, Mobile Security Insights, CashPro Forecasting and CashPro Search.

Miami – September 28, 2026 -- Finastra unveiled a new Supply Chain Finance (SCF) solution at Sibos 2026, aiming to help banks scale working capital programs and accelerate time to market through cloud, AI and API-enabled infrastructure.

Platform integrates with Trade Innovation and Loan IQ via Nexus API suite

The end-to-end SCF platform supports buyer and supplier acquisition, onboarding, fulfillment, servicing, risk management and secondary market distribution. It connects with ERP systems and trade ecosystem partners through Finastra's Nexus API suite, and is built on a cloud-native architecture with deployment options ranging from on-premise to SaaS.

Riyadh – September 28, 2026 -- Aljazira Bank has signed an agreement with Thunes to overhaul its international remittance infrastructure, giving the Saudi lender real-time access to billions of bank accounts and mobile wallets worldwide.

Saudi Arabia ranks among the highest cross-border payment markets globally

Research by Thunes and Juniper Research found that 56% of Saudi residents sent money internationally in the past year, placing the Kingdom among the world's most active cross-border payment markets. The deal comes as Saudi Arabia positions itself as a digital finance hub under its Vision 2030 economic diversification plan.