Finance, Banking & Insurance

Topeka – October 29, 2026 -- Capitol Federal Financial, Inc. (NASDAQ: CFFN) has repurchased 2,512,196 shares at an average cost of $8.64 since July 1, 2026, while its board declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.085 per share.

Dividend payable November 20 to holders of record on November 6

The payout goes to stockholders of record at the close of business on November 6, 2026. Based on the 123,413,063 shares outstanding as of October 23, 2026, the declared rate implies a cash outlay of roughly $10.5 million for the quarter.

Buyback of 2.5 million shares ran from July 1 through October 23

The repurchases at $8.64 per share on average imply about $21.7 million deployed over the period. The company reported total shares outstanding of 123,413,063 as of October 23, 2026.

BOSTON – October 29, 2026 -- Clean Energy Ventures (CEV), a venture capital firm investing in climate technologies in North America and Europe, has appointed Aruna Ramsamy as Managing Partner to lead its European operations from London.

CEV targets early-growth and growth-stage deals with the new hire

The appointment is meant to expand CEV's capabilities in early-growth and growth-stage investing, deepen its European presence and add experience for its active portfolio companies. Ramsamy will identify, assess and structure new investments, guide portfolio companies through growth inflection points and contribute to the growth of CEV's asset management platform.

Middle East – October 29, 2026 -- GPS jamming affected 124,235 vessels worldwide in the third quarter of 2026, according to Windward's Q3 Maritime Risk Report. The AIS records marine insurers have long used to settle pay-or-reject decisions are no longer a reliable basis for loss investigation in the highest-risk regions.

Jamming runs at 5,131 incidents a day and has produced 3.35 million false meetings

Jamming averaged 5,131 incidents per day across the quarter, broadly unchanged from Q2. Since Operation Epic Fury began in February 2026, Windward has recorded more than 3.35 million false ship-to-ship meetings, in which injected coordinates made vessels appear to rendezvous when no meeting took place.

Denver – October 28, 2026 -- EverPeak Insurance has appointed Patrick K. Daley, CPCU, a underwriter with more than 30 years of experience in large, complex and hard-to-place risks, as Chief Underwriting Officer. He will lead underwriting strategy and quality standards across all EverPeak lines of business.

Daley's first mandate targets workers' compensation and BOP

Daley's first priority is a new value proposition for EverPeak's Workers' Compensation Middle Market business, which has long relied on deep data analysis, technology and service. He will also lead the relaunch of Attune's Business Owner's Policy (BOP) product. He will cross-sell BOP and other products to EverPeak's workers' compensation customers.

EverPeak President Kathy Kranz said his expertise in complex and hard-to-place risk is "exactly what we need" as the company expands its offerings.

Los Angeles – October 28, 2026 -- OriginPoint Mortgage has recruited the We Fund LA team from New American Funding, adding more than $200 million in annual mortgage production and an established Southern California presence to its originator base.

Arias and Sequeira co-manage the team that moves to OriginPoint

The team is co-managed by Daniel Arias and Ron Sequeira. Arias has 22 years of industry experience and serves borrowers and real estate partners across Los Angeles, Southern California and Santa Barbara. His record includes perennial President's Council honors, recognition among the nation's top 1% of mortgage originators, and repeated selection as a Scotsman Guide Top Originator.

We Fund LA combines a broad range of financing solutions with proprietary technology and a personalized service model. The team focuses on complex financing cases and has built lasting relationships with borrowers and real estate professionals in the region.

SAN FRANCISCO – October 28, 2026 -- Corgi Insurance, an AI-native, full-stack commercial insurance carrier, has appointed Josh LaRiccia as Head of Distribution, a hire who previously onboarded 15,000 users and 13,000 agencies onto a platform at his own firm.

LaRiccia built distribution at First Insurance & Risk Management over four years

LaRiccia co-founded First Insurance & Risk Management and spent four years building its distribution operations from scratch. He developed relationships with agents, wholesalers and industry partners that formed the firm's distribution network and market presence.

Toronto – October 28, 2026 -- The Ontario Securities Commission has issued a receipt for CADC Reserve Trust's final prospectus dated October 22, 2026, qualifying a continuous offering of a Canadian dollar-referenced stablecoin in every Canadian province and territory at a fixed price of C$1.00 per token.

CADC Reserve Trust sells tokens through Authorized Participants

The issuer distributes CADC Tokens, which reference the Canadian dollar on a one-for-one basis, through a network of Authorized Participants. These may include registered crypto trading platforms, Canadian financial institutions and platforms that hold exemptive relief to trade stablecoins on a non-custodial basis. Participation is subject to the eligibility requirements in the prospectus and the applicable exemptive relief. Loon Payments Inc. is the servicer and administrator of the issuer.

Cologne – October 28, 2026 -- DEG - Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft has committed its 100th ImpactConnect financing, a €5 million loan to KBE Tunisie, a subsidiary of Germany's KBE Group. The loan funds a new production site in Monastir, Tunisia.

ImpactConnect has provided €345 million in loans across 25 markets since 2019

The program has co-financed investments by German companies in 25 emerging markets since its 2019 launch. Companies contributed roughly €350 million of their own funds alongside the €345 million in ImpactConnect loans.

The German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) provides the funding. ImpactConnect is the second pillar of DEG's financing offer for German companies, next to DEG's own-funds financing.

Frankfurt am Main – October 28, 2026 -- KfW committed €225 million through its ERP Founder Loan – StartGeld in the first half of 2026, a 75 percent increase on the same period of 2025.

KfW issues about 2,320 commitments, 34 percent more than a year earlier

Between January and June, the German promotional bank granted roughly 2,320 commitments under the programme, which covers business start-ups, company successions and the expansion of young businesses. Funding volume grew faster than the number of approvals (75 percent versus 34 percent). The KfW Start-up Monitor published in May had already shown rising company formation in Germany.

BOSTON – October 28, 2026 -- Mutual Benefit Group (MBG) has selected four Duck Creek products, Policy, Billing, Producer Portal and Clarity Data Foundation, to run a greenfield build of its future-state platform for a new business in Delaware, Duck Creek announced.

MBG to launch three commercial lines in Delaware

The Delaware business will start with Businessowners Policy, Commercial Umbrella and Workers' Compensation coverage. MBG will expand into other states only once it has proven out the model, according to the company.

Existing Duck Creek Claims and OnDemand use anchors the expansion

MBG already runs Duck Creek Claims and Duck Creek OnDemand. The new deployment extends that cloud foundation to the new lines of business, and MBG plans to apply the internal platform expertise it has built over time.