Financial Services

Greenwich, Conn. – September 23, 2026 -- AdminaHealth has launched an AI-powered data assistant for Enterprise customers of its Billing Suite, letting users query billing, enrollment, and reconciliation data using plain-language questions instead of navigating reports screen by screen.

Assistant answers billing queries directly from workspace records

Users can ask what a group's bill totaled for a given month, where a mid-period adjustment originated, or which member's coverage changed, and receive a direct answer drawn from that workspace's data.

NEW YORK – September 23, 2026 -- M&A litigation settlements in the Delaware Court of Chancery hit 25 in 2025, the highest count since 2012, yet aggregate settlement value collapsed to $326.6 million from an inflation-adjusted peak of $734.8 million in 2023, according to a Cornerstone Research report released today.

The median settlement fell to $10 million in 2025, the lowest figure recorded across the 14-year study period, which draws on a hand-collected sample of 143 settlements with known monetary amounts between 2012 and 2025.

West Chester, Pa. – September 23, 2026 -- Mole Street, an Elite HubSpot Solutions Partner, will exhibit at Booth 5 during the Digital Marketing for Financial Services Midwest Summit at the Hilton Chicago on September 22-23, presenting data from a new report co-authored with HubSpot based on a survey of 270 U.S. financial services leaders.

Ho Chi Minh City – September 23, 2026 -- STARCARES, the corporate social responsibility programme of global multi-asset broker STARTRADER, delivered gift sets, household essentials and cash support to 213 people at SOS Children's Village Ho Chi Minh City in Go Vap during a Mid-Autumn Festival event called "A Full Moon for Every Child."

Aid reaches 60 children and 213 total beneficiaries at the Go Vap village

Every child at the village received a gift set containing a lantern, cookies, a water bottle, a milk pack and a colouring kit. Hygiene, cleaning and pantry supplies were distributed to village houses, alongside financial support for operating costs, reaching house mothers and staff among the 213 recipients.

New York – September 22, 2026 -- YELL, a payments platform serving consumers and small businesses, has appointed Raphael Blunschi as Chief Executive Officer as the company surpasses 27,000 customers as of September 2026.

Blunschi brings three decades of Swiss banking and asset management experience to YELL's leadership

Blunschi spent more than 30 years across Swiss banking, institutional asset management, and digital assets. He was a founding member of UBS's prime brokerage business and, at RMF/Man Group, built a multi-billion-dollar global managed account platform designed to make hedge fund exposures transparent and institutionally scalable. He then spent 13 years at K2 Advisors, a Franklin Templeton investment company, serving as Chief Administrative Officer, Executive Committee member, and fund board director for eight private funds.

Dallas – September 22, 2026 -- Integrity, LLC, a Dallas-based distributor of life and health insurance and wealth management solutions, has partnered with Mint Health Insurance Agency, a Southern California independent marketing organization led by Miriam and Albert Vega. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Mint gains access to Integrity's AI-powered IntegrityCONNECT platform

The partnership gives Mint's agents access to IntegrityCONNECT, which provides on-demand leads, instant quoting, application and enrollment tools, and ongoing plan management. Integrity also offers its voice-activated digital assistant, Ask Integrity, which delivers real-time coverage recommendations and policy lifecycle reminders.

New York – September 22, 2026 -- OM-eTrading, LLC ("OMeT") has signed a strategic licensing agreement with SwapData AI Solutions, LLC to build out OMeT-i, its newly formed market data intelligence division for over-the-counter interest rate swaps.

Kirby moves from SwapData AI founder to Senior Managing Director of OMeT-i

Michael Kirby, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of SwapData AI, has been appointed Senior Managing Director of OMeT-i, where he will oversee product architecture, commercial licensing operations, and market expansion for the division.

SwapData AI grants OMeT-i a perpetual enterprise license to its core platform

SwapData AI has granted OMeT-i a perpetual enterprise license to its proprietary SwapData.ai software architecture. The platform will be fully migrated into OMeT's core environment to aggregate, normalize, and process public Swap Data Repository (SDR) feeds across multiple asset classes and execution venues.

Denver and Los Angeles – September 22, 2026 -- Luxury Asset Capital, which has financed over $1 billion in loans backed by luxury assets, has struck a strategic partnership with Timepiece Grading Specialists (TGS) to link watch collectors directly to non-bank financing within 24 hours.

TGS-graded watches now unlock direct loan access across four lending brands

The alliance connects TGS's collector community to Luxury Asset Capital's full brand suite, including Borro, Beverly Loan Company, New York Loan Company, and Palm Beach Loan Company. Collectors who have already used TGS to grade and evaluate their timepieces can leverage those authenticated watches as collateral for short-term capital.

State College, Pa. – September 22, 2026 -- Giv Local, LLC, a Pennsylvania-based payment processor, is donating 20% of its processing revenue to nonprofits chosen by its merchant clients, a model that undercut a national competitor's rates for one Ohio retailer while funding local causes at no extra cost to businesses or customers.

Rate hike at national processor pushed Ohio retailer to switch

Roads Rivers and Trails (RRT), an independent outdoor retailer in Milford, Ohio, left its national payment processor after the provider raised rates without warning. Owners Bryan Wolf and Emily White evaluated multiple replacement processors before selecting Giv Local, found through the B Corp certification directory.

Los Angeles – September 22, 2026 -- Composition Wealth, a registered investment advisor managing more than $12 billion in assets, has appointed Gabrielle Glemann as General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer and Joe Salcido as Head of Advisors, adding two executives with a combined 40 years of industry experience to its 125-employee national platform.