Financial Services

Chicago – – September 30, 2026 -- Kin Insurance said it will allow consumers using Meta's Muse AI agent and other AI shopping agents to obtain home insurance quotes directly through its digital platform, breaking from insurers and marketplaces that are moving to block AI agent access.

Kin opens its platform while rivals erect barriers

Kin Founder and CEO Sean Harper said the company will not block Muse, arguing that AI agents represent a shopping channel poised to grow as significantly as the web itself. Harper said many home insurers still lack online quoting capabilities, a gap that limits their ability to capture traffic from AI-driven shopping tools.

Lincoln, Neb. – September 30, 2026 -- Assurity has appointed Draper Daniel as Vice President of Customer Connections, placing him in charge of the insurer's customer service operations and experience strategy.

Daniel brings 28 years of insurance industry leadership to the role

Daniel has spent more than 28 years in the insurance sector, with a track record in operational leadership and business transformation. He has previously managed large customer service organizations and led high-performing teams focused on operational improvement.

Assurity executive cites fit with company's continuous improvement culture

Tara Benson, Assurity's Senior Vice President of Operations, said Daniel's experience combining people, process, technology and strategy would help the company evolve how it serves customers and distribution partners.

United States – September 30, 2026 -- Column, a nationally chartered bank processing more than $4.5 trillion in annual transaction volume, has partnered with short-term rental platform Guesty to launch purpose-built banking for property managers handling owner and guest funds.

Column brings fiduciary-grade banking to Guesty's 500,000-plus properties

The partnership targets eligible Guesty customers in the United States and internationally, giving operators access to Column deposit and trust accounts designed for fiduciary workflows. Features include separated trust and operating funds, role-based permissions and approval controls, and pass-through FDIC insurance for owner funds, subject to applicable requirements and limits.

Mutual customers also gain direct access to Column's APIs for programmatic banking, backed by a dedicated property management banking team from Column.

New York – September 30, 2026 -- ProphetX, described as America's first federally regulated sports-native prediction market, has signed a technology partnership with Plaee to give distribution operators a single integration point into its CFTC-regulated exchange, avoiding custom builds for each new partner.

Plaee's stack bundles trading, CRM and compliance access for operators

Through the deal, operators connect to ProphetX via Plaee's Prediction Trader, a white-label trading interface, and PlaeeOS, a CRM, personalization and monetization engine. Plaee says the setup lets operators add prediction markets to an existing product line or launch a standalone distribution channel within weeks using their current teams, rather than building exchange connectivity, liquidity access and regulatory infrastructure themselves.

San Jose – September 30, 2026 -- AppZen has launched Autonomous Cards, an AI agent layer that automates compliance, monitoring and spend intelligence for enterprise corporate card programs, as commercial card volume in the U.S. hit $2.23 trillion in 2024, up 4.5% year-over-year, according to the Nilson Report.

AppZen deploys AI agents to process transactions without replacing existing card infrastructure

Autonomous Cards connects directly to companies' existing purchasing, virtual, fleet, ghost, and lodge card programs, keeping current banks and issuers intact while adding a unified AI and compliance layer. The system continuously monitors eligible transactions, using card data, merchant details, Level 3 detail, supporting documents and company policy to determine what was purchased and whether it complies with internal rules.

Stockholm – September 30, 2026 -- Autoliv, Inc. has retired 1,232,671 shares of common stock repurchased during the third quarter, reducing its total issued shares to 74,421,702 as of September 30, 2026.

Outstanding shares now stand at 72,006,695 following the retirement

Each outstanding share carries one vote. The retirement lowers the total count of issued shares, a mechanical adjustment tied to Autoliv's ongoing buyback program.

Autoliv holds 2,415,007 shares in treasury with no voting rights

Under Delaware law, treasury shares carry no voting rights and no entitlement to participate in distributions. The company disclosed the change as required under the Swedish Financial Instruments Trading Act (lagen (1991:980) om handel med finansiella instrument), with the filing distributed on September 30, 2026, at 08:00 CET.

Autoliv trades on the New York Stock Exchange under ALV and on Nasdaq Stockholm under ALIVsdb.

Chicago – September 30, 2026 -- Bruce Markets LLC, an SEC-registered broker-dealer and operator of Bruce ATSTM, has secured new strategic investment from PEAK6 Investments and Robinhood Markets to extend U.S. equity trading into a continuous weekend session, pending regulatory review.

The move would create the first round-the-clock U.S. equity trading ecosystem for global investors, layering a weekend session onto Bruce ATS's existing overnight window, which currently runs from 8:00 PM to 4:00 AM ET.

PEAK6 remains majority shareholder as Robinhood joins as new investor

PEAK6 Investments continues as Bruce Markets' majority shareholder, with Robinhood Markets entering as a new strategic backer. Existing investors Apex Fintech Solutions, Fidelity Investments, Nasdaq Ventures, NH Investment & Securities, tastytrade and Webull retain their positions.

Washington – – September 29, 2026 -- Fannie Mae has completed the sale of its twenty-eighth Community Impact Pool (CIP) of non-performing loans, with VRMTG ACQ, LLC emerging as the winning bidder for a package of 24 loans carrying $6,200,360 in unpaid principal balance.

Dallas-Fort Worth pool draws cover bid at 94.07% of unpaid balance

The single pool, geographically concentrated in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, was originally announced on August 19, 2026, and is scheduled to close on November 19, 2026. The average loan size in the pool stood at $258,348, with a weighted average note rate of 4.26% and a weighted average broker's price opinion loan-to-value ratio of 59%. The cover bid -- the second-highest offer received -- came in at 94.0740% of UPB, equivalent to 55.22% of BPO value.

New York – September 29, 2026 -- MyComplianceOffice (MCO), a compliance management software provider for financial services, has appointed John Schobel as President, adding a 25-year RegTech veteran to lead its global go-to-market strategy following a $100 million-plus strategic financing round.

MCO's revenue climbed 22% from 2024 to 2025 as client base expanded

The compliance software firm now serves more than 1,500 client companies across over 125 countries, onboarding more than 100 new firms during the same period. The growth trajectory coincides with recent strategic growth financing from Accel-KKR Credit Partners, which MCO says will fund continued expansion and product development.

Phoenix – September 29, 2026 -- Millennial Shift Technologies (mShift) has partnered with PebbleRisk to embed AI-powered risk assessments from PebbleRisk's Signal Platform directly into the mShift Marketplace, giving insurance professionals a new tool to evaluate account exposures during submission and placement.

Signal Platform pulls evidence from over 50 data sources to score risk

PebbleRisk's Signal Platform automates research and evidence collection across more than 50 data sources, producing structured reports with risk scores, findings, recommendations, and supporting evidence. The assessments cover 21 specialty lines, including Directors and Officers, Employment Practices Liability, Fiduciary Liability, Cyber, Technology Errors and Omissions, and Professional Liability.