Finance, Banking & Insurance

Stuart, Florida – October 01, 2026 -- Health In Tech, Inc. (Nasdaq: HIT) has launched HitRix, an AI-powered platform built to automate large-group self-funded health insurance submissions, while cutting its full-year 2026 revenue outlook to approximately $33 million, roughly flat against 2025.

HitRix automates census, claims and plan document processing for brokers

The platform uses AI-powered document intelligence to ingest, extract and structure census information, claims data and plan documents that brokers previously had to manually compile across multiple formats. Brokers can then manage submissions across multiple carriers and managing general underwriters, track market activity and compare proposals within a single environment, replacing workflows that historically relied on spreadsheets, emails and separate insurance portals.

New York – October 01, 2026 -- Whop introduced Economic Intelligence, a new intelligence layer that pushed combined sales up 31.8% among more than 14,000 businesses during a one-month beta test.

Beta users saw double-digit gains across key metrics

Businesses using Economic Intelligence for one month, compared with the prior month without it, recorded a 26.3% increase in unique paying customers and a 26.5% rise in transaction count, alongside the 31.8% sales growth, according to Whop.

Washington – September 30, 2026 -- TrustEngine has named Brandon Durham as its first Vice President of Adoption and Partnerships, tasking the 20-year mortgage technology veteran with driving daily use of its MortgageCoach platform among loan officers.

Durham will manage integrations across ICE Encompass, Cotality SmartFees, Lodestar and Optimal Blue

The newly created role puts Durham in charge of TrustEngine's partnerships across the mortgage technology stack. These integrations pull pricing, fees, borrower data and loan details directly into MortgageCoach, aiming to reduce friction for loan officers during borrower conversations.

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.

Vancouver – – September 30, 2026 -- Silvercorp Metals Inc. (TSX: SVM) (NYSE American: SVM) has extended its shareholder proxy voting deadline to September 30, 2026 at 4:00 p.m. Pacific time, after approving a further revision to a special resolution governing amendments to the Company's corporate Articles ahead of its annual general and special meeting scheduled for October 2, 2026.

Company narrows information it can demand from director nominees

Silvercorp has amended Article 16, which governs how shareholders nominate individuals for election to the Board. Having initially proposed limiting the information required to assess a nominee's independence, the Company has now gone further, removing its ability to request any nominee information beyond items specifically enumerated in Article 16, paragraph 4. A redline of the proposed changes was filed on SEDAR+ on September 29, 2026 under "Other Securityholder Documents."

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.

Mutsamudu, Comoros – September 30, 2026 -- MEXC recorded the highest order book liquidity at market price for both SOL and DOGE among eight exchanges surveyed in CoinGecko Research's 2026 Crypto Liquidity on CEXes Report, which tracked the top five non-stablecoin assets over 60 days from July 6 to September 3, 2026.

MEXC posts $934,000 in SOL liquidity at market price, the study's top figure

CoinGecko found SOL liquidity more evenly distributed across venues in 2026 than the prior year, even as overall depth declined. MEXC held the lead at the immediate market price, though Bitget and Coinbase overtook it beyond the ±$0.20 range, indicating a more fragmented competitive field for SOL execution.