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Guidewire fiscal 2026 earnings insurance software
Guidewire Posts 23% Revenue Growth and Record-Low Customer Attrition

September 4, 2026

Guidewire Software, fourth quarter and fiscal year 2026 results, reported September 3. The Guidewire fiscal 2026 earnings report shows revenue of 1,475.4 million dollars for the year ended July 31, up 23 percent year over year, from a company whose core-systems software runs claims handling and policy administration for more than 570 property-casualty insurers in

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Alpaca IDX agreement exploring cross-border access between Indonesian brokers and global capital markets
Alpaca Signs Indonesia Stock Exchange as It Chases Global Retail Investors

September 4, 2026

Alpaca IDX agreement documents were signed in Jakarta on 1 September by Alpaca co-founder and chief executive Yoshi Yokokawa and IDX president director Jeffrey Hendrik. The two sides will explore expanding cross-border access between Indonesian and global capital markets using Penyaluran Amanat Luar Negeri, or PALN, the mechanism letting Indonesian brokers route customer orders to

FNZ equity raise funded entirely by existing institutional shareholders rather than new outside investors
FintechSeptember 4, 2026
FNZ Raises $450 Million From the Same Investors Who Already Own It

FNZ equity raise number three in under two years landed on 1 September. The global wealth-management platform secured $450 million in new equity entirely from existing institutional shareholders: La Caisse, CPP Investments, Generation Investment Management and Motive Partners. No new investors joined. What the FNZ Equity Raise Delivers FNZ says the equity raise funds its

Grupo Salinas Integral Digital trading desk technology
FintechSeptember 4, 2026
Grupo Salinas Taps Integral Digital to Power New Crypto Trading Desk

Grupo Salinas and Integral Digital, trading desk technology deal, announced September 3. The Grupo Salinas Integral Digital agreement makes Integral Digital the technology behind a new institutional digital-asset trading desk run through Grupo Salinas' COINPRO unit. Grupo Salinas is the Mexican conglomerate that also owns Banco Azteca, and the desk will serve corporate and institutional

Block Nova Credit partnership distributing the Cash App Score to external lenders for underwriting
FintechSeptember 4, 2026
Block Opens Cash App Credit Score to Outside Lenders

Block Nova Credit distribution begins now. Block is opening its proprietary Cash App Score to external lenders for the first time, routing it through Nova Credit so lenders can plug the score into underwriting workflows they already run. Customers need no new credentials, and consent lives in the Cash App Money Tab. What the Block

BitGo Decibel custody connectivity Aptos blockchain
FintechSeptember 4, 2026
BitGo Links Institutional Wallets to Aptos-Powered Decibel Exchange

BitGo and Decibel, custody connectivity, announced September 3. The new BitGo Decibel custody connection adds support linking BitGo's institutional multi-party-computation self-custody wallets to Decibel, a decentralized spot and perpetuals exchange built on the Aptos blockchain. The integration runs through WalletConnect and lets institutional clients trade on Decibel while their assets stay inside BitGo-connected wallets, preserving

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Stripe PayPal bid abandoned by the Advent consortium after a sharp recovery in the target share price
FintechAugust 30, 2026
Stripe and Advent Walk Away From Their $53 Billion Run at PayPal

Stripe PayPal bid talks are over. The consortium of Stripe and private equity firm Advent International has abandoned its pursuit of PayPal, according to Bloomberg, ending months of speculation over what would have been one of the largest leveraged buyouts on record. PayPal shares fell as much as 16% in premarket trading Friday, after closing

Feathery AI decisioning platform for insurers and wealth firms
AI in FinanceJuly 17, 2026
Feathery Raise Gets Insurers to Put Money Behind AI Underwriting

Feathery AI decisioning just got funded by the people it automates. Feathery, which builds an AI operating and decisioning system for insurance and wealth management firms, has raised $30 million in total funding including a recently closed Series A led by Portage Ventures. The round drew Index Ventures, Clocktower Ventures, and Bain Capital Ventures, alongside

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Market RumorsMarch 14, 2026
Gilead Snaps Up Arcellx in $7.8B Most cancers Drug Deal

Whoa, speak about a blockbuster transfer within the biotech world! Gilead Sciences simply dropped the information that’s acquired everybody buzzing: they’re shopping for out Arcellx for a whopping $7.8 billion. This isn’t simply any deal—it’s all about dashing up a promising new remedy for a number of myeloma, a tricky type of blood most cancers.

Tilly's Q4 earnings beat showing TLYS stock pop after fiscal 2025 fourth quarter results
Market RumorsMarch 14, 2026
Tilly’s Q4 Earnings Beat: 5 Powerful Signals

Tilly's Q4 Earnings Beat sent TLYS stock up more than 60% in after-hours trading on March 11, 2026. The youth-focused retailer posted total net sales of $155.1 million for fiscal 2025 Q4. That figure came in comfortably ahead of the $148.7 million Wall Street consensus. Net sales rose 5.3% year-over-year despite the company operating with

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Rival Matrix integration bringing options execution algorithms into a single institutional trading interface
Rival Systems and Matrix Executions Team Up on Options Trading, a Quiet but Telling Capital Markets Deal

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Rival Matrix integration news landed on Tuesday, August 11, from Chicago, where both firms are based. Rival Systems builds professional trading and enterprise risk management software. Meanwhile, Matrix Executions runs institutional electronic trading focused on advanced options algorithmic execution. The Rival Matrix integration places those execution algorithms inside Rival One, so traders reach them without

NMI AXIUM SmartPOS Android terminal accepting card-present payments at a retail counter
NMI Moves Into Hardware With Its First Android Card-Present Terminal Line

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NMI AXIUM SmartPOS launched on July 21, 2026 as what the company calls its first all-in-one card-present terminal line, aimed at ISOs, ISVs, SaaS platforms, and their merchants. The line runs on the Ingenico AXIUM Android platform and integrates with the NMI payment acceptance platform. Initial supported devices carry PCI PTS v6 certification through 2032.

Mandela Dollar proposed stablecoin framework targeting remittance corridors across the Global South
The Mandela Dollar Wants to Be a Stablecoin. Right Now It Is a Sign-Up Form.

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Mandela Dollar applications opened on July 18 for financial institutions, intergovernmental bodies and policy research groups, with Mandela Digital inviting institutional participation in a proposed dollar-backed stablecoin aimed at Africa, Southeast Asia, Latin America and diaspora remittance corridors. The window opened on Nelson Mandela International Day and runs 67 days, one for each year of