Finance & Banking · Week of Nov 2, 2026

Earnings, binary options and bank tech: the week in finance

Q3 results, new exchange products, bank technology rollouts and AI partnerships led a mixed week of finance and banking releases.

Nov 9, 2026 · Company Agile newsroom

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   Hagerty

   Hagerty Reports Third Quarter 2026 Results; Increases 2026 Growth Outlook

   Hagerty reported third quarter 2026 Net Income of $36 million and Adjusted EBITDA of $97 million, up 64% year-over-year, and raised full-year guidance to Net Income of $48 million–$60 million and Adjusted EBITDA of $305 million–$315 million. The company says Total Revenue fell 9% to $354 million because of the transition to the Markel Fronting Arrangement, which also brought $36 million of pre-tax transitional costs in the quarter.

2. 

   MIAX

   MIAX Files with the SEC to Offer Cash-settled Binary Index Options and KPI Binary Options on its SEC-registered Exchanges

   MIAX Options submitted proposed rule filings to the SEC on Nov. 3, 2026, to offer cash-settled binary index options, including on the Bloomberg 500 and Bloomberg 100, and binary options tied to company KPIs such as revenue or earnings per share. MIAX plans to launch the index contracts in 2027, subject to SEC review, with clearing at The Options Clearing Corporation, and says the KPI options timeline will be announced later.

3. 

   Hyperscale Data Inc.

   Hyperscale Data Held Approximately $50.6 Million of Bitcoin, Cash and Restricted Cash as of November 1, 2026

   Hyperscale Data says it held approximately $50.6 million in Bitcoin, cash and restricted cash as of November 1, 2026, including 211.4639 Bitcoin valued at about $16.5 million. The company is targeting December 2026 to energize the initial 10 megawatts of critical IT capacity at its Michigan AI data center and expects to divest Ault Capital Group, Inc. in 2027.

4. 

   Associated Banc-Corp

   Associated Bank and Associated Bank Foundation commit $2.1 million across Nebraska and Council Bluffs, Iowa, carrying American National Bank's legacy forward

   Associated Banc-Corp and the Associated Bank Foundation announced a $2.1 million commitment in Nebraska and Council Bluffs, Iowa, including $100,000 to The Salvation Army Western Division paid over four years from January 2027 and $2 million in foundation community investments. The commitment follows the bank's acquisition of American National Bank, which closed April 1, 2026, with customer account conversion completed in October 2026.

5. 

   Alkami Technology, Inc.

   Fidelity Bank Expands Relationship with Alkami by Launching MANTL Loan Origination

   Alkami says Pennsylvania-based Fidelity Bank, an existing Alkami Digital Banking customer, is live with MANTL Loan Origination and is originating personal and vehicle loans through it. The bank replaced siloed legacy systems to handle applications in a single system across branch and digital channels, according to the release.

6. AMBR

   HashKey Capital Joins AMBR in Accelerating AI Agent Integration Across Financial Services

   HashKey Capital and AMBR announced a strategic partnership on Nov. 4, 2026, at Hong Kong FinTech Week to explore AI agent use in investment research, operational automation and institutional client services. AMBR says it is its first major partnership since its business transformation, and the deal also gives AMBR clients access to more HashKey Capital products.

7. 

   1919 Investment Counsel, LLC

   1919 Investment Counsel Expands Senior Client Advisory Team

   1919 Investment Counsel, a subsidiary of Stifel Financial Corp., appointed James Russell Sugg, Jr. as Principal, Senior Client Advisor on its Birmingham team, based in North Carolina. The firm says it managed approximately $27.4 billion in assets as of September 30, 2026, including $3.2 billion in responsible investing strategies.

8. 

   Opera Limited

   Opera reaches 100 million PC users for the first time, growing 16% year over year

   Opera says its PC browsers reached 100 million monthly active users in October 2026 for the first time, up 16% year over year. The company says the desktop user base is central to its push into Europe and North America and cites AI features such as Browser Connector and WebAI added over the past year.

This roundup is written with AI assistance from the press releases listed above, using only what they state. The releases are the companies' own announcements, not Company Agile reporting.