Financial

Credit bureaus earn a fee when a lender pulls a file. A tri-merge report requires pulling from all three bureaus, so each mortgage generates three paid pulls. Under a bi-merge rule, lenders would pull from two, which cuts the number of paid pulls by …

Garden Stage (NASDAQ:GSIW) is a Hong Kong financial services provider offering placing and underwriting, securities dealing and brokerage, asset management and investment advisory services. It listed on Nasdaq in December 2023 in an offering that raised USD 11.5 million after the over-allotment. After a …

Donegal Group (NASDAQ:DGICB) has two listed share classes, and the Class B shares trade in very small volume. On September 30, 2026 the shares gapped from USD 15.53 to an open of USD 16.46, about 6 percent, simple arithmetic, on only 5,938 shares at …

On September 28, 2026 FHFA Director Bill Pulte announced that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac would replace separate loan-level pricing grids with one grid, with VantageScore 4.0 joining the existing FICO Classic grid. Previously VantageScore received a 20 point deduction, a handicap that kept …

IP Strategy Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:IPST) is based in Gig Harbor, Washington, and was known as Heritage Distilling, which listed in November 2024 under the ticker CASK. It changed its ticker to IPST on September 22, 2025 and its name on February 17, 2026, and …

Nu Holdings Ltd. (NYSE:NU) filed a Form 6-K on September 30 after the close. It said that as a matter of general practice it does not comment on specific opportunities, but given media speculation it clarified that, while it has great respect for Monzo, …

MetLife, Inc. (NYSE:MET) disclosed the estimate on September 24, which is before the September 30 start of the window used for most items in this series, so it is included here as a recent, still-relevant preview. Variable investment income includes returns from private equity, …