January 2026 – Page 50 – Finance Updates

CAI Software & Print ePS Merge: Boosting Manufacturing ERP & Graphic Communications

CAI Software and Print ePS completed a merger...

The combined business will operate three divi...

Brent Pietrzak was named CEO and Cort Townsen...

The company has 800+ employees across North A...

GE Vernova Sells Proficy Software to TPG for $600M to Sharpen Grid Software Focus

Americas M&A Software Publishers

GE Vernova agreed to sell its Proficy manufac...

Proficy represents about 20% of GE Vernova’s ...

GE Vernova plans to reinvest proceeds into it...

The deal is expected to close in the first ha...

How Sages Intelligence Is Scaling Industrial Robotics with Embodied AI and Profitable Global Expansion

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

Shanghai-based Sages Intelligence (founded 20...

Proceeds will fund R&D (~40%), overseas expan...

Sages sells mobile and multi-arm industrial r...

Already profitable, it ships about 1,000 unit...

Fifth Third-Comerica Deal: Stakes, Risks & Financial Impacts for Regional Banks

Americas M&A Depository Credit Intermediation

On Jan. 6, 2026, Fifth Third and Comerica sha...

The deal would create the ninth-largest U.S. ...

Management projects about $850M of annual cos...

Activist HoldCo opposes the terms and is suin...

Crypto Gambling Surges but Faces Major Consumer, Regulatory & Investment Risks

Global Risk Gambling Industries

The article is largely promotional, highlight...

The crypto casino market is growing rapidly, ...

Deposit volume is concentrated among a few op...

High growth is offset by significant consumer...

How Hedera’s Tokenization Tools are Unlocking Compliant DeFi Derivatives

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

DeFi derivatives are scaling toward instituti...

Hedera is shipping compliance-oriented tokeni...

Tightening rules (MiCA, SEC, AML/KYC, stablec...

Key open issues are liquidity depth, legal en...

Explosive Growth in IRD, Credit & Crypto Derivatives Meets Tough New Rules from ESMA & UK EMIR

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

OTC rates derivatives activity jumped in Q3 2...

Credit derivatives also grew, as index CDS no...

CME crypto derivatives hit records with over ...

EU and UK reforms (EMIR/MiFIR and UK EMIR REF...

Markets Rally on Big Tech; Oil, Fed Moves, Inflation Remain Key for Investors

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

The S&P 500 hit a record, but most stocks fel...

Oil prices dropped after President Trump said...

U.S. data was mixed as ISM services strengthe...

Treasury yields edged lower as investors weig...

Seasonal Stock Market Trends: Why September Falters & Years End Rally Boosts S&P 500

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

Across major U.S. indices, long-run seasonali...

Recent 10- and 20-year results through 2025 b...

Sector data likewise finds April, November, a...

Seasonality can aid timing and risk managemen...

Markets Surge on Jan 6: Equities Soar, Precious Metals Rally Amid AI, Macro Uncertainty

Americas Markets Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities

U.S. stocks rallied Jan. 6, 2026, with the Do...

Leadership came from AI-linked areas, small c...

Gold and silver extended a powerful run on sa...

Investors are watching rich valuations and ne...