MFIN - Latest News

Medallion Financial Corp. (MFIN), operates in Financial Services / Financial - Credit Services, trades on NASDAQ.

Market capitalization stands near $223.5M. Trailing twelve-month P/E ratio is 5.47. Beta to the broader market is 0.75.

The article list below shows the most recent MFIN headlines from major financial news vendors. For options traders, the most actionable items are earnings releases, analyst rating changes, M&A activity, and regulatory filings - each can drive a meaningful repricing of implied volatility and shift dealer hedging flow. Pair the news context with the implied-volatility skew and gamma exposure views to see whether the options market has already priced in the headline.

Recent MFIN Headlines

BIMIZCI Nominates Three Directors at Medallion Financial Corp.; Cites Deteriorating Performance, Governance Failures, and Federal Securities Judgment

globenewswire.com - May 14, 2026

BIMIZCI filed its definitive proxy statement on May 8th, 2026 and launched the "Restore the Shine" campaign to replace 3 directors at Medallion Financ

Medallion Financial Corp. (MFIN) Q1 2026 Earnings Call Transcript

seekingalpha.com - Apr 30, 2026

Medallion Financial Corp.

Medallion Financial (MFIN) Q1 Earnings and Revenues Miss Estimates

zacks.com - Apr 29, 2026

Medallion Financial (MFIN) came out with quarterly earnings of $0. 2 per share, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.

Medallion Financial Corp. Reports 2026 First Quarter Results

globenewswire.com - Apr 29, 2026

NEW YORK, April 29, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Medallion Financial Corp. (NASDAQ: MFIN) (“Medallion” or the “Company”), a specialty finance company tha

Medallion Bank Reports 2026 First Quarter Results and Declares Series G Preferred Stock Dividend

globenewswire.com - Apr 29, 2026

SALT LAKE CITY, April 29, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Medallion Bank (Nasdaq: MBNKO, the “Bank”), an FDIC-insured bank providing consumer loans for the p

How News Affects MFIN Options Pricing

Headlines and scheduled events drive implied volatility in two distinct ways. Pre-event, IV typically inflates as uncertainty about the outcome rises; this is the implied-volatility expansion that creates the long-vol setup. Post-event, IV typically contracts sharply as uncertainty resolves; this is IV crush, which makes premium-selling structures profitable when they survive the underlying move. The size of the crush depends on how stretched pre-event IV is relative to the realized move. Track MFIN's implied vs realized volatility over the news cycle to size pre-event vs post-event positioning. For ticker-level dealer positioning context, the gamma exposure view shows whether dealers are positioned to amplify or dampen post-news moves.

Frequently asked MFIN news questions

What is the latest MFIN news headline?

The most recent MFIN headline (May 14, 2026) is "BIMIZCI Nominates Three Directors at Medallion Financial Corp.; Cites Deteriorating Performance, Governance Failures, and Federal Securities Judgment". The five most recent stories with summaries and publication times are listed above, sourced from major financial news vendors.

How fresh is the MFIN news on this page?

News rows refresh roughly every 30 minutes during the trading day. The five most recent headlines are listed in publication-time order. Press releases from the company itself typically appear within minutes of the wire release; third-party reporting may lag by 30-60 minutes depending on the source.

What MFIN news moves options pricing?

Three categories move single-name IV most aggressively: scheduled earnings releases (priced into pre-event IV, crushed post-event), unscheduled M&A or strategic announcements (rapid IV expansion, slower decay), and regulatory or legal events (drug-trial readouts, antitrust filings, FDA approvals). Routine news flow (analyst commentary, sector rotation) typically does not move IV meaningfully unless it triggers a cluster of rating changes.

How can I track unusual MFIN options activity related to news?

Unusual options activity often precedes news by hours to days; the canonical signals are volume substantially above the trailing average concentrated in a small number of strikes, atypical put/call skew, and aggressive execution (at-the-ask sweeps or block prints). Cross-reference the per-ticker gamma-exposure and volume-history pages with the news flow above to triangulate informed vs uninformed flow.