Architect Financial Technologies and Apex Fintech Solutions Enter Preliminary Agreement to Bring New US Perpetual Futures and Options to Apex's Brokerage Network

Collaboration will integrate Architect's American Innovation Exchange into Apex's platform and establish a framework for joint product development

CHICAGO, Sept. 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Architect Financial Technologies Inc. ("Architect") and Apex Fintech Solutions ("Apex"), today announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding ("MOU"). The agreement outlines a plan to enable Apex's correspondent brokerage firms to offer their customers futures, options, perpetual futures, and related derivatives listed on Architect's U.S. derivatives exchange, the American Innovation Exchange ("AI Exchange").

Under the terms of the MOU, participating Apex correspondent firms can access eligible AI Exchange products through Apex's derivatives infrastructure. Architect plans to provide its APIs, SDKs, FIX connectivity, technical documentation, and engineering support for the integration. Architect's AI Exchange develops novel US-listed derivatives in compute and AI supply chain commodities, and the planned alliance aims to provide Apex's client base of over 42+ million end customers seamless trading access to these growing markets.

Additionally, Architect and Apex intend to collaborate on the design and listing of new exchange-traded derivatives based on demand identified across Apex's wide-ranging brokerage network.

Brett Harrison, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Architect, commented on the planned integration, "Distribution is one of the central challenges in bringing a new derivatives market to scale. Apex provides a common infrastructure layer for a vast network of over 200 brokerage firms. It's a privilege to work with the pioneer of digital, API-driven custody and clearing to bring compute futures and novel contract design to US markets."

"It's our job to handle the complex plumbing connecting financial markets so that our clients don't have to," said Travis McGhee, Global Head of Digital Markets at Apex Fintech Solutions. "This planned collaboration with Architect is about extending our derivatives infrastructure, giving brokerage firms a streamlined way to access and offer novel products tied to the AI economy and beyond."

The agreement follows Apex's recent expansion of its derivatives infrastructure to support CFTC-regulated event contracts and prediction markets for its brokerage clients.

The agreement also expands on Architect's May 2026 acquisition of IMX Health LLC, a U.S. Designated Contract Market, which the company is operationalizing as the AI Exchange pending regulatory review. The exchange is designed to provide a single US platform to trade all inputs and outputs of artificial intelligence, including futures, options, forwards, and swaps on compute, inference, memory, critical minerals, power, foreign currencies, and related equities.

To learn more about Apex's brokerage, custody, and clearing services, please visit https://apexfintechsolutions.com/. Sign up to trade perpetual commodity futures and options, compute capacity, and inference on the AI Exchange at http://architect.co.

About Architect

Architect Financial Technologies Inc is a multinational derivatives exchange group and electronic brokerage. The company offers the American Innovation Exchange, the first US Designated Contract Market purpose-built for the artificial intelligence economy, pending regulatory review. Architect Bermuda Ltd. operates a traditional asset perpetual futures exchange regulated by the Bermuda Monetary Authority. Architect Securities LLC is a FINRA-registered Introducing Broker-Dealer for SEC-regulated securities and security derivatives. Architect Financial Derivatives LLC is an NFA-registered Independent Introducing Broker for CFTC-regulated futures, swaps, and options. To learn more, please visit architect.co.

About Apex
Apex Fintech Solutions provides the tools and services that enable hundreds of clients to launch, scale, and support digital investing for tens of millions of end investors. The company provides essential infrastructure and a comprehensive ecosystem of cloud-based products to enable and streamline trading, wealth management, cost basis, tax reporting, and, through its subsidiary Apex Clearing™, custody and clearing. Apex Clearing Corporation is registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) as an Futures Commissions Merchant with the National Futures Association (NFA), operating under their regulatory oversight for futures, CFTC-regulated cleared swaps/event/prediction market contracts.

Apex Clearing Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Apex Fintech Solutions Inc., is an SEC registered broker dealer, a member of FINRA and SIPC, and is licensed in 53 states and territories. Securities products and services referenced herein are provided by Apex Clearing Corporation. FINRA BrokerCheck reports for Apex Clearing Corporation are available at: https://www.finra.org/brokercheck

Commodity futures and options on futures products and services referenced herein are provided by Apex Clearing Corporation, a CFTC and NFA registered futures commission merchant. NFA BASIC reports for Apex Clearing Corporation are available at: https://www.nfa.futures.org/basicnet.

For more information, visit the Apex Fintech Solutions website: https://www.apexfintechsolutions.com.

Apex Media Contact: press@apexfintechsolutions.com 

Architect Financial Technologies Inc.'s intended products described herein will only be offered in compliance with all applicable law and regulations, and subject to regulatory approval.

This communication is for informational purposes only, and does not constitute a recommendation, investment, or legal advice.

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