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Why trust is becoming the real currency of AI in banking

AI may be breaking the traditional change model with its speed, but it is not proof in itself that a change is safe and ready for production.

QNB Group accelerates global AI and digital infrastructure financing in Q3

The Q3 activity demonstrates the Group’s ability to mobilise international capital through collaboration between its teams

BlackRock on a crypto buying spree with over $560 million Bitcoin haul in 5 days

Despite IBIT’s gains, the broader U.S. spot Bitcoin ETF market recorded a smaller net inflow of $301.2 million.

Banks face three-way test as AI reshapes digital finance

This is an enormous figure when compared with Vietnam’s GDP, which currently stands at around $500 billion.

Fintechs top banks and stablecoins for cheap cross-border payment - BIS research

By contrast, fintech transfer costs are considerably lower and decline substantially as a share of the amount sent as transfer size increases.

Is Your Crypto Safe If Your Custodian Goes Bankrupt?

The panellists see banks entering the space as partners that grow the market, while tokenised assets raise a new test of whether the token matches the record behind it.

HSBC Makes First Tokenised Fund Investment With Ant, Franklin Templeton

The collaboration highlights efforts to connect tokenised financial products that typically operate on separate systems.

ALX roundtable pushes AI adoption, workforce readiness

Ola Igwe, Chief of Staff and Operations at ALX Nigeria, opened the event before handing over to Ruby Igwe, Regional Director for West and Central Africa at ALX Enterprise, who led the afternoon’s sessions.

Barclays cutting 5,000 jobs as it increases reliance on AI

The banking group is reaching the end of a three year cost-cutting programme focused primarily on its UK retail banking arm, although the investment banking division is also affected.

Rothschild prioritises personal relationships in the AI age

The bank’s co-head of global financing solutions on why he has stayed at the bank for more than 25 years

AI Emerges as Top UK Financial Adviser Directing £47bn in Assets

This £47.4bn in AI-influenced capital places these tools among the top five most influential "adviser firms" in the country, trailing the £69bn managed by Evelyn Partners but surpassing the £40bn advised on by True Potential.

FINNY AI Partners with Visionary Square on Prospecting

Visionary Square will cover FINNY subscription costs for its network of 250-plus advisors, giving them access to AI-powered tools meant to find clients and fuel growth.

Wall Street brings blockchain into the fold

Using the technology behind cryptocurrencies doesn't necessarily mean using the currencies themselves.

Santander expands Nvidia AI partnership after cutting AI costs

The bank also said an experimental customer service deployment improved conversation quality while reducing costs by more than 50 per cent through the use of a more efficient AI model.

Evervault launches Browser Tokens, enabling secure agentic payments

Ramp and Natural are among the first customers building with Browser Tokens.

Bitget Plans to Acquire Licensed Crypto Exchange in Thailand

Bitget is taking the acquisition route into Thailand's regulated crypto market rather than building operations from scratch.

Humanoid robots grab headlines, but investment flows to specialized physical AI

Physical AI refers to autonomous and versatile robots that can perceive, decide, and act in the physical world.

Bank bosses under pressure to implement AI ahead of time

The vast majority of bank bosses in the UK and Ireland feel they are being pressured to implement AI technology more quickly than they feel is comfortable.

JP Morgan brings JPM Coin to Ethereum

Already on Base, the layer 2 blockchain built by Coinbase, it is now also on Ethereum, with its established depth of onchain liquidity and tokenised assets, extending the reach of institutional finance on public blockchain.

Mastercard launches Stablecoin Security

The solution builds on Mastercard’s existing capabilities and helps financial institutions identify fraud, scams, sanctions and other financial-crime risk indicators throughout the stablecoin payment lifecycle

Bitcoin, Blockchain & AI