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StanChart to Offer Digital Asset Custody Services in Singapore

The service targets institutional and corporate clients, adding Singapore to the bank's digital asset infrastructure alongside the UAE, Luxembourg, and Hong Kong.

Ovanti explores fintech infrastructure expansion with Malaysian MoUs

Agreements support Ovanti’s renewed focus on growing Malaysian operating business

Swift blockchain ledger requires key internal layers, Taurus co-founder warns

Banks need their own permissioned ledger, wallet tools and smart-contract capabilities before they can use Swift’s tokenized-deposit network, Taurus’s Lamine Brahimi said.

Banks embrace AI, but need to show tech is benefiting bottom lines, report finds

AI benchmarking platform Evident ranked Canada’s five biggest banks in the top 30 of a list of 50 global financial institutions on talent, innovation, leadership and transparency.

AI systems most at risk of cybersecurity attacks, PwC report shows

Amongst the existing cybersecurity threats, attacks against AI systems are the ones leaders feel least prepared for, according to a new PwC report.

Backbase bets agentic AI can rewrite bank service economics

The product moves banking beyond simply giving people digital access.

Backbase Rolls Out Conversational Banking for Voice and Text Requests

Banks can set permissions, restrict access to information and require human approval before AI agents take certain actions.

JPMorgan Chase extends lead as world's most AI-advanced bank

Across the 50 banks assessed, AI capabilities advanced nearly three times faster over the past year than the average across the previous three years.

OKX Money takes stablecoins into everyday spending

Users can top up their accounts in more than 50 currencies, with deposits converted into dollar-backed stablecoins.

AI arms race is radically reshaping the fraud threat in EMEA: FICO

FICO global survey of financial institutions on fraud protection shows 25%+ rise in fraud attempts for one-third of EMEA financial institutions as fraud complexity increases

MAS issues AI risk management guidelines for financial sector

MAS plans to consult on additional guidance on agentic AI in 2027.

CaixaBank creates AI and data division to accelerate transformation

The bank said the unit will focus on developing AI solutions in a scalable, secure and responsible way.

Airwallex Brings Agentic Banking to Business Accounts

The financial infrastructure company has upgraded its global accounts to let AI agents manage liquidity and FX exposure within pre-set rules.

Anchorage Digital expands global services with Standard Chartered

The firm's Singapore business is now offering clients access to USD accounts and Swift transfers, extending a capability already available to US firms through Anchorage Digital Bank to institutions worldwide.

Barclays Expands Claude AI Use Across Software and Operations

Barclays is already using Claude beyond software engineering.

AI arms race is radically reshaping the fraud threat in EMEA: FICO

And nearly half ranked effective AI integration as a top challenge, underscoring that embedding AI into existing fraud controls remains as much an operational hurdle as a technological one.

Ant International expands HSBC partnership for tokenised treasury services

As part of the initiative, Ant International completed pilot transactions across two payment corridors linking the United Arab Emirates and Hong Kong.

Bitcoin’s latest hacks expose where trust really sits in Asia

Trust has dispersed into a collection of smaller, more transparent assumptions.

Small banks are early AI adopters but infrastructure holds back scale

Nearly 2 in 3 already use AI in their IT departments, according to SAS’ study.

Are the machines rising? South African finance and security facing looming AI threats

It goes far beyond asking an AI model to draft an email or answer a straightforward query.

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