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Franklin Templeton and DigiFT Partner to Expand Benji Tokenisation in Asia

The tie-up will make Benji-related products available to accredited and institutional investors through DigiFT’s regulated platform.

OpenAI Commits Over S$300 Million to Singapore

The new Applied AI Lab will create more than 200 technical roles and support AI projects across public services, finance, healthcare and digital infrastructure.

Trust Bank Cuts Human-Handled Chats by 50% With Gen AI Chatbot

The chatbot handles routine banking queries in-app while escalating more complex cases to human agents.

US fintech Moment lands $78m in Series C fundraise

Index Ventures led Moment’s Series C round, returning as an investor less than 10 months after leading the firm’s Series B raise.

The Point Zero Forum in Zurich deals with the future of the global financial world from a European perspective.

Together, these changes are intensifying the global race among major economies and corporations to build, scale, and control the next generation of financial infrastructure.

Barclays Research Expects Humanoid Robots to Fundamentally Reshape the Real Economy

At the centre of this shift is the emergence of humanoid robots.

AI squeeze hits audit firms in Cayman

One way that large audit and consultancy firms in Cayman control costs is by hiring entry-level staff from lower-income countries.

Stablecoin growth stalls as banks contemplate use cases

US Senate pushes ahead with Clarity Act despite concerns over yield payments

Oman's AI race moves from apps to infrastructure

Hassan Al Lawati said Otech, the fully owned technology arm of Omantel, isexpanding its cloud, data centre, cybersecurity and AI computing capabilities as government and enterprise demand for local digitalinfrastructure increases.

Singapore: Due Diligence in AI Contracting (Thomson Reuters Practical Law 2026)

Singapore currently does not have a single overarching AI law.

AI WealthTech Moment raises $78 million

This comes less than 10 months after Moment’s $36M Series B, which was also led by Index Ventures.

Binance Bahrain Reaffirms Security Credentials with Renewed ISO Certifications

The certification process was conducted by A-LIGN, a technology-enabled security and compliance partner serving more than 4,000 organizations globally.

Canaccord Wealth UK Partners with Bitwise to Launch Crypto ETPs

Strategic Significance: This collaboration marks a significant advancement for Canaccord in offering structured crypto exposure, and while currently limited to eligible clients

The Future of Digital Assets

For banks and other financial institutions, the issue is no longer whether digital assets matter, but how to respond as money, assets, and settlement become increasingly programmable.

How AI Rewrites the Rules of Brand Discoverability in Banking

AI assistants are shaping customers’ perception and decisions, forcing banks to rethink how their brands and products are discovered, compared, and purchased.

Vast Majority of Accounting Teams Are Adopting AI Tools

New report shows rapid AI adoption is outpacing software planning and execution in accounting

Sygnum Completes First Live AI-Agent Driven Digital Asset Transactions by a Regulated Swiss Bank

This is the latest initiative from AI@Sygnum which leads the development, integration and governance of agent-driven workflows across the group globally.

Fiserv, OpenAI team up to at embed AI into banking operations

The companies are also exploring how AI can simplify complex banking transformation projects such as core system migrations, digital upgrades and integrations, areas that traditionally require significant time and resources.

ChatGPT now wants to connect up to your bank accounts — so what could possibly go wrong?

OpenAI launches a personal finance service in ChatGPT

Banks and FinTechs overtake crypto in F1 sponsorship growth

The report suggests that F1 sponsorships are no longer dominated by crypto firms alone.

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