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Former Visa crypto lead launches open payments network

Stablecoins offer fast, low-cost global rails, but are spread across many blockchains, which pushes that complexity onto users.

Belize Bank Picks Backbase for Six-Year Digital Banking Overhaul

Three marketplace partners complete the build: Feedzai for fraud detection, Jumio for identity verification, and DocuSign for electronic signatures.

Singapore Wants AI Investment to Deliver Measurable Value

Tan Kiat How urged companies to redesign workflows around AI and link deployments to measurable outcomes.

MoonPay to acquire private markets platform North Capital

The deal integrates North Capital's regulated brokerage and investment advisory operations into MoonPay, unifying fiat, crypto, and private securities on a single platform.

AI Validation in Financial Institutions

From Challenge to Competitive Advantage

Alibaba unveils roadmap on full-stack AI strategy from chips, cloud infrastructure, models to agents

High- performance AI chips announced at Apsara Conference

Banks warn AI shopping agents outpace fraud protections

The group includes NatWest, Bank of America, ING, Capital One, New Zealand's ASB Bank, and Commonwealth Bank of Australia.

Big banks exploring Canadian dollar-based digital money with tokenized deposits

Tokenized deposits are traditional bank deposits recorded on a decentralized database or distributed ledger, such as a blockchain.

Absa Debuts Institutional Crypto Custody Service in South Africa Using Ripple Technology

The rollout moves Absa beyond the partnership agreement it signed with Ripple in October 2025, when the bank became Ripple's first major custody collaborator on the African continent.

Human engagement is the centre of AI adoption - Kaplan

When it comes to AI training, Swaly emphasised that the training model varies heavily based on the organisation, but there is often a disconnect between adoption versus engagement.

Stablecoin provider Bastion lands conditional OCC trust bank approval

Bastion plans to offer stablecoin custody, wallets, payment rails, and white-label issuance services through its new entity, Bastion Platforms National Trust Company.

Asset managers to expand AI use for decision-making and data collection

Almost all respondents to the Northern Trust report said they were deploying AI in some form.

Coinbase And Stablecore Open Digital Asset Rails To 3,000+ Banks And Credit Unions

Coinbase is partnering with Stablecore to bring crypto services into existing bank technology.

China central bank adviser says AI could deepen supply-demand imbalance

China's policymakers have been trying to revive domestic demand amid a prolonged ‌property downturn, local government debt pressures and cautious household spending

Napier AI joins Microsoft Marketplace with Continuum

Buyers are able to procure the entire Continuum suite or select individual modules covering client screening, transaction screening and transaction monitoring.

Singapore Retailers Embrace AI; Consumers Are More Cautious

In particular, businesses in Singapore are rapidly embracing agentic AI, with the adoption rate more than doubling in 2026 to reach 51%.

Coinbase Partners with Stablecore to Help Banks Offer Digital Asset Services

Coinbase and Stablecore are teaming up to help community and regional banks and credit unions offer digital asset services, including trading, custody, and stablecoin payments.

Zopa launches AI banking assistant which uses natural language

The AI tool can also help customers plan their finances by setting savings goals, creating budgets and monitoring spending.

Insurers see AI as a way to unblock admin bottlenecks

It found carriers estimate that about one in nine broker submissions is declined or left unquoted because they cannot keep pace, even where they have an appetite for the risk.

Why creativity still matters in the age of AI

If a machine can do the work, does the human part still matter?

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