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Swift to develop concrete plans for CBDC and tokenised asset exchange

Global banking co-operative Swift is moving forward with plans to offer member banks access to emerging digital asset classes and currencies over its network, covering a range of use cases in payments, securities, FX, trade and beyond

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Outward VC raises £51 million fintech fund

Outward VC, a London-headquartered early-stage venture capital fund, has closed on a £51 million fund to back early stages founders operating on the intersection of fintech and connected sectors.

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Barclays joins $26 million round in syndicated loan platform Versana

Barclays Bank has joined with major US and EU financial institutions in a $26 million funding round for syndicated loan platform Versana.

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B2B BNPL player PastPay secures €12 million Series A

B2B buy now, pay later platform PastPay has raised €12 million in a Series A funding round led by Platina Capital and supported by a number of financial institutions.

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Japanese banks pilot stablecoin-based cross-border payments

Japanese banks MUFG, SMBC and Mizuho are participating in a pilot using stablecoins and the Swift network for cross-border payments.

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The Bank of London scrambles to deal with unpaid tax bill

The Bank of London was handed a winding up order by UK tax authorities over unpaid bills just days after founder Anthony Watson stepped down as CEO.

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Brazil preps new round of CBDC pilots

Google, Visa and Nubank are among the big names selected to take part on the second round pilots for Brazil's Drex CBDC project.

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Sustainable Finance Live 2024: Bank of Spain releases report on satellite data

The Bank of Spain has recently released a report outlining the potential of satellite data to make a difference in collecting climate-related data.

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Gen AI for compliance startup Sedric Ai raises $18 million

Amerian Express Ventures has joined an $18 million funding round in Sedric AI, a startup developing a dedicated compliance large language model (LLM) for financial services.

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BIS field study show AI use can boost productivity among programmers

A Bank for International Settlements' field study on AI use by Ant Group programmers demontrated a clear boost in the number of lines of code produced by staff exposed to the Large Language Model.

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Revolut doubles down on B2B market opportunity

Revolut's head of business says the fintech is 'agressively doubling down" on the B2B market as annual revenues at the unit surpass $500 million.

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Lloyds to use AI to automate trade finance checks

Lloyds Bank is to use AI technology from Cleareye to eliminate the manual drudgery of paper processing and compliance checking for trade finance documentation.