/security
Bank-to-bank messaging network Swift is hailing the results of tests that used a combination of AI and cross-border data sharing to double real time fraud detection in trials involving 13 top tier banks and ten million test transactions.
15 September 2025
/retail
Metro Bank has settled a a legal claim with US software company Arkeyo over allegations that it leaked the company's coin counting technology to a rival firm.
/markets
The London Stock Exchange has launched a blockchain-based Digital Markets Infrastructure (DMI) platform for private funds and facilitated its first transaction.
/payments
UnionPay International (UPI) is piloting a cross-border QR payment linkage between China and Indonesia.
/crypto
Tether has brought in former executive director of the White House Crypto Council Bo Hines to spearhead a new US-regulated, dollar-backed stablecoin.
12 September 2025
Early Warning Services (EWS), the bank-owned outfit behind P2P payments service Zelle, could soon issue its own stablecoin, according to reports.
In July 2025, the US passed the GENIUS Act, making it the first federal regulatory system for stablecoins, and laying down groundwork for stablecoin innovation in the banking and retail sectors.
/wealth
The Children’s ISA (TCI) has completed the mass migration of 126,000 ISA and Junior ISA accounts from Embark to Quai Digital within seven months.
/startups
Eloquent AI, a startup focused on customer support automation for financial services, has launched its AI Operator platform and closed a $7.4 million seed round.
/people
The Bank of England is asking senior figures from banks, fintechs and merchants to throw their hats into the ring to join the new Retail Payments Infrastructure Board (RPIB).
11 September 2025
/ai
Singaporean mobile coffee ordering app Luckin Coffee has integrated with Alipay's AI agent for agentic ordering and payments via a conversational interface.
Public servants in the UK are largely unfamiliar with blockchain technology and see little use for it in the current financial system, suggests a recently published survey.
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