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Santander Spain appoints new CEO Ignacio Juliá

Ignacio Juliá, formerly CEO of ING for Spain and Portugal, is to be appointed as CEO of Santander Spain.

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Binance Kazakhstan gains consent for full regulatory license

Binance Kazakhstan has been granted consent for a full regulatory licence from Astana Financial Services Authority (AFSA).

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PayPal revamps app to offer choice rewards programme

PayPal is rolling out a new rewards programme and more personalised ways for users to manage their spending in a major revamp designed to give consumers a smart choice for every purchase, every time.

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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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Wirecard executives landed with €140 million damages bill in civil suit

Three former Wirecard executives, including CEO Markus Braun, have been order to pay €140 million plus interest to the former administrator of the bankrupt payments group.

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Siemens issues €300 million digital bond on blockchain

Siemens has issued its second digital bond on blockchain rails in support of European Central Bank and Deutsche Bundesbank digital ledger trials.

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Quilter acquires digital investing app NuWealth

Blue-blooded wealth management house Quilter has acquired fintech firm NuWealth to boost its advisory service for novice investors.

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Ant Group launches AI-powered 'life assistant' app

Ant Group has launched a new 'life assistant' app, Zhixiaobao, connecting users to a multitude of AI-agents trained for shopping, fitness and language learning.

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Visa to launch new model for A2A payments in the UK

Visa is promising to launch a smart upgrade to the current pay-by-bank model with the launch in the UK of Visa A2A, a rules-based system for bill payments and subscription management in early 2025.

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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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Citi reports growing convergence of traditional and digital assets

The move to shorter settlement cycles and increasing regulatory clarity is leading to an accelerating convergence between traditional and digital assets, reports Citi.

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Nationwide prepares for surging digital volumes with Red Hat OpenShift deployment

Nationwide Building Society has built a new Business Integration Platform utilising Red Hat OpenShift to achieve service availability of 99.999% and faster deployment of upgrades and launches.