Digital wealth management platform and online broker Scalable Capital has doubled client assets over the past 12 months to hit a high water mark of €10 billion in assets under management.

The US Department of the Treasury is seeking public comment on the risks and opportunities posed by the use of AI in financial services.

Digital lender VersaBank is embarking on an internal US tokenised deposit pilot programme.

On Sunday, US President Trump announced the creation of a “US Crypto Reserve” on Truth Social.

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.

The Nordic region has been at the vanguard of innovation across payments for decades, but is that the case in 2024? NextGen Nordics 2024 – a leading conference led by Finextra Research held in Stockholm on 23 April 2024 – will procure an answer to this question from experts hailing from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.

Ripple has partnered with leading universities across Europe for its University Blockchain Research Initiative (UBRI) program to catalyse academic research in blockchain development and encourage a new generation to engage in crypto innovation.

Lomond School has become the first UK school to accept bitcoin for school fees, partnering with providers CoinCorner and Musquet.

US-based crypto custodian BitGo has become one of the first non-EU firms to secure a licence under the EU’s Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) directive.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has filed a lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and Wells Fargo, accusing them of allowing fraud to “fester” on P2P payments platform Zelle.

During a meeting with Republican lawmakers and other top bank CEOs on whether big lenders are ‘debanking’ certain customers, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon emphasised the need to step back and reassess the financial regulations governing the banking industry.

Canadian wealth management platform Wealthsimple says a security breach has left the personal information of some customers compromised.

Standard Chartered’s investment ventures arm, SC Ventures has joined forced with building and investment arm of Pan-African financial services group Old Mutual, NEXT176, to roll out a financial wellness platform.