Stripe has signed up a host of major retail players to its new Agentic Commerce Suite for selling through multiple AI agents.

Deutsche Börse Group is to integrate AllUnity’s euro-backed stablecoin into its financial market infrastructure.

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Singapore’s Ministry of Home Affairs is opening consultations on new rules that would empower the police to order banks to restrict the banking transactions of people who refuse to believe that they are being scammed.

HSBC has developed a new credit ranking tool capable of running multiple ‘what if’ climate risk scenarios simultaneously on Google Cloud.

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority says it will embrace technology as a key tool in its five-year strategy to “support growth and improve lives”.

Visa has launched a stablecoins advisory practice to provide insights and recommendations to guide banks, fintechs, merchants, and businesses in Europe on market fit, strategy, and implementation.

Malaysia’s Maybank is inviting startups from across South East Asia to pitch their fintech ideas in a series of roadshows spanning Manila, Jakarta, Bangkok, and Kuala Lumpur.

Coinbase has partnered American Express to launch a credit card that offers up to four per cent bitcoin back on purchases.

Prosper, the UK wealthtech founded by Tandem and Nutmeg alumni, has launched a crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube.

WeeFin, a fintech that helps financial institutions manage their sustainability strategies, has completed a €25m financing round Series B, led by Blackfin Capital Partners.

Bank of Ireland is spending €34 million to overhaul its call centre operations, providing operators with a single customer view and introducing voice biometrics for added security.

The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) has agreed a multi-year deal to use Microsoft Azure as its primary cloud platform.

Lloyds Banking Group has built an AI knowledge hub that slashes the time it takes customer-facing employees to answer queries.

IBM has acquired Canadian fintech Expertus as part of a strategy to extend its hybrid cloud offerings deeper into the AI and payments space.