Banco Santander and Google have reached an agreement to offer a free AI course for anyone over the age of 18 the world over.

Mastercard is using generative AI to double the speed at which it can detect potentially compromised cards.

The vast majority of employees in Ireland’s financial services believe that the rise of AI will lead to job displacement across the industry, according to a recently released survey.

Goldman Sachs, PayPal, American Express and Citi have joined in a $70 million funding round in blockchain intelligence firm TRM Labs.

African giant Standard Bank is moving its payments infrastructure to Volante’s cloud Payments-as-a-Service (PaaS), accelerating ISO 20022 adoption on the continent.

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) outlined a 12-point strategy today to boost Hong Kong’s virtual asset (VA) market.

Fintech growth quango, the Centre for Finance, Innovation and Technology (CFIT), has appointed the FCA’s former head of innovation Anna Wallace as CEO.

Mosaic Smart Data has teamed up with Euroclear to launch Smart Markets, an AI-powered tool for parsing unstructured fixed income data to generate actionable trading insights.

Standard Chartered is joining the digital wealth management revolution, introducing a personalised investment tool that harnesses the power of big data to help its relationship managers advise affluent clients in Singapore.

Offline payment functionality is technically feasible for a future digital pound but there are trade-offs that make it challenging, according to new Bank of England research.

API-first embedded finance workflows startup Monite has raised another $5 million, doubling its seed funding round to $10 million.

Financial services firms must evolve their mindsets to both manage risk effectively and to ensure that the industry meets sustainable goals, according to Sandy Trust, sustainable finance consulting lead at EY and deputy chair of the IFOA’s Sustainability Board.

US clearing house Nacha is working with JP Morgan’s Kinexys blockchain business to facilitate information exchange between their respective payment information networks.

Growing from a market capitalisation of $130 billion to $280 billion since the end of 2023, Stablecoins continue to grow in relevance. Recent regulatory framework introductions have begun to go further and introduce their adoption within broader applications across traditional finance.

The market for embedded finance is forecast to grow by 148% over the next five years, according to a recently published study.