Klarna has launched an agentic product capabable of scouring the internet to surface products and prices for discovery by AI agents.

The latest PitchBook survey finds that venture capital investors are making “strategic adjustments as they navigate geopolitical uncertainty and technological transition.”

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

Anthropic, the AI startup backed by Amazon and Google, has launched a tool to help finance professionals analyse markets, conduct research, and make investment decisions with its Claude models.

In a sector-first, Isle of Man-based crypto staking firm KR1 is planning to list on the London Stock Exchange.

European crypto platform Bitpanda has been granted approval by the Financial Conduct Authority to expand its operations in the UK.

Shares in Block rose on Monday as the Jack Dorsey-founded fintech joined the benchmark S&P 500 index.

The European Commission’s financial services directorate has put out to tender for a model-based approach to mitigating the environmental impact of crypto-assets.

The London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) has agreed to give up exclusive rights to the rooftop of its data centre building to allay regulatory concerns that the arrangement hinders competition for low latency connectivity services (LLCS).

European authorities have arrested nine people in connection with a cryptocurrency money laundering network that defrauded victims of more than €600m

Wealthtech entrepreneur John Wise and PE firm Stellex Capital Management have acquired S&P Global’s Fincentric business with a view to providing digital experiences and financial data distribution to the wealth, broking and asset management industries.

Benjamin Ensor, director of research and strategy at 11:FS, moderated the first panel of the day to look at a market updates. He was joined by Kanika Hope, chief strategy officer, Temenos; Dan Broten, chief technology officer, EQ Bank; and Rob Keijsers, chief digital and information Officer, ASA International.

We’re excited to go live with Finextra’s new website next week.

The FCA has published proposals for ensuring financial resilience in the face of upcoming regulations governing cryptoasset firms, with an added focus on stablecoins.

Asset servicer Northern Trust has launched a blockchain-based platform which enables institutional buyers to digitally access carbon credits.