Citi has joined forces with Wellington Management and WisdomTree to explore the tokenisation of private markets.

On Thursday, the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) opened a digital yuan (e-CNY) international operations centre in Shanghai, in a move to drive CBDC innovation.

Geoff Robinson, a former UBS investment analyst, has launched an educational app that uses his digitally cloned voice and AI-generated expertise to help self-directed investors lean on his experience.

Bill Winters, the chief executive of UK bank Standard Chartered, has stated that nearly all transactions will be settled on the blockchain, eventually.

Global identity platform Socure has acquired buy now, pay later consumer credit database Qlarifi.

Partior’s digital cash settlement network has connected to Osttra and Baton Systems’ on-demand FX payment-versus-payment (PvP) settlement service.

Digital wealth management platform and online broker Scalable Capital has sealed a €60 million equity financing round.

Australian stock transfer agency Computershare is reportedly one of a number of companies looking to acquire UK fintech PrimaryBid which was put up for sale earlier this year

BT is offloading its financial information business Radianz to Transaction Network Services (TNS).

The European Commission is pushing ahead with a proposed legislative amendment that would see the EU migrate to a T+1 settlement cycle by October 2027.

Can a smaller FX and global payments provider compete against the large and regional banks when it comes to buying and sending foreign currency payments to suppliers overseas? “Absolutely,” said Monex USA CEO John Doyle.

Finextra this week released new research investigating how institutions globally are tackling the mounting issue of trade-based financial crime (TBFC).

Regulatory intelligence firm Cube has acquired US-based Reg-Room, the latest in a planned series of acquisitions to drive consolidation in the market for regulatory technology.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged fintech investment adviser Titan Global Capital Management USA with misleading investors with advertisements about performance metrics.

The central banks of Singapore and Indonesia are planning to introduce the use of QR codes for cross-border payments between the two countries.