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Standard Chartered and HSBC Complete First Transaction on Swift Blockchain Ledger

Standard Chartered and HSBC Complete First Transaction on Swift Blockchain Ledger
Standard Chartered and HSBC Complete First Transaction on Swift Blockchain Ledger
August 21, 2026  |  Blockchain

Standard Chartered and HSBC have completed the first interbank transaction executed on Swift’s blockchain-based ledger, Standard Chartered said in a Wednesday (Aug. 19) press release. This live cross-border transaction demonstrated...

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Ant International Recruits Banking Giants for Updated AI Model
Ant International Recruits Banking Giants for Updated AI Model
August 20, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Ant International says several of the world’s biggest banks are using its new AI model. The Singapore-based FinTech giant’s Falcon Time-Series Transformer (TST) 2.0 artificial intelligence...

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Reusable FinTech Certification Could Streamline Bank Due Diligence
Reusable FinTech Certification Could Streamline Bank Due Diligence
August 19, 2026  |  Bank Regulation

Banks repeatedly perform similar due diligence on technology providers, and an industry-standards effort involving the federal regulators would make portions of that work reusable across...

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Datavault Pushes Into Banking Realm With BankWyse Acquisition
Datavault Pushes Into Banking Realm With BankWyse Acquisition
August 19, 2026  |  Banking

Data monetization and real-world asset tokenization company Datavault AI is set to acquire Wyoming financial institution BankWyse. “This acquisition adds the final piece to Datavault AI’s data...

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FDIC Mulls Standards Body to Streamline Bank-FinTech Oversight
FDIC Mulls Standards Body to Streamline Bank-FinTech Oversight
August 19, 2026  |  Legal & Regulation

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation is considering an industry-led standards organization that could certify FinTech companies and other bank service providers against common risk-management benchmarks,...

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Interactive Brokers Taps Paysafe’s SafetyPay for LatAm Account Funding
Interactive Brokers Taps Paysafe’s SafetyPay for LatAm Account Funding
August 19, 2026  |  Banking

Automated global broker Interactive Brokers (IBKR) has integrated Paysafe’s SafetyPay to enable eligible IBKR clients in Latin America to fund their IBKR accounts directly from...

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Citi Debuts New Custody Tools to Meet Demand for Faster Settlement
Citi Debuts New Custody Tools to Meet Demand for Faster Settlement
August 18, 2026  |  Banking

Citi has debuted Custody+, a suite of near or real-time custody solutions. The banking giant announced this new offering Tuesday (Aug. 18), noting that it...

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Crypto Trade Group Backs Custodia’s Supreme Court Bid
Crypto Trade Group Backs Custodia’s Supreme Court Bid
August 18, 2026  |  Cryptocurrency

The Blockchain Association is urging the Supreme Court to take up Custodia Bank’s long-running fight for access to the Federal Reserve’s payment system, warning that...

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