G20 news and trends

US and Big Tech Advocate Looser AI Rules at G20 Gathering
Artificial Intelligence // September 02, 2026

The U.S. has joined the country’s tech giants in urging G20 members to relax their stance on regulation of artificial intelligence (AI). For example, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang on Wednesday (Sept. 2) urged G20 countries at their meeting in North Carolina to not craft AI regulations...

FSB Warns Frontier AI Could Threaten Global Financial Stability
Artificial Intelligence // August 31, 2026

The head of the Financial Stability Board is urging global regulators to make the safe release of advanced artificial intelligence models a priority, warning that increasingly autonomous systems could exploit cyber weaknesses and transmit disruptions across the international financial system. Andrew Bailey, who chairs the...

Cross-Border Payment Goals Stall Despite Banking, FinTech and Stablecoin Innovations
Cross-border Payments // October 14, 2025

Five years ago, the G20 nations set out an ambitious goal: to make international payments faster, cheaper, more transparent and more accessible by 2027. The vision was bold but supported by a marketplace committed to innovation. Still, as the most recent 2025 progress report from...

BoE Head Warns of Emerging Stablecoin-Related Risks  
Cryptocurrency // October 13, 2025

England’s central bank chief reportedly wants increased oversight into stablecoin and private finance risks. Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey, in a letter to the Group of 20 nations as chair of the Financial Stability Board, has pledged an upgrade to make the board’s surveillance “more flexible and...

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US and Big Tech Advocate Looser AI Rules at G20 Gathering

September 02, 2026
The U.S. has joined the country’s tech giants in urging G20 members to relax their stance on regulation of artificial intelligence (AI). For example, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang on Wednesday (Sept. 2) urged G20 countries at their meeting in North Carolina to not craft AI regulations focused on “theoretical harms,” and instead focus on rules dealing […]

BoE Head Warns of Emerging Stablecoin-Related Risks  

October 13, 2025
England’s central bank chief reportedly wants increased oversight into stablecoin and private finance risks. Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey, in a letter to the Group of 20 nations as chair of...

Spanish Banking Community Joins Instant Cross-Border Payments Plan

November 18, 2024
Spain has become Europe’s first banking market fully connected to the European Payments Council’s One-Leg Out instant payments plan. The country’s banking industry achieved that milestone earlier this month, Iberpay said in a news release Monday...

Swift Says It Beat G20 Cross-Border Payments Speed Target by 15%

October 17, 2024
By 2027, the G20 wants 75% of international payments processed within an hour. Global messaging service Swift said its network is meeting that target, and then some, according to a...