/ai
Santander has inked a deal with OpenAI, rolling out ChatGPT Enterprise to nearly 15,000 staffers as it bids to become an "AI-native" bank.
12 August 2025
/markets
A group of financial firms, including Bank of America, Circle and the DTCC, have used the Canton Network blockchain platform to complete the first full on-chain financing of US Treasuries (UST) against the USDC stablecoin.
/startups
Founed by Revolut and Wise alumni, blockchain-based cross-border money transfer startup Riva Money has raised a pre-seed round from Project A as well as angels from Revolut, Monzo and JPMorgan.
/payments
Lloyds is the first major UK bank to launch a mobile app feature which allows cash to be paid in at over 30,000 PayPoint high street locations nationwide, using a simple barcode.
UK bank LHV is to apply artificial intelligence technology from Luminance to streamline legal contract document workflows.
/crypto
Diebold Nixdorf is working with the European Central Bank to integrate its payment processing technology with the digital euro interfaces.
The United Arab Emirates is closing in on the phased launch of its Digital Dirham central bank digital currency.
During the global launch of its new language model, OpenAI has identified BBVA as one of the first institutions to adopt the technology in the financial sector, cutting weeks off the time to conduct technical tasks.
/regulation
Paxos has become the latest digital asset player to apply for a US national trust bank charter.
11 August 2025
Stripe has joined forces with Ebanx to let businesses from around the world accept Pix instant payments in Brazil.
/security
The Financial Conduct Authority is warning people about a new scam surrounding car finance compensation claims.
Australia's CommBank has unveiled a Gen AI scam detection tool that lets customers test suspicious text messages and a new feature in the bank's mobile app that will reduce the need for one-time passcodes to authorise online card transactions
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