/retail
FIS has acquired Chicago-based digital banking origination and decisioning technology provider Amount. Financial terms were not disclosed.
25 September 2025
/regulation
Researchers from the Bank for International Settlements have used AI to produce daily forecasts of market dysfunction 60 business days before thy actually happen.
/payments
Work on the digital euro is gaining momentum, with a launch possible by the middle of 2029, according to European Central Bank Executive Board member Piero Cipollone.
24 September 2025
/crypto
Coinbase is adding Singapore dollar stablecoins to its platform through a tie-up with licenced issuer StraitsX.
Morgan Stanley is preparing to offer crypto trading to retail customers through its E-Trade platform, according to reports. The Wall Street giant is working with zerohash on the plans after joining a $104 million funding round for the crypto and stablecoin infrastructure platform.
Ripple has joined forces with Securitize on a smart contract that allows holders of BlackRock and VanEck tokenised funds to exchange their shares to Ripple for the firm's stablecoin.
Deutsche Börse has integrated social media monitoring services from Stockpulse into its market surveillance technology.
Shield, a neobank startup using stablecoin payments to make life easier for global trade businesses, has raised $5 million in seed funding.
As it opens its new global headquarters in Canary Wharf, fintech giant Revolut has pledged to invest £3 billion in the UK, creating 1000 new high-skilled jobs over the next five years.
23 September 2025
/startups
Circuit & Chisel, developer of a web-wide protocol for agent-initiated commerce and founded by two former Stripe employees, has raised $19.2 million in Seed funding.
Fnality, the international consortium of global banks focused on building a blockchain-based payment system to support the adoption of tokenised assets and marketplaces, has raised $136 million in a significant vote of confidence from backers.
/wholesale
French embedded ending platform Defacto has raised €16 million in a Series B funding round led by Citi Venture and La Maison Partners.
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