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Visa shuts US open banking unit - Bloomberg

Visa has shut down its US open banking unit amid regulatory uncertainty and bank plans to charge for customer data access, according to Bloomberg.

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Australia orders Binance audit over AML concerns

The Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (Austrac) has ordered the local unit of crypto giant Binance to appoint an external auditor over "serious concerns" about money laundering controls.

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CFPB sues Synapse for mishandling customer funds

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has filed a complaint against Synapse Financial Technologies for allegedly losing customer funds when the company filed for bankruptcy protection.

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FTC Chair warns US big tech on complying with UK and EU online safety acts

US Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson warned American tech giants against complying with the UK and EU’s new digital content laws to avoid violating US data protections.

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Meta inks £10 billion cloud deal with Google

Alphabet’s Google cloud computing services have been tapped by Meta in a deal worth at least $10 billion, a part of Meta’s move to expand AI capabilities.

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İşbank unit taps Algbra for UK digital banking launch

The fintech subsidiary of Turkey's İşbank has enlisted Algbra Labs to support the launch of a digital banking brand in the UK.

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CommBank reverses plan to replace call centre staff with AI

Commonwealth Bank of Australia has rowed back its decision to cut 45 contact centre jobs after finding that the AI-powered "voice-bot" designed to reduce calls actually led to an increase in work for humans.

/crypto

Crypto wallet MetaMask launches native stablecoin

Self-custodial crypto wallet MetaMask is launching its own native stablecoin, which will be issued by Stripe-owned Bridge.

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Kraken acquires Capitalise.ai

Crypto exchange Kraken has acquired Capitalise.ai, an Israel-based supplier of no-code, natural-language trading and analytical tools.

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Grasshopper Bank adopts Narmi's MCP server for AI business insights

Digital business bank Grasshopper has moved into a private beta of Narmi's Model Context Protocol (MCP) server, laying the groundwork for client queries via Anthropic's AI assistant Claude.

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Financial trade groups call on Basel Committee to rethink crypto exposure standards

A coalition of global finance trade associations has called on the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) to make changes to its "excessively conservative and overly punitive" upcoming Cryptoasset Exposures Standard.

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Fi Money's 'Magic Lens' gives users a true picture of their net worth

Indian money management firm Fi Money is giving users a comprehensive overview of their financial net worth by snapping photos of physical assets and providing an instant valuation.