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HSBC launches Trump tariff financing product for US clients

HSBC has responded to the recent round of tariffs kicked off by Donald Trump with a financing tool that helps US clients with the payment of import duties.

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Fluency to test offline and programmable payments for ECB's digital euro project

The European Central Bank has selected UK-based deep tech company Fluency to run intiatives in programmable and offline payments for the digital euro project.

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Corpay and TPG team up to buy AvidXchange

Business payments automation firm AvidXchange is going private through a $2.2 billion deal that sees asset firm TPG take majority ownership with Corpay picking up a minority stake.

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OakNorth to embed GPT tools from OpenAI across its business

OakNorth, the UK digital bank for SMEs, has signed a deal with OpenAI to embed generative AI technologies across its business.

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Coinbase unveils internet payments protool for AI agents

Coinbase is resurrecting a long-buried protocol for sending payments over the Internet to create an agentic payments layer that requires no human intervention.

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Finom secures $105 million growth investment from General Catalyst

Finom, the Amsterdam-based financial management platform for SMEs and freelancers, has secured a $105 million growth investment from the Customer Value Fund of long-time investor General Catalyst.

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Barclays deploys Ant International's FX forecasting model for global treasury management

Barclays Bank is to use Ant International's proprietary Time-Series Transformer (TST) AI FX Model, to help businesses reduce FX-related costs and risks against global volatilities.

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N26 joins Revolut in disrupting the telecommunications market

German neobank N26 is following in the footsteps of Revolut by entering the telecommunications market with the introduction of a digital mobile plan

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Palantir, xAI and TWG Global team on AI offering for FS sector

Data analytics giant Palantir Technologies is teaming up with Elon Musk's xAI and investment firm TWG Global to help financial services firms to embed AI at the core of their organisations.

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West Brom Building Society picks Deloitte and 10x for digital makeover

West Brom Building Society has called in Deloitte and core banking provider 10x for a digital overhaul.

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GreenBanana unveils BNPL platform for retailers

German fintech GreenBanana has launched a platform that connects retailers with buy now, pay later providers in more than 25 countries.

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ANZ scraps passwords for digital banking log-in

ANZ is scrapping password access to its digital banking arm ANZ Plus, replacing key-based log-ins with two-factor authentication.