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Osttra, Baton and Partior expand FX settlement ecosystem with tokenised commercial bank funds

Partior’s digital cash settlement network has connected to Osttra and Baton Systems' on-demand FX payment-versus-payment (PvP) settlement service.

/wealth

Sidekick goes live with wealth platform for six-figure earners

Sidekick has launched a new UK digital wealth platform built to serve six-figure earners who’ve outgrown basic financial products but don’t have the millions needed to access private banks.

/payments

Pix adds recurring payments

Brazil's Pix instant payments platform has added a recurring payments feature.

/ai

Klarna opens hotline to CEO's AI avatar

Klarna has launched a hotline to an AI avatar of CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski where consumers can provide conversational feedback on product features, issues and suggestions for improvements.

/inclusion

LemFi buys Pillar to expand credit services to immigrants

LemFi, a financial services platform for immigrant communities has acquired UK fintech Pillar to expand its credit services. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

/retail

Shawbrook Bank owner Pollen Street eyes up takeover of Metro Bank

Shares in Metro Bank have continued to climb in early-morning trading after it emerged that the UK lender may have been lined up for a takeover by private equity firm Pollen Street Capital.

/payments

Sezzle files antitrust suit against Shopify

BNPL provider Sezzle has sued Shopify, alleging that the e-commerce marketplace has been stifling competition on its platform.

/crypto

Shopify, Coinbase, Stripe bring USDC stablecoin payments to merchants

Shopify is partnering with Coinbase and Stripe to allow merchants to process stablecoin payments for everyday commerce.

/markets

Offshore bank Aston granted banking license

Guernsey’s last locally-based bank ceased trading in 1996, making Bank Aston the first to be licensed by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission (GFSC) for almost thirty years.

/regulation

Crypto nears systemic risk 'tipping point' - FSB chair

Cryptocurrency could be nearing a point where it poses a system risk to the world's financial system, the outgoing chair of the Financial Stability Board has warned.

/payments

GrailPay raises $6.7 million for remedial ACH platform

GrailPay, a risk and data platform for bank payments, has secured $6.7 million in funding to expand its suite of tools that make ACH transactions safer and faster.

/ai

Klarna partners gifting platform Nift for loyalty push

Klarna has partnered AI-powered gifting platform Nift to deliver personally tailored gifts to shoppers to boost customer loyalty.