Tokenisation stories
Margins narrowed even as Mphasis booked USD $461 million of new work, with AI-led contracts driving most of the quarter's wins.
Tighter fraud controls and easier integration are aimed at banks and corporate users as Citi becomes the first issuer to use the new tools.
Institutions using Fireblocks can now tap OpenPayd's sterling and euro rails without extra integration, widening access to stablecoin payment flows.
Users could soon spend digital dollar balances at shops as the firms seek to make stablecoins usable on existing card networks.
The tie-up gives OpenWorld access to trading and liquidity services as tokenised assets draw more institutional interest, though terms were undisclosed.
Merchants on Recurly will gain access to more than 300 payment providers through one integration, helping curb failed recurring charges.
The platform lets security teams run AI pentests without exposing customer infrastructure data to external models.
Cross-border trading in tokenised assets and stablecoins could expand after regulators on both sides of the Atlantic agreed to align standards.
Banks and fintechs may soon keep more payments inside their own apps, as Apple's wider NFC access loosens iPhone wallet restrictions.
The fresh capital will help Alpaca expand regulated brokerage infrastructure for clients building products across traditional and on-chain markets.
Most financial services firms expect tokenised and traditional assets to coexist, as 84% call tokenisation strategically important.
More than 30 firms joined a production test that could speed settlement and collateral movement across US markets, after SEC clearance.
Developers can now improve Chinese, Japanese and Korean search in AlloyDB without external tokenisers, cutting preprocessing overhead for PostgreSQL users.
Traders can now earn on idle USDT and USDC balances without losing access to funds for deals, as exchanges battle for stablecoin liquidity.
The new framework is intended to help firms prove AI tools are reliable and compliant as regulators demand ongoing evidence, not one-off audits.
Failed recurring charges are costing subscription firms an average 9% of revenue, prompting a push to recover payments before customers quit.
Cross-border transfers and everyday checkout payments could become quicker and cheaper if digital records of assets are widely adopted.
New Zealand's payments system could face disruption unless banks and providers agree common standards, Steve Wiggins said.
Select banks and fintechs can now test stablecoin transfers in a Visa-managed environment built for treasury and settlement work.
The move could widen access to regulated private credit products as Tradable brings its onchain issuance platform to Stellar for institutional users.
