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Ondo Finance has launched Ondo Intelligent Portfolios, a range of investment portfolios that each come as a single onchain token. The first three tokens use portfolio strategies that BlackRock built for Ondo. Only eligible investors outside the United States, in permitted jurisdictions, can access the tokens. Holders c
The Swiss Bankers Association (SBA), SwissDebitPay, the Swiss Payment Association and the police have set up a group called Pay Attent!on to tackle payment fraud in Switzerland. Past efforts each looked at one way to pay, but the group will cover cards, e-banking and TWINT together. Experts from banks, the police and u
Across major markets, consumers are increasingly spending from their phones, laptops and tablets rather than visiting physical stores, underscoring how habits are shifting towards digital channels. An analysis of anonymized VisaNet data, the electronic payment network that processes all credit, debit, ATM and digital t
Revolut has started piloting Revolut Pay with Smile, a checkout system that lets customers pay in store using facial recognition. The pilot runs at three Kiss the Hippo cafés in London’s Bloomsbury, Chelsea and Soho from 24 to 26 September. Merchants pay 0% processing fees on Pay with Smile transactions. Customers who
UBS and Mizuho Bank have executed test transactions on Swift‘s blockchain-based shared ledger. Through this initiative, both institutions confirmed operational processes for cross-border payments using the platform. Mizuho said the work is intended to enhance service levels for future cross-border payments using tokeni
Enso now handles purchases and redemptions of tokenised stocks and metals in ether.fi Cash. The Zurich-based infrastructure firm is the sole minting and redemption provider for xStocks-based assets in the crypto platform’s self-custodial app. These assets arrived with ether.fi’s Summer 2026 release, which also added po
A data incident at US broker DriveWealth has affected Revolut customers, BeInCrypto reported. The broker has supported Revolut’s US stock trading service. It is the second case involving Revolut customer data in September. Neither company has disclosed how many Revolut customers are involved. In a statement on its webs
Revolut has received approval from the Central Bank of Argentina to acquire Banco Cetelem Argentina S.A. from BNP Paribas Personal Finance. Once the deal closes, Revolut will rename the bank Revolut Bank Argentina S.A.U. It will operate as a regulated bank, although it will not offer products or services to the public
The European Central Bank (ECB) has opened a call for companies and other organisations to join a new round of Eurosystem work on digital euro innovation. Merchants, payment service providers (PSPs), fintechs and research institutes are among those who can apply. Building on the innovation platform the ECB launched in
In the financial services industry, agentic artificial intelligence (AI) promises significant benefits across functions and use cases, including front-office personalization, fraud investigation, and back-office processing. Yet, several obstacles limit the adoption of AI agents across organizations, keeping most deploy
Nu Holdings, which owns Brazil’s Nubank, is in talks to buy UK digital bank Monzo in a deal that could value it at £8 billion to £10 billion, Sky News reported. The talks are still at an early point, but Monzo has hired Morgan Stanley and Qatalyst to advise it, and both sides are now [...] The post Brazil’s Nubank Expl
Swiss Bitcoin app Relai has closed its latest funding round, raising US$2.5 million at a valuation of US$90 million. The company plans to use the capital to improve its app, strengthen its AI and cybersecurity capabilities, and expand further in the European Union. The Relai funding round brought in two new backers, Sw
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