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DBS, OCBC and UOB complete first live tokenised SGD transactions using Swift ledger

DBS, OCBC and UOB complete Swift's first live SGD tokenised-deposit settlement, Lloyds-SocGen digitise a letter of credit and US Bank pilots USBDC stablecoin.
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Rethinking digital money and settlement in a tokenised world

Regulated digital money is shifting from trials to early production as major banks including HSBC, JP Morgan and Standard Chartered move towards interoperable, compliant settlement systems operating ...
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Global Top 100 Digital-only Banks Ranking - No easy path to profitability

WeBank of China, Ally Bank in the US, and the retail arm of ING Group, topped The Asian Banker's inaugural global ranking of leading digital banks. Just 29 of top 100 digital banks globally are ...
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How Standard Chartered is institutionalising digital assets across banking

Danielle Szetho, head of digital asset portfolio and governance at Standard Chartered, details the bank’s efforts to embed regulated digital asset capabilities within its core businesses. Regulated ...
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Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase and Citi rank as the world's best corporate, investment and wholesale banks

The 2026 ranking of 100 institutions across 34 countries reflects a competitive landscape where institutions translating digital investment into measurable financial outcomes gain the most ground, ...
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Mastercard’s 2030 vision builds an intelligent future for payments

At the Singapore FinTech Festival 2025, Sandeep Malhotra, executive vice president of core payments for Asia Pacific at Mastercard, outlines how the firm is reshaping regional payments infrastructure ...
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Ant Group brings Alipay, digital payments and Zhima Credit together for AI commerce

Ant Group consolidated Alipay and Zhima Credit for AI commerce, PhonePe secured in-principle UAE approval, Revolut applied for a Swiss banking licence and six banks published principles for AI agent ...
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Qatar Investment Authority and JP Morgan Asset Management form $20 billion investment partnership

QIA signed a $20 billion partnership with JP Morgan Asset Management, Gulf central banks raised rates after the Fed, PIF ...
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Partior and LSEG target prefunded nostro dependence in cross-border settlement

The Eurosystem launched Pontes for tokenised asset settlement, Partior and LSEG DiSH built a multi-bank liquidity framework, ...
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BIDV recognised for modern and adaptable core banking system

BIDV’s Core Banking Profile system enhances scalability and service delivery, serving 18 million customers. The 30-month project involved migrating over 100 legacy applications and 2 terabytes of data ...
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Can Partior reduce reliance on pre-funded liquidity in always-on cross-border payments?

Partior CEO Humphrey Valenbreder said interoperability between banks, settlement institutions and different forms of commercial-bank money could reduce reliance on pre-funded bilateral accounts as the ...
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Simon Loong charts WeLab’s journey from fintech disruptor to profitable digital bank

Simon Loong, founder and Group CEO of WeLab Group, shares how the company reached profitability ahead of global digital bank benchmarks, scaled digital lending and wealth offerings, entered new ...