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  1. MSCI finalizes index rules that put Strategy, crypto treasury firms at risk of exclusion
    USThe Block (Crypto／Fintech)

    MSCI's new non-operating company rules could exclude Strategy, Metaplanet and SharpLink. The final list of affected firms is due Nov. 11.

  2. Farcaster acquired by Balaji’s Network School, with new ‘social smart contract’ for users
    USThe Block (Crypto／Fintech)

    Balaji Srinivasan's Network School acquired Farcaster from Neynar. Users must sign a "social smart contract" or drop to read-only access.

  3. PEX brings AI-powered finance workflows to ChatGPT and Claude
    GBFinextra

    PEX, a leading corporate card and spend management platform, today launched PEX AI, a set of capabilities that automates everyday finance work, runs multi-step workflows and connects PEX to AI assistants such as Claude and ChatGPT.

  4. Beyond the Hype: The Unseen Economics Driving B2B Embedded Finance
    GBFinextra

    Author: A finextra community member

  5. How B2B Digital Commerce Is Changing Procurement and Payments Across the GCC
    GBFinextra

    Author: A finextra community member

  6. B2B eCommerce in Dubai: Digital Procurement And Payments System
    GBFinextra

    Author: A finextra community member

  7. Visa takes stablecoin-powered money movement from pilots to production
    GBFinextra

    Today, Visa (NYSE: V) announced the next phase of its stablecoin strategy as Visa Direct stablecoin capabilities advance from pilot stage to commercial deployment.

  8. Amex Will Pay for Agent Errors, Except in the Cases Agents Actually Get Wrong
    GBFinextra

    Author: A finextra community member

  9. CleanSpark and BitFuFu see bitcoin production slip in September as Canaan remains flat
    USThe Block (Crypto／Fintech)

    CleanSpark is ending monthly mining reports, while BitFuFu faces uncertainty over its Ethiopia deal.

  10. Bloomberg equity index futures land on NinjaTrader
    GBFinextra

    Miami International Holdings, Inc. (MIAX®) (NYSE: MIAX), a technology-driven leader in building and operating regulated financial markets across multiple asset classes, today announced Tini® Bloomberg® 500 (B500) Index Futures and Tini…

  11. The OCC Found No Standard Behind a Decade of Debanking
    GBFinextra

    Author: A finextra community member

  12. Ethiopia joins Pan-African Payment and Settlement System network
    GBFinextra

    The National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) and the Pan-African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS) today announced that Ethiopia has officially joined the PAPSS network, marking an important milestone in the country’s integration into Africa’s…

  13. Multiliquid, a settlement platform for tokenized assets, raises $8 million
    USThe Block (Crypto／Fintech)

    Multiliquid has raised $8 million across its pre-seed and seed rounds, with Polychain leading the seed round.

  14. Digital Money in Gaming: What Virtual Economies Can Teach Financial Services
    GBFinextra

    Author: A finextra community member

  15. JP Morgan Payments powers Mercado Libre’s global selling expansion
    GBFinextra

    Cross-border marketplace flows can introduce complexity across onboarding, funding movement, and seller pay-outs—especially when programs expand quickly across geographies. For marketplaces, embedded payments can streamline complex…

  16. Cross River embeds Ripple stablecoin into operating system
    GBFinextra

    Cross River Bank (“Cross River”), a leading technology infrastructure platform powering embedded financial solutions serving as the trust anchor for global banking and money movement, today announced it is partnering with Ripple, the…

  17. Vast Bank forms payment partnership with Cliq
    GBFinextra

    Cliq, an innovator in financial technologies that provides merchant services, ACH and alternative payment processing, crypto and stablecoin solutions, and debit and prepaid card solutions for businesses, today announced a multi-year…

  18. Episode Six launches real-time backing verification for tokenised money
    GBFinextra

    Episode Six, a leading global technology provider of enterprise-grade card issuing and ledger infrastructure, today announced Verified Backing from the E6 Token Control Ledger.

  19. SEB pays $33m to NYDFS over AML failures
    GBFinextra

    New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) Acting Superintendent Kaitlin Asrow announced today that Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB and its New York Branch (together, SEB or the Bank) have agreed to pay a $33 million penalty as…

  20. DeFi Development boosts CHAD dividend to 14% amid push to grow Solana holdings
    USThe Block (Crypto／Fintech)

    DeFi Development is raising the dividend rate on its CHAD preferred stock to 14% from 13% as it taps CHAD sales to grow its Solana treasury.

  21. Ramp hits $60bn valuation
    GBFinextra

    Expense management firm Ramp has closed its second major raise in a matter of months, securing $1.85 billion in a primary financing round led by Dragoneer Investment Group that values the company at $60 billion.

  22. Mastercard and BVNK bring fiat and stablecoin payments together in global money platform
    GBFinextra

    Mastercard has launched a platform that brings together its global payments capabilities with the stablecoin infrastructure of its recently acquired BVNK unit through a single API.

  23. Account-to-Account Payments in the UK: What Comes Next?
    GBFinextra

    At Sibos 2026, Nationwide and Form3 talk about banks navigating the UK's Retail Payments Infrastructure Board (RPIB) transition and how financial institutions can manage the exploding payment rail complexity.

  24. AI-native core banking startup Maximum signs Emprise Bank
    GBFinextra

    Emprise Bank has announced a design partnership with Maximum, an AI-native banking infrastructure company, to transform its core banking system.

  25. Ripple Prime adds RWA swaps referencing perpetual futures listed on Hyperliquid
    USThe Block (Crypto／Fintech)

    Ripple Prime has added RWA perpetual swaps tied to equities, ETFs, metals, energy and currencies, with 24/7 trading and settlement.

  26. Pineapple Financial rebrands as Pentiv; unveils agents for mortgage brokers
    GBFinextra

    Pentiv (NYSE American: PAPL), the new operating brand of Pineapple Financial Inc., today announced the launch of its intelligence platform for mortgage agents and brokerages, marking the next phase of the company’s evolution.

  27. Extend brings AI receipt agent to bank partners' SMB customers
    GBFinextra

    Extend, the financial operations platform bringing modern spend and expense management to business cards everywhere, today shared its AI Receipt Agent with bank partners as part of its larger mission to make trusted AI tools accessible to…

  28. Symphony by Wix connects to Stripe's Link digital wallet
    GBFinextra

    Wix.com Ltd. (NASDAQ: WIX), today announced that Symphony by Wix, the standalone multi-agent system for small and medium-sized businesses and solopreneurs, now connects to Link, Stripe’s digital wallet.

  29. Ripple adds support for institutions to access RWA perpetual swaps
    GBFinextra

    Ripple, a leading provider of blockchain solutions across traditional and digital finance, today announced that Ripple Prime has launched support for real-world asset (RWA) perpetual swaps. Institutional clients including Virtu are now…

  30. Starknet opens seven-day vote on independent Layer 1 over quantum risks
    USThe Block (Crypto／Fintech)

    Starknet opened a seven-day poll on Thursday asking STRK holders whether to research an independent post-quantum Layer 1.

  31. Bitwise CIO argues bitcoin will benefit whether AI booms or busts
    USThe Block (Crypto／Fintech)

    Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan predicts an AI bubble collapse would prompt government bailouts and eventually fuel a bitcoin rally.

  32. Helius CEO Mert Mumtaz joins NEAR Foundation Council
    USThe Block (Crypto／Fintech)

    Helius CEO Mert Mumtaz joined NEAR Foundation's Council, which oversees the foundation and its most significant decisions.

  33. Lack of financial confidence driving consumers to AI assistants
    GBFinextra

    A significant number of UK banking consumers are turning to AI assistants out of a sense of embarrassment and a fear of being judged for a lack of financial literacy.

  34. Dougs raises $50m for AI accounting platform
    GBFinextra

    Dougs, the technology-led accounting and financial management platform for small businesses, today announced a €50 million investment from Expedition Growth Capital.

  35. Cultivate AI launches AI platform for credit unions
    GBFinextra

    Cultivate AI, the collaborative AI platform built specifically for the credit union industry, is officially available beginning today to all credit unions and CUSOs.

  36. Ledger unveils Atom Android device with Solana Mobile integration and new tamper protections amid investigation into modified wallets
    USThe Block (Crypto／Fintech)

    Ledger unveiled Atom, an Android-based security device with Solana Mobile integration, AI-agent controls, and hardware-tampering protections.

  37. The AI Dividend Isn't Showing Up in Technology Delivery. Here's Why.
    GBFinextra

    Author: A finextra community member

  38. The Payoff Year: Turning Payments Modernisation into Commercial Value
    GBFinextra

    Author: A finextra community member

  39. Meezan Bank migrates payments business to BPC SmartVista
    GBFinextra

    Meezan Bank, Pakistan’s first and largest Islamic bank, has successfully completed the end-to-end migration of its payments business to BPC’s SmartVista platform, strengthening the scalability, reliability, and security of its payments…

  40. EBA designates Circle’s USDC as the EU’s first ‘significant’ e-money token
    USThe Block (Crypto／Fintech)

    The EBA classified Circle’s USDC as the EU’s first "significant" e-money token, with new supervisory responsibilities beginning Nov. 12.

  41. UK fintech Relace raises $1.6m
    GBFinextra

    Trading has a system. Payments have a system. Onboarding, credit, fraud, reporting: all systems. Regulatory management has a folder. It runs on PDFs, inherited spreadsheets, email threads and advice that is expensive, incomplete, siloed…

  42. Emerging Risks in the Fx Market: Navigating Uncertainty and Innovation
    GBFinextra

    At Sibos 2026, CLS Chief Risk Officer Deborah Hrvatin discusses the evolving risk landscape in the FX market, exploring how financial institutions can strengthen operational resilience while navigating geopolitical uncertainty, new…

  43. Wise appoints chairman designate
    GBFinextra

    Money transfer app Wise has named former NICE CEO Barak Eilam as non-executive director and chair designate.

  44. Spanish banks arrange syndicated finance on blockchain
    GBFinextra

    Two Spanish banks, Santander and BBVA, and utility company Iberdrola, are claiming a blockchain first after arranging a syndicated financing facility executed through a blockchain platform

  45. Integral and Movantis team up for LatAm FX liquidity
    GBFinextra

    Movantis, the unified financial infrastructure platform leader in cross-border value movement across Latin America, has selected Integral's technology to strengthen its offering through third parties in the liquidity sector for…

  46. Crypto custodian Komainu bolsters Dubai office
    GBFinextra

    Komainu, a regulated digital asset services provider and custodian, backed by Laser Digital and Blockstream, announces the appointment of Edward Marlow as Head of Office, Dubai.

  47. Clearstream hires digital transformation executive
    GBFinextra

    Clearstream, Deutsche Börse Group's post-trade business, is appointing Philippe Mueller as Head of Digital Products and Transformation for Clearstream Fund Services, effective immediately.

  48. CLS completes infrastructure migration with Kyndryl
    GBFinextra

    CLS, a financial market infrastructure group delivering settlement, processing and data solutions, and Kyndryl (NYSE: KD), a leading provider of mission-critical enterprise technology services, today announced the successful completion of…

  49. SAP Taulio appoints CTO and CPO
    GBFinextra

    SAP Taulia, a leading provider of working capital management solutions, today announces the appointment of Kirsten Loegering as Chief Product Officer, effective 28 September, as well as the promotion of Andrew Schafer to Chief Technology…

  50. The Smarter Path to Managing Payment Modernisation
    GBFinextra

    At Sibos 2026, RedCompass Labs’ Robert Coakley reveals how banks can manage payment modernisation complexity by leveraging the ecosystem and AI.

  51. Managing external data in fintech: signal quality and risk
    GBFinextra

    Author: A finextra community member

  52. Neonomics secures $4m for open banking
    GBFinextra

    Norwegian fintech Neonomics has secured $4 million in new funding from existing shareholders, following a strategic transformation that has reduced its operating cost base by almost 50% while preserving its high service quality and…

  53. What Banks Need to Know Before Choosing Tokenized Deposit Infrastructure
    GBFinextra

    Author: A finextra community member

  54. Executive Briefing: U.S. Wealth Management Earnings (3Q 2026)
    GBFinextra

    Author: A finextra community member

  55. Recent Quant Links from Quantocracy as of 10/14/2026
    USQuantocracy

    This is a summary of links recently featured on Quantocracy as of Wednesday, 10/14/2026. To see our most recent links, visit the Quant Mashup . Read on readers! Does More History Help? A Market-Regime HMM and the Trouble with Out-of-Sample…

  56. Bitcoin drops below $81,000 as risk-off sentiment weighs on Asian equities
    USThe Block (Crypto／Fintech)

    Asian equities tumbled on Thursday, with South Korea's Kospi losing 8% and Japan's Nikkei 225 declining 5% during morning trading.

  57. NatWest enlists Nvidia to help its AI spending tool understand regional accents
    GBFinextra

    NatWest has harnessed AI speech recognition technology from Nvidia to help its new audio-visual spending insights tool understand customers' accents and pronunciations.

  58. JPMorgan Chase blocks outside AI agents from directly accessing customer accounts
    GBFinextra

    Weeks after the launch of Meta's Muse AI assistant, Jamie Dimon says JPMorgan Chase is not going to allow outside agents to directly access accounts on behalf of retail customers.