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Quant Finance news — Thursday 29 October 2026

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  1. Binance investigating hack as suspicious outflows reach up to $5.8 billion
    USThe Block (Crypto／Fintech)

    Tether and Circle froze $1.79 billion in USDT and USDC after billions moved out of Binance hot wallets. Binance says it is investigating.

  2. Strategy reports $19.5 billion in Q3 net income as preferred shareholders approve daily dividends
    USThe Block (Crypto／Fintech)

    Strategy reported $19.53B in Q3 net income on a $20.91B bitcoin gain, holds 848,517 BTC, and moves preferreds to daily dividends.

  3. Polymarket pauses trading after $2.65 million exploit, says third-party provider was compromised
    USThe Block (Crypto／Fintech)

    After over $2.5 million was lost within minutes on Polymarket, the platform said it has since placed its exchange in cancel-only mode.

  4. Visa and Tencent ink agentic commerce and cross-border payments MoU
    GBFinextra

    Weeks after securing the regulatory green light to step up its operations in China, Visa has inked a deal with the country's tech behemoth Tencent spanning cross-border payments and AI-powered commerce.

  5. When an AI Agent Moves Money, Who Pays for the Mistake?
    GBFinextra

    Author: A finextra community member

  6. BofE consults on tokenised collateral in central clearing
    GBFinextra

    The Bank of England has launched a consultation supporting central counterparties (CCPs) acceptance of tokenised forms of eligible collateral.

  7. Canton Foundation backs RedStone to build pricing standard
    GBFinextra

    RedStone, the data layer for institutional DeFi, today announced that the Canton Foundation has unanimously approved funding through the Canton Development Fund to develop the Canton Access and Privacy Standard (CAPS), an open-source…

  8. Unipaas expands to Ireland with JP Morgan Payments
    GBFinextra

    Unipaas, in collaboration with J.P. Morgan Payments, are expanding their payments offering in Ireland, making the technology available to support card acceptance and payments services for Irish platforms and businesses, with plans to…

  9. Building a Trusted Ecosystem: AI’s Changing Role in Corporate Banking
    GBFinextra

    At Sibos 2026, CoCoNet’s CEO and director of product share their thoughts on how banks can build trusted AI execution layers and connect corporate ecosystems to meet evolving client demands.

  10. HYPE surges 15% as NYSE parent ICE moves to bring Hyperliquid perps to US
    USThe Block (Crypto／Fintech)

    NYSE parent ICE will partner with and invest in Trade[XYZ] to launch regulated, Hyperliquid-based perpetual futures in the U.S.

  11. Uniswap Labs opens fee conversion tool TJAR to apps, starting with Robinhood
    USThe Block (Crypto／Fintech)

    Uniswap Labs has opened up its Token Jar fee conversion system to other apps through a new tool called TJAR.

  12. Former Swift CEO Lázaro Campos joins stablecoin firm OpenTrade as chair
    GBFinextra

    Stablecoin yield infrastructure platform OpenTrade has appointed former Swift CEO Lázaro Campos as chair of its board of directors.

  13. Liquidity Services deploys Flywire tech for domestic and cross-border B2B payments
    GBFinextra

    Flywire Corporation (Nasdaq: FLYW), a global payments enablement and software company, today announced that Liquidity Services Inc. (Nasdaq: LQDT) has implemented Flywire to run both domestic and cross-border B2B payments for the global…

  14. SynergySuite and Branch bring earned wage access to restaurants
    GBFinextra

    SynergySuite, a leading restaurant management software platform, and Branch, the provider of embedded financial services for workforces, today announced the integration of earned wage access (EWA) directly within SynergySuite's Employee…

  15. B2Broker Group moves into agentic trading
    GBFinextra

    B2Broker Group, a global fintech solutions provider for financial institutions, has expanded the AI capabilities of its B2Trader platform with Model Context Protocol (MCP) support and a new in-terminal AI Chat.

  16. CIBC rolls out Thought Machine core platform
    GBFinextra

    UK core banking fintech Thought Machine has signed CIBC as its latest Tier 1 client, revealing that the Canadian giant is also the lender behind a previously announced £30 million investment.

  17. Crypto exchange HTX to leave UK after FCA lawsuit
    GBFinextra

    The UK's Financial Conduct Authority has secured a High Court order preventing crypto exchange HTX from ‌knowingly promoting cryptoasset services unlawfully to customers in the country.

  18. Polygon adds Solana to payment stack linking bank accounts, crypto and payouts
    USThe Block (Crypto／Fintech)

    Polygon added Solana to its payments platform, connecting businesses to bank funding, cross-chain transfers, stablecoins and global payouts.

  19. SettleMint integrates digital asset lifecycle platform with IBM Digital Asset Haven
    GBFinextra

    SettleMint today announced that its Digital Asset Lifecycle Platform (DALP) has been integrated with IBM Digital Asset Haven, enabling financial institutions, governments and other regulated organizations to manage tokenized assets…

  20. TradeStation Europe expands operations capability
    GBFinextra

    TradeStation Europe B.V. (“TradeStation Europe”), the recently licensed European brokerage subsidiary of TradeStation Group, Inc. (“TradeStation”), today announced a round of product updates, including extended-hours options trading, along…

  21. Mollie introduces ChatGPT and Claude integrations
    GBFinextra

    Mollie now enables businesses to manage their daily financial operations directly from their preferred AI assistants Claude and ChatGPT.

  22. Airtm and BVNK team on direct wallet payments in emerging markets
    GBFinextra

    Airtm, the trusted last-mile financial network for the Global South, and stablecoin infrastructure provider BVNK, a Mastercard company, today announced a partnership that brings wallet-native payments to emerging markets.

  23. DNA Payments partners Zeal to pilot loyalty programme
    GBFinextra

    DNA Payments, one of the UK’s fastest-growing payment providers, has begun piloting a new loyalty programme for select UK merchants, in partnership with Zeal, the data and loyalty layer for card machines.

  24. Icon Solutions appoints Raquel Guillot as Southern Europe sales director
    GBFinextra

    Icon Solutions – the UK fintech enabling banks globally to design and implement state-of-the-art payment systems – has appointed Raquel Guillot as Southern Europe Sales Director, to drive adoption of the Icon Payments Framework (IPF)…

  25. JCB partners Hanoi Metro for contactless railway payments
    GBFinextra

    JCB International Co., Ltd., the international operations subsidiary of JCB Co., Ltd., Japan’s only international payment brand, and Hanoi Metro One Member Limited Liability Company (Hanoi Metro) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding…

  26. Neonomics and Movitz Payments strengthen Pay by Bank security
    GBFinextra

    Neonomics, the European open banking and Pay by Bank provider, has integrated Movitz Payments' Verification of Payee (VoP) technology into Nello Pay in Finland, with plans to expand to Sweden, Denmark and Norway in 2027.

  27. Napier AI integrates LSEG World-Check On Demand for risk-based payment screening
    GBFinextra

    Napier AI Transaction Screening has successfully completed the technology validation process for its integration with LSEG’s new World-Check On Demand.

  28. Idemia prepares payment cards for quantum threats with EMVCo certification
    GBFinextra

    Becoming the first company to achieve EMVCo certification for a payment card platform that provides access to post-quantum cryptography (PQC) and crypto-agility services, Idemia can now enable banks to future proof their cards against…

  29. Hong Kong-based TCMS teams up with Tribe Payments as its Apac acquirer processing partner
    GBFinextra

    TCM Solutions Limited (TCMS), a Hong Kong-based merchant acquirer, has partnered with Tribe Payments, a global payments fintech specialising in issuer and acquirer processing, to power its acquirer processing as it expands its business…

  30. Apex Group appoints Maqbool Mohamed as global head of real assets
    GBFinextra

    Apex Group Ltd. (“Apex Group”), a global financial services provider servicing more than $3.5 trillion in assets, has appointed Maqbool Mohamed as Global Head of Real Assets. Maqbool will work across the Group’s businesses to bring the…

  31. Curve Finance launches on Stellar in first native deployment outside EVM ecosystem
    USThe Block (Crypto／Fintech)

    Curve Finance has launched on Stellar mainnet, its first native deployment outside the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) ecosystem.

  32. PRA's September 2026 Dear CFO letter: What UK lenders need to know
    GBFinextra

    Author: A finextra community member

  33. Source of funds or source of wealth: what a reviewer of a corporate account actually needs
    GBFinextra

    Author: A finextra community member

  34. Utah files criminal charges against Kalshi, executives over alleged illegal gambling
    USThe Block (Crypto／Fintech)

    Utah AG Derek Brown filed criminal charges against Kalshi, Tarek Mansour and Luana Lopes Lara for allegedly promoting online gambling.

  35. Responsible AI, Governance and Ethics: The New Enterprise Imperative
    GBFinextra

    Author: A finextra community member

  36. Monzo launches in Spain
    GBFinextra

    British digital bank has officially launched in Spain, marking its first move onto continental Europe.