Airwallex Reworks Business Accounts for Agentic Finance
Managing money across several companies, currencies and bank accounts can become a full-time job if goes unautomated. Airwallex is now trying to make that process easier with AI agents.
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Bradesco Completes First HKD Pilot Payment on BofA Cross-Border RTP
Brazil’s Bradesco bank has completed the first pilot transaction on Bank of America’s new cross-border real-time payments (RTP) solution. International transfers remain one of the slowest and most cumbersome parts of the payments landscape, and the test is an early attempt to speed them up without changing how banks send them.
Morph Joins Mastercard Crypto Partner Program to Expand Stablecoin Payments
L2 blockchain network Morph has joined the Mastercard Crypto Partner Program. The blockchain company looks to simplify stablecoin payments for Web3 businesses, agencies and creators working with clients across borders.
Bitcoin After CLARITY Act Setback: HashKey’s Tim Sun on Price, Regulation & $400K Target
Bitcoin fell to $75,000 after the U.S. Senate vote on the CLARITY Act failed. It then climbed back to the $80,000 to $85,000 range. The market absorbed the news quickly. However, longer-term BTC prospects are harder to assess for retail investors, so here’s expert opinion.
AI News: OpenAI Cancels GPT-6.1, Anthropic IPO Filing Flags Existential Risk, Meta Targets SMBs
Safety questions flood most of this week’s AI news conversations. Check the AI-related news from OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta and Google all in one place.
Bank of America Expands AskGPS With Three New Tools
Bank of America has launched AskGPS Intelligence Hub. It is a set of tools to facilitate decision-making for corporate staff in its Global Payments Solutions (GPS) unit.
Aave Launches on OKX X Layer
OKX announced the launch of Aave, a decentralized lending protocol, on X Layer. Now its users can earn passive income on idle crypto assets.
Revolut Pay with Smile: How Face Scan Payments Work
Revolut has recently introduced facial recognition payment service Pay with Smile. That tool lets customers pay for purchases in physical stores without a phone, bank card or wallet. The service is integrated into Revolut Register, the company’s point-of-sale (POS) system for businesses.
Safello Launches Crypto Checkout Pilot for Businesses
Swedish crypto brokerage Safello launched a pilot version of its crypto checkout solution. It allows businesses to offer their end customers the ability to buy and transfer crypto-assets without leaving an existing customer flow.
Sygnum’s Thomas Frei Says AI Agents Should Inform, Not Act, on Material Transactions
“The agent should make people faster and better informed, not become the party that acts,” believes Thomas Frei, Head of AI and Data Analytics at Sygnum. In which context does it apply: reveals PaySpace Magazine interview.
Kakao Pay and Kakao Bank Partner With Fireblocks to Explore Stablecoins in Korea
Kakao Pay and Kakao Bank have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with digital asset infrastructure provider Fireblocks to explore opportunities for digital assets, mainly stablecoins, in South Korea.
Amazon Blocks Meta Muse AI Agent From Shopping on Its Platform
Amazon has cut off Meta’s new Muse AI agent from shopping on Amazon.com, deepening an industry-wide standoff over who controls the customer relationship as AI agents purchase on consumers’ behalf.
CloudTech Group Launches RooRooEx Digital Asset Trading Platform
CloudTech Group has launched RooRooEx, a digital asset trading platform for professional investors, high-net-worth individuals and retail customers. Its initial target markets are Australia, Singapore and Malaysia.
Huawei Prompts Banks to Own Their AI With Fintelligent Launch
Huawei has launched a new AI platform for banks to own their artificial intelligence (AI) stack.
Coinbase and Kalshi File for US Stock Perpetuals: How Crypto-Style Trading Moves Into Equities
Popular crypto exchange Coinbase and prediction market Kalshi have both filed proposals to offer perpetual futures tied to individual US stocks.
Merchants Using Ant’s AI for Payment Integration Quadruple
The number of merchants using artificial intelligence (AI) tools to integrate payment services with Ant International has quadrupled over the past 12 months, the company noted. As the demand grows, the company plans broader rollout of AI-native tools across payments, foreign exchange, treasury, and credit operations.
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