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Bank of Japan to experiment with blockchain
The Bank of Japan is testing out the use of central bank money for a wide range of settlements on blockchains. The sandbox project will involve technical experimentation...
“Fiduciary failure”: Rigid hiring practices locking women out
Billions of pounds of economic growth are at risk due to digital vacancies in the financial technology sector. Research by the City of London Corporation’s Women Pivoting...
FCA examines impact of AI on UK markets
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has launched a review into the use of advanced artificial intelligence across UK financial services, including applications linked to...
HSBC leverages Mistral AI for innovation
HSBC has signed a multi-year deal with start-up Mistral AI to integrate generative artificial intelligence tools across its banking services. Through the collaboration, HSBC will...
Nomura partners with OpenAI for asset management
Nomura, a Japanese financial services group, has entered a strategic partnership with OpenAI to advance the asset management industry through generative AI. Under the...
Money 20/20 USA: The startups driving collaboration across finance
The Money 20/20 USA Startup Media Session showcased fintech innovators shaping the future of finance, from AI-powered security and compliance solutions to embedded banking...
Insurers go digital with AI and DLT
Digital transformation strategies
Emerging technologies like blockchain and tokenisation, as well as Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI), are beginning to coalesce in investment institutions’ digital...
Money 20/20 USA: Firms urged to rethink tech development
Global financial institutions have been urged to rethink how they develop software after a patent-pending AI coding platform launched at this week's Money 20/20...
Money 20/20 USA: Deutsche and Mastercard on AI and blockchain
Artificial intelligence and blockchain have been the key themes front and centre of this year's Money 20/20 USA, with leading voices from banking, payments...
IMF warns capital markets lag stablecoin growth
Capital markets are facing growing risks from stablecoins and AI-driven finance, according to the IMF, which says regulatory frameworks have failed to keep pace...
FCA consulting on launch of AI testing
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is seeking views from firms to aid its live AI testing service.The service aims to develop the regulator’s AI...
Coinbase partners on UK innovation booster
Coinbase, Fabric Ventures, Animoca Brands and Founders Factory have launched an accelerator cohort that they claim could transform the UK’s blockchain and AI ecosystem.This...
PBW ’25 French minister pushes collaboration for innovation
The French Minister for Digital and AI has called for renewed international collaboration in the rapidly evolving field of technology.Speaking at Paris Blockchain Week,...
AI redefining asset management
Active asset management is being redefined by breakthrough artificial intelligence solutions, with AI-powered tools emerging as a solution to inefficiencies in capital markets, according...