August 21, 2026 @ 8:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Standard Chartered (LON: STAN) has completed the issuance of $200 million in three-year floating-rate digitally native notes, becoming the Global Systemically Important Bank and a UK-based issuer that has now placed such instruments on Euroclear’s Digital Financial Market Infrastructure. The notes, created natively on distributed… Read More

 Tagged euroclear, rwas, standard chartered, tokenization

August 21, 2026 @ 8:03 am By Omar Faridi  |  

X, owned by Elon Musk, is reportedly examining the use of stablecoins as a method for distributing payments to digital content creators and influencers. According to individuals familiar with the matter, the platform is engaged in discussions about leveraging digital assets pegged to traditional currencies,… Read More

 Tagged elon musk, payments, stablecoins, x

August 21, 2026 @ 6:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Eskimo, a provider of travel connectivity solutions, has launched support for stablecoin transactions on its platform by teaming up with payment specialist Triple-A. This development allows customers to complete purchases of global eSIM data plans using stablecoins directly at checkout, expanding the range of payment… Read More

 Tagged eskimo, mena, payments, stablecoins, triple-a

August 21, 2026 @ 5:42 am By Omar Faridi  |  

London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) and PT Bank Negara Indonesia (Persero) Tbk, known as BNI, revealed a new strategic collaboration centered on data and analytics. The agreement aims to bolster BNI’s efforts in serving clients, managing data responsibly, and advancing its digital initiatives. Through this… Read More

 Tagged data, london stock exchange group, lseg, uk, united kingdom

August 21, 2026 @ 4:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UK based digital bank Monzo activated its specialized backup platform, known as Monzo Stand-in, on August 19, 2026, after detecting technical problems that disrupted normal app functionality and payment processing for many users.The issues primarily affected the main Monzo application, outbound and inbound bank transfers,… Read More

 Tagged digital banks, monzo, uk, united kingdom

August 21, 2026 @ 2:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Experian has enhanced its ChatGPT application to give United Kingdom consumers direct, secure access to their individual credit scores. Announced on 20 August 2026, this update represents the first occasion on which people in the UK can retrieve their authentic, account-linked Experian Credit Score through… Read More

 Tagged ai, chatgpt, credit, experian, uk

August 21, 2026 @ 1:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Starling Bank has unveiled a range of artificial intelligence features designed to help its customers take greater control of their finances. Announced on 20 August 2026, these “smart tools” sit inside the bank’s existing conversational AI helper, known as Starling Assistant, and aim to simplify… Read More

 Tagged ai, digital banking, starling bank, uk, united kingdom

August 21, 2026 @ 12:39 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Global banks including Barclays (NYSE: BCS) and Deutsche Bank (NYSE: DB) are integrating Ant International’s FalconTST AI model to strengthen cash-flow predictions and foreign-exchange liquidity management. In a development underscoring the growing role of specialised artificial intelligence in financial services, several international banks have begun… Read More

 Tagged ai, ant international, banking, barclays

August 20, 2026 @ 11:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Two international banks have completed the inaugural live interbank transaction involving tokenized deposits on a blockchain-enabled platform developed by Swift. The milestone, announced on August 19, 2026, underscores growing progress toward seamless, round-the-clock cross-border payments using regulated bank-issued digital money. Standard Chartered (LON: STAN) and… Read More

 Tagged blockchain adoption, dlt, hsbc, standard chartered, swift, tokenization

August 20, 2026 @ 9:47 am By JD Alois  |  

Tandem Bank, a UK challenger bank, has announced significant executive changes following a board refresh earlier this year. In March, Tandem announced that Stephen Jones would become Chair, succeeding Paul Pester. Jones is currently Executive Chair of Investment Banking at Panmure Liberum. He previously held… Read More

 Tagged banking, tandem bank, uk, united kingdom