SWIFT stories
Students are gaining public app-store exposure and industry experience as Galgotias University's programme moves classroom projects into commercial release.
Seventeen banks will test whether tokenised deposits can speed cross-border payments and extend settlement beyond normal market hours.
Businesses can now take stablecoin payments without holding crypto, as collections are auto-converted into local currency through treasury tools.
Developers will gain on-device AI, coding agents and faster builds as Apple widens its software toolset across iPhone, Mac and Vision Pro.
Corporate clients will be able to send and receive overseas payments instantly next quarter, with local-currency payouts and tracking.
Businesses could see faster, cheaper international payouts as the tie-up lets funds settle through local clearing systems rather than correspondent banks.
Accessibility-focused app playgrounds won prizes as students used Apple’s Swift challenge to tackle tremors, floods, speaking and music barriers.
Compliance teams can now screen stablecoin and wallet transfers alongside traditional payments, reducing the need for separate tools as use grows.
Businesses can now run supplier, tax and sanctions checks through AI tools, as apexanalytix opens access to more than 280 million records.
It aims to cut manual work and reduce reconciliation risk for insurers and fund managers handling custodian data in multiple formats.
Demand for AI agents is driving Google Cloud to broaden its stack with new security tools and eighth-generation Tensor Processing Units.
Juniper Research’s latest study signals growing demand for payment networks that connect more rails, currencies and wallets across fragmented markets.
WorkFusion's AI agent Tara has been named AML Solution of the Year by FinTech Breakthrough for streamlining sanctions screening workloads.
Thunes opens Swift banks to direct USDC and USDT payouts, linking 11,500 institutions with 500 million stablecoin wallets worldwide.
Crypto slips from the spotlight as blockchain quietly rebuilds finance, joining forces with AI to reshape money's hidden plumbing.
Oracle named IDC MarketScape leader for AI-enabled embedded trade finance apps, bolstering its position in bank trade digitisation.
Customers can now track overseas payments in ANZ Plus, with near real-time transfers on some routes and extra scam protections added.
Businesses sending funds into New Zealand can now settle in local currency faster, as Thunes adds real-time bank transfers to its Asia-Pacific network.
Banks face growing operational risk as ACI brings eight US payment networks onto one cloud-native platform for FedNow, RTP and more.
TransFi raises USD $19.2m to scale stablecoin-powered cross-border payments across emerging markets, led by Turing Financial Group.
