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Euroclear has appointed Usman Ahmad, co-founding CEO of Zodia Markets, to a newly created Head of Digital Assets role as it pursues tokenisation and digital settlement.
Lloyds Banking Group retires the 173-year-old Halifax brand and deploys agentic AI platform Envoy, having blocked over £1bn in fraud during 2025.
Brussels-based Keyrock has finalized the acquisition of key trading and brokerage assets from BlockFills, expanding its institutional digital asset capabilities.
Kraken expands its derivatives suite with new Bitcoin and Ethereum options contracts, targeting professional and institutional investors as crypto markets mature.
Revolut has secured in-principle approval from Dubai's VARA to offer broker-dealer, asset management, and crypto exchange services across the UAE.
UK filings reveal NVIDIA quietly holds a $196 million stake in Revolut as the crypto-friendly neobank targets a $115 billion valuation.
Visa's new AI Financial Assistant embeds spending insights, subscription management, and financial planning directly into bank apps, bridging AI guidance and consumer trust.
HM Treasury has published a sweeping digital asset and wholesale markets strategy, projecting tokenization could unlock hundreds of billions of pounds for the UK economy by 2035.
Citizens Bank is closing roughly 100 in-store branches while opening 50 stand-alone locations designed around private banking, wealth advice, and small business services.
Banks, fintechs, and wealth platforms are converging on one strategic prize: the right to tell customers what to do next with their money.
Japanese financial giant SBI Holdings acquires a majority stake in Singapore crypto platform Coinhako, adding 400,000 users to its expanding Asian digital asset portfolio.
Citadel Securities has invested $400M in Crypto.com, valuing the exchange at $20B, marking a landmark convergence of traditional finance and digital assets.