Fintech

Bank Negara Malaysia has launched the SSDS+ platform based on distributed ledger technology for the issuance and storage of tokenized bonds with settlements through RENTAS+.

Spade has introduced a new product, Spade Predictions, which provides banks with access to transaction analytics using AI.

The S&P 500 index rose by 18.3%, while the Goldman Sachs non-AI index gained only 6.7%. The increases are driven by the growth of chip company stocks.

Anthropic's AI Claude has been deployed in India with support from Amazon Bedrock, providing essential auditing and access control features.

The OUSD stablecoin is available for companies and developers. More than 200 organizations have joined the initiative.

Financial technology company Jeeves Inc. from Miami raised $110 million to develop services, including stablecoins and AI.

Payward is actively transforming Kraken into a financial services hub with unique infrastructure. In the second quarter of 2026, revenue amounted to $508 million.

Crux Analytics, a fintech company, raised $2.2 million to enhance the interaction between financial institutions and small businesses.

At the SIFMA conference, Hester Peirce called for KYC reform using zero-knowledge proofs for verification.

SoFi Bank and Mastercard have launched stablecoin payments for card transactions, transitioning the entire portfolio of debit and credit cards to on-chain settlements.