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Banking, payments and open banking

FIS launches agentic AI suite for CFO cash and risk decisions

FIS has launched Agentic Insights Suite, combining treasury, ERP and external data to forecast cash and score risk — raising data quality and oversight questions for UK finance teams before it reaches credit or liquidity decisions.

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Fintech for Business
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Kord launches legal sort code, claims anytime settlement

Kord says Custody gives verified UK law firms a dedicated sort code for anytime transfers of client funds, but its speed, delay-reduction and fraud claims are the provider's own.

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Payments
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Visa and Mastercard face £700m UK claim over post-Brexit fees

A proposed opt-out claim seeks about £700m from Visa and Mastercard for roughly 126,000 UK businesses over post-Brexit card fees, but the Competition Appeal Tribunal has yet to certify it.

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  1. 01 / Crypto, Stablecoins & Tokenisation

    Qivalis's 37-institution euro stablecoin awaits Dutch approval

    A 37-institution consortium has built Qivalis towards a euro stablecoin, but Dutch authorisation is still pending. UK firms handling the token may still fall within FCA rules, even though Qivalis itself would not be FCA-authorised.

  2. 02 / Explainers & Guides

    Who is responsible when an AI agent makes a payment?

    UK law has no single rule for AI-agent payments. This explainer maps which protections apply when an agent buys the wrong item, signs an unwanted contract, or creates debt.

  3. 03 / AI & Finance

    HSBC weighs deep cuts to UK wealth advisers amid AI push

    HSBC is reportedly weighing cuts of around 70% to UK wealth adviser roles and half of management and specialist posts, with the plan still subject to consultation and Consumer Duty accountability unchanged.

  4. 04 / UK Fintech

    UK T+1 settlement readiness uneven a year before deadline

    A year before the UK's planned move to T+1 settlement on 11 October 2027, FCA and industry survey evidence point to uneven progress on automation and testing readiness.

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Fraud & Cybersecurity

FCA finfluencer enforcement actions surge to 74 in 2025

FCA data obtained under Freedom of Information rules show enforcement actions against financial influencers rose from one in 2023 to 74 in 2025 — but most were warning alerts, not prosecutions.

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Payments and open banking

Cashflows takes undisclosed stake in payments firm Tap & Go

Cashflows has taken an undisclosed strategic stake in UK merchant-services firm Tap & Go, which plans to expand beyond card terminals into ecommerce and multi-site payments.

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AI & Finance

Subcontext brings branded life insurance AI to ChatGPT and Claude

Subcontext says insurers can run branded quoting and eligibility assistants inside ChatGPT and Claude, but FCA Consumer Duty and advice rules still apply in full.