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Fintech News

Finastra launches supply-chain finance platform for banks

Finastra has launched a platform linking supplier onboarding, invoice financing, risk checks and secondary-market distribution, but UK banks still carry the underlying credit and operational risk.

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Banking
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Gresham launches AI tool to configure bank reconciliation rules

Gresham's new Control Studio lets staff describe reconciliation needs in plain language while deterministic engines still do the matching, leaving open questions about approval and audit evidence for UK firms.

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Crypto, Stablecoins & Tokenisation
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Luxembourg clears native tokenised fund units

The CSSF has confirmed Luxembourg funds may issue units natively on DLT within existing rules. UK managers servicing Luxembourg funds face new operational questions, separate from the FCA's own UK tokenisation framework.

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  1. 01 / AI & Finance

    WealthAi launches AI agents for wealth onboarding and KYC

    WealthAi says its new agents coordinate onboarding and KYC checks for UK wealth managers, but firms keep approval and escalation duties for PEPs and sanctions cases, and must still monitor and evidence Consumer Duty outcomes.

  2. 02 / Fintech News

    Trustly gets US$40m in binding commitments for AI expansion

    Trustly has secured more than US$40m in binding equity commitments from Nordic Capital and Alfvén & Didrikson for an AI payment-intelligence push, with the raise expected to close in November 2026.

  3. 03 / AI & Finance

    Bailey proposes AI testing baseline, not new bank rules

    Andrew Bailey wants UK banks to test frontier AI before and after deployment and learn from near misses — but his article sets out a governance starting point, not a new supervisory rule.

  4. 04 / Fintech News

    Zilch launches paid tiers, Pay Monthly and a payday advance

    Zilch is rolling out two paid memberships, six- and 12-month Pay Monthly credit and £100 payday-linked advances, as the UK's new deferred payment credit rules take hold.

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Crypto, Stablecoins & Tokenisation

Fiserv's stablecoin platform goes live in the US, not the UK

Fiserv's Digital Asset Platform is now live with US banks via Roughrider Coin, but the FCA's UK stablecoin rules differ sharply, and no transaction data yet confirms adoption at scale.

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Open Banking

Why competing Pay by Bank schemes could fragment UK payments

UKPI's June 2026 launch gave the UK its first commercial Pay by Bank scheme for recurring payments, and the FCA wants rivals to follow - raising questions about integration costs and inconsistent protection.

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Crypto, Stablecoins & Tokenisation

Marex launches cash-settled crypto derivative for institutions

Marex's new Rolling Spot product gives hedge funds and asset managers long or short crypto exposure through a cash-settled OTC derivative, without direct ownership, custody or delivery of the underlying tokens.