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Regulation and policy

NatWest Retail customers say AI oversight is important

NatWest found that 75% of surveyed Retail customers said independent regulatory oversight of AI was important, and 81% identified access to a person as their top trust factor. Here's what that means against the FCA's Mills Review, published July 2026.

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Crypto, Stablecoins & Tokenisation
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Agant appoints Nephos to verify GBPA stablecoin reserves

Agant has appointed Nephos Group to run independent ISAE 3000 checks on whether sterling stablecoin GBPA is backed one-for-one, but the review has clear limits and no FSCS or Financial Ombudsman Service cover applies.

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Fintech News
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Modulr expands US reach through Cogent Bank partnership

UK payments fintech Modulr has partnered with US bank Cogent to let customers open US accounts and reach ACH, RTP and FedNow rails through one platform.

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  1. 01 / Regulation and policy

    Feedzai launches Farol AI agent for bank fraud teams

    Feedzai has launched Farol, an AI agent embedded in bank fraud systems that drafts suspicious activity reports and analyses detection rules — but UK reporting duties still rest with human officers.

  2. 02 / Open Banking

    Trustly proposes cutting around 200 roles; UK impact unclear

    Trustly plans to cut about 200 roles worldwide, roughly a quarter of its workforce, but has not disclosed whether its FCA-regulated UK business, Ecospend or the HMRC payments contract will be affected.

  3. 03 / Fintech News

    FE fundinfo links Nexus adviser platform to intelliflo

    FE fundinfo has linked its Nexus meeting workflow to intelliflo, but its claim that this frees up adviser capacity rests on a company survey whose 192-hour figure isn't explained in public materials.

  4. 04 / Banking, payments and open banking

    Standard Chartered backs £2.45bn UK data centre financing

    VIRTUS Data Centres has secured a £2.45bn syndicated financing package, with Standard Chartered among four lead banks, to support UK and European sites including a planned 78MW Buckinghamshire campus.

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Crypto, Stablecoins & Tokenisation

Treasury lays final stablecoin exemptions ahead of 2027 regime

HM Treasury has laid draft final amendments easing rules on transferring, exchanging and holding UK qualifying stablecoins, but Parliament has not yet approved them and the 2027 regime remains unchanged.

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Regulation and policy

ITI Capital enters special administration over client assets

ITI Capital has entered special administration, leaving clients waiting up to eight weeks for word on how the broker's cash and securities will be returned.

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Fintech for Business

Adyen to power Flatpay's payment infrastructure in the UK

Adyen will supply the acquiring and payments infrastructure behind Flatpay's UK business, while Flatpay keeps its merchant relationships, support and flat-rate pricing model.