Category Archives: Finance

26Oct/25

Binance and GFI Launch Crypto Regulation Course

October 26, 2025FinanceBinance, Changpeng Zhao, Corporate crime, Cryptocurrency exchanges, FTX, Sam Bankman-Friedadmin

This curriculum is designed for compliance and regulatory professionals, offering insights into the rapidly changing digital asset landscape, including topics such as money laundering risks, investor protection, and real-world case studies like the FTX collapse. The collaboration strengthens an existing strategic alliance between Binance and GFI, which previously involved Binance sponsoring over 500 scholarships for a foundation programme in crypto regulation and compliance. Continue reading

02Oct/25

EasyStaff Data: Stablecoins Skyrocket in Corporate Payroll

October 2, 2025FinanceBank, Cryptocurrencies, Decentralized finance, Payroll, Stablecoinsadmin

EasyStaff produced an exclusive data report about the rapid corporate adoption of stablecoins for payroll, noting a 6.8 times year-over-year growth in usage. This data highlights a significant shift away from traditional banking systems towards digital assets for international payments, including a 134% increase in the average corporate deposit size. Continue reading

01Oct/25

Deutsche Börse Partners With Chainlink for Onchain Market Data

October 1, 2025FinanceBlockchain, Börse, Chainlink, Cryptocurrencies, Decentralized finance, Deutsche Börse, Economy of Frankfurt, Eurex, Xetraadmin

A new strategic partnership between Deutsche Börse Market Data + Services and Chainlink to publish multi-asset class market data on blockchains using a service called DataLink. This collaboration aims to connect traditional and blockchain-based financial markets by making real-time data from venues like Eurex, Xetra, 360T, and Tradegate accessible to thousands of decentralised finance (DeFi) protocols. Continue reading

01Oct/25

SPAYZ.io White Paper on Payment Industry Challenges and Ambitions

October 1, 2025FinanceBundled payment, Consumer-to-business, Financial law, Online payments, Paymentadmin

SPAYZ.io, a global provider of advanced payment technologies, announced their new white paper titled “Winning Payments in Challenging Industries,” which explores the opportunities and challenges within the high-risk payments sector. Continue reading

30Sep/25

Chainlink Solves Corporate Actions with AI and Blockchain

September 30, 2025FinanceBitcoin, Blockchain, Chainlink, Cryptocurrencies, Decentralization, Euroclear, UBSadmin

This solution leverages the Chainlink oracle platform, blockchain technology, and AI to standardise and streamline data validation, transforming unstructured announcements into verifiable, real-time records that can be distributed across both traditional financial infrastructure and blockchain networks. Key participants include institutions like DTCC, Swift, Euroclear, and UBS. Continue reading

30Sep/25

Crypto Wallet Adoption: Reinforcing Inequality

September 30, 2025FinanceAdoption, Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency, Cryptocurrency and crime, Decentralization, Financial technology, GT Bank Crypto Exchange, Private currencies, United States, Walletadmin

A new research report on crypto wallet adoption in the U.S., which suggests that the adoption of cryptocurrency is skewing toward affluent Americans while lower-income communities face significant barriers and high fees. Continue reading

29Sep/25

AI in Payments: Risks, Readiness, and Future Outlook

September 29, 2025FinanceArtificial intelligence, Computational neuroscience, Cybernetics, Data science, HCLTECHadmin

This HCLTech report discusses the payments industry’s rapid adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI), highlighting that while nearly all organizations use AI, a large percentage of executives are concerned about risks, fraud ineffectiveness, and a lack of proper guardrails and infrastructure. Continue reading

29Sep/25

Oracle Banking Payments Swift Compatibility for 2025

September 29, 2025FinanceCross-Border Interbank Payment System, Financial regulation, Interoperability, ISO 20022, Market data, Oracle Corporation, SWIFTadmin

Oracle Financial Services has achieved Swift Compatible Application status for its Oracle Banking Payments solution, specifically in anticipation of Payments 2025. This validation confirms that the platform meets Swift standards for security and interoperability, which is crucial as the financial industry prepares for the mandated ISO 20022 MX message format migration set for November 2025. Continue reading

29Sep/25

Distributed Ledger Technology and Digital Asset Adoption 2025

September 29, 2025FinanceBlake O'Donnell, Blockchains, Broadridge Financial Solutions, Cryptocurrencies, Distributed computing, Distributed ledger, DLT, International Conference on Developments in Language Theoryadmin

The 2025 “DLT in the Real World” report, which was conducted by Broadridge Financial Solutions and several partners tracks the accelerated adoption of Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) and digital assets across global financial markets, noting that adoption is now moving from theoretical concepts to operational deployment. Continue reading

26Sep/25

Geopolitical and Digital Disruption Risk Trends

September 26, 2025FinanceActuarial science, Audit, Audit committee, Auditing, Computer security, Institute of Internal Auditors, Internal audit, Riskadmin

“Risk in Focus,” by The Institute of Internal Auditors’ Internal Audit Foundation, highlights significant shifts in the global risk landscape. The research, based on feedback from over 4,000 internal audit professionals, indicates that geopolitical uncertainty and digital disruption have seen the largest increases in risk levels this year. Despite this, cybersecurity remains the highest-rated risk worldwide. The report also notes a gap between the perceived high risk of areas like geopolitical uncertainty and digital disruption and their relatively lower audit priority ratings globally, urging practitioners to address these growing risks proactively through related areas like business resilience and regulatory change. Continue reading