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🤖 AI: The New Lifeblood of Fintech Transformation

💳 Stablecoins: The Future of Payments

🔗 The Event Roundup 

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It’s not the future—it’s happening now with crypto.

Fortune 500 companies like PayPal and EY already use stablecoins like PayPal USD (PYUSD) through Coinbase Prime to settle invoices in seconds.

Here’s what they’re getting:

• Instant settlement: No more net-30 waits.

• 24/7 payments: Across borders, anytime.

• Cost savings: Faster, cheaper treasury management.

Google Cloud is in, and more businesses are catching on.

But the real game-changer?

AI also makes payments—Coinbase powered the first-ever transaction between two AI agents.

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1. AI: The New Lifeblood of Fintech Transformation

This is an article from Ritesh Jain—the Founder of Infynit and former COO of HSBC.

“While some may argue that innovation in financial technology has plateaued, the reality is that we're on the brink of a new revolution—one led by artificial intelligence (AI),” Ritesh says.

His experience and knowledge in Fintech make this worth a read. 

Here’s the whole Article

2. Stablecoins: The Future of Payments.

This article is from Nkiru Uwaje, Chief Operation Officer at MANSA. 

“As businesses and consumers demand faster, more efficient payment solutions, stablecoins are increasingly being adopted across almost every sector.” - Nkiru says.

Here’s what she says.

1. FinTech IPO Index Sinks 6.3% as Asia Soars but BNPL Firms Decline.

Even a surge in Asia-based firms — a continuation of rallies seen in the wake of macro stimulus packages in China — was not enough to boost the fortunes of the FinTech IPO Index.

The overall group was down 6.3% through the week.

The names outside the U.S. that rocketed up, though without company-specific news, were 9F Group, which surged 79%. AMTD Digital, which gathered roughly 60%, and OneConnect, which gained 57.3%.

2. Slow Week For FinTech With $557M Raised Across 16 Deals.

The UK led a slow week for FinTech, with just 16 deals completed globally and $557.5m raised. 

In a rare instance, the US was not the leader in FinTech deals this week. Three deals were completed in the country, just one behind the UK, leading the pack with four deals.

3. Glia Introduces an Online Calculator For Benchmarking Customer Interactions in Finance

This tool is designed to help financial services firms measure their customer interaction strategies against over 500 comparable companies. 

Free for all banking, credit union, and insurance sectors, this online calculator embodies a novel method for quantifying interaction effectiveness centred on efficiency, effectiveness, and the overall customer experience.