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Barclays expands Anthropic’s Claude Code to support software development and legacy modernisation

Barclays expands Claude Code to modernise legacy systems, HSBC opens authorised banking data to clients' AI tools, Mastercard ...
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Can Finastra use AI to accelerate payments modernisation?

As banks are leveraging regulatory and standards changes to replace ageing payment infrastructure rather than extend it again, Finastra is applying AI to shorten migrations, improve payment operations ...
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Can Mizuho turn a $1 billion supply chain facility into deeper Asia Pacific relationships?

Mizuho Bank and the IFC have launched a $1 billion risk-sharing facility to expand supply chain finance for suppliers and ...
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NGFS outlines how climate risk could raise banks’ capital requirements

NGFS outlines possible capital buffers for climate-concentrated lending, FCA adopts comply-or-explain reporting, Bank Negara Malaysia targets structuring barriers and DBS and ING underwrite a GBP ...
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TAB Global adds AI Excellence and Beyond Borders categories to Business Achievement Awards

The introduction of the AI Excellence and Beyond Borders awards reflects TAB Global's view that banking leadership is defined by sustained execution rather than early experimentation. At the TAB ...
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Mark Monaco recognised as Global Transaction Finance Leader of the Year for Bank of America’s payments transformation

Mark Monaco leads Bank of America’s global payments and transaction banking transformation through technology, innovation and ...
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CU NEX connects campus services and embedded finance in Thailand

Chulalongkorn University and KBank's CU NEX, launched in 2018, unifies campus services and embeds finance, healthcare, AI ...
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Mozambique downgraded to CCC as debt-restructuring risk rises

S&P cuts Mozambique to CCC on Eurobond restructuring risk, Nigeria's yields fall after CBN cuts rates to 23% and Angola ...
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Sibos Annual Conference 2026

MUFG's Belinda Han said the bank wants to translate its regional footprint and ASEAN partner-bank network into a more integrated transaction banking franchise, capturing a greater share of clients' ...
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Can Standard Chartered connect trade, liquidity and payments around clients' resilience needs?

Standard Chartered's Sofia Hammoucha said corporate clients increasingly want banks to address resilience across financing, payments, liquidity, custody and supply chains rather than discuss trade ...
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Can SMBC Connect turn client-led design into greater treasury engagement?

SMBC built its new US cash management portal with continuous input from 50 corporate clients. Early users are sending more wire payments, higher transaction values and more deposits through the bank, ...
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Can SMBC connect its financing relationships with transaction banking?

SMBC's Priyamvada Singh said corporate clients increasingly want financing combined with working-capital efficiency, supply-chain transparency and technology. The bank is looking to connect trade more ...