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Circles partners with Airwallex to plug embedded banking into CirclesX, letting telcos launch financial services across more than 70 markets.

QBE appoints Reuben Lee as Asia transactional liability lead, creating its first regional underwriting role to drive M&A insurance growth.

Circles.Life rolls out Zerofy Cashback Card in Singapore, touting instant, uncapped rewards on global spend via Airwallex and Visa.

Thunes opens Swift banks to direct USDC and USDT payouts, linking 11,500 institutions with 500 million stablecoin wallets worldwide.

Employment Hero appoints long-serving executive James Keene as APAC managing director to drive regional growth and AI-led expansion.

Unlimited and Themis launch Complaints AI to help banks automate complaint analysis, spot emerging risks and meet tightening regulation.

Robinhood Ventures Fund I adds Stripe and ElevenLabs stakes to give retail investors listed access to late-stage private tech firms.

GMI Cloud unveils USD $12bn sovereign AI hub in Kagoshima, aiming for 1GW capacity to power Japan's next wave of “Physical AI” systems.

Black Kite weaves Open FAIR into its platform to automate financial loss estimates in third-party cyber risk assessments and reviews.

GPT-5.4 leads new AI benchmark on real-world accounting tasks, but its 77.3% score leaves firms facing stubborn reliability gaps.

Deloitte has sold its audit software venture Auvenir to its management in a buyout, with the business rebranding as Streamworks Tech.

PayPal widens access to its PYUSD stablecoin, rolling it out to accounts in 70 markets to speed up and cut the cost of cross-border payments.

Mastercard to acquire stablecoin platform BVNK in a deal worth up to USD $1.8 billion, deepening its push into on-chain payments.

AI ambitions and cost pressures are reshaping observability, as teams centralise tools, embrace SaaS and double down on open standards.

San Francisco startup Multiply raises USD $9.5m to power self-learning B2B ad campaigns across Google Search, LinkedIn and emerging AI formats.

Ecommpay's staff auction raises over EUR €7,200 for Street Child, setting a company bidding record to support children's education.

Okta and partners pull rogue ShieldGuard Chrome extension that stole crypto wallet data and bypassed browser defences via custom code.

Archive360 and EVT launch joint retention solution to help financial firms automate record-keeping, cut risk and improve audit readiness.

Wise wins full Thai licences to launch cross-border wallets and cards, challenging banks in a USD $9.46 billion remittance market.

Bitget expands Ondo tokenised stocks, ETFs and metals, adding 24/7 tradable US equities, index funds and gold-silver exposure to its spot market.