Atlas has launched stablecoin accounts. Allowing businesses and private wealth structures to send, receive, and hold stablecoin account balances, similar to how a traditional fiat bank account works. “The best fintech products have always been about providing access. Atlas is taking a multi-coin, multi-chain approach.” Said James Robertson, Head of Product at Atlas. “We are currently connected to more than 50 blockchains, with all 200 stablecoin issuers available, including USDC (Circle), USDT (Tether), (RLUSD) Ripple and PYUSD (PayPal). Always connected to whatever stablecoin and blockchain your customers want to pay you with.” Account holders can frictionlessly move between blockchain, currencies, and into over 26 fiat currencies. Even earn a yield on their stablecoin balances of up to 11% APY. “We’re taking the same principles of our core multi-currency banking product, and applying it to stablecoins. Funds are held in reserve 1:1 which can be verified on-chain. Customisable user permissions and approval processes, with downloadable statements and transaction reports. Backed up with a $30m insurance policy” added Robertson.
Wolters Kluwer unveils cloud-native and blockchain based bank confirmation platform that enables 100% bank statement retrieval from banks worldwide and entirely online experience and self-serve through a browser-based interface
Wolters Kluwer Tax and Accounting (TAA) unveiled the enhanced CCH Validate, next-generation, cloud-native bank confirmation platform engineered to redefine how audit professionals operate. Purpose-built for speed, security, and intelligence, this fully online solution empowers firms with instant, client-authorized data access and intuitive onboarding—delivering a smarter, faster, and more reliable audit experience. Leveraging advanced technologies—including blockchain for tamper-proof assurance—it enables 100% bank statement retrieval from banks worldwide. Key Features of the New CCH Validate: Entirely Online Experience: Users can self-serve through a browser-based interface and begin using the tool in minutes. Client-Driven Authorization: Clients securely and privately authorize data access, removing the need to wait for bank responses. Trial First: Firms can try the platform before committing. Cloud-Native Architecture: Built for scalability, security, and speed, with compliance to SOC 1, SOC 2, ISO 27001, and audit industry standards. Global Reach: Currently designed to support firms in the U.S., integration across platforms in Canada and the UK will soon follow. Security: Blockchain is leveraged to ensure requests are tamper-proof Audit Trail: Provides a comprehensive and immutable audit trail of the end-to-end process stored in the blockchain. Fraud Prevention: Eliminates the potential for fraud by eliminating human intermediaries in responding to requests.
AWS launches Kiro: a ‘spec coding’ developer environment integrated with AI agents that will build in “specs” and use “hooks” that will understand the width and breadth of taking a prototype to production
AWS launched a preview of a new development environment named Kiro, integrated with AI agents for software engineers, which will help them turn ideas into production-ready code. Now in preview, Kiro helps provide speed and resilience to has become known as “vibe coding,” a new way to use development tools to tell an AI assistant what the developer wants built using conversational English and then working with it like a pair programmer or sitting back and letting it do most of the work. Amazon’s newest tool is an integrated development environment, or an IDE, which is a software development interface where software engineers spend most of their time building, coding, testing and compiling software. Traditionally, the experience of vibe coding might start from a blank template or an existing app where a coder prompts the AI to write something. Then they prompt it again to either write more or fix what it wrote. This chain of prompts eventually leads to a final product. Amazon said Kiro will change that with integrated AI agents that will build in “specs” and use “hooks” that will understand the width and breadth of taking a prototype to production. As a result, Amazon calls what Kiro’s new capability “spec coding.” The important thing about this approach is that the code and the agent’s process are completely documented top-to-bottom. Nothing is left out and the developer has a bird’s eye view of how the app or function will be built and is able to guide it from the requirements view before anything happens. Amazon said this eliminates the costly back-and-forth usually associated with vibe coding.
BNY says 96% of employees use in-house AI platform up from 36% of employees adopting the Eliza AI platform during the first year 2024
BNY has seen nearly all its employees adopt the bank’s AI platform, Eliza, and the bank expects the technology to help them serve clients and grow the company. The bank saw 36% of employees adopt the Eliza AI platform during the first year it was available, fiscal year 2024, and it saw 96% adoption in the first half of this year. “It’s early days, but we are beginning to see the benefit of some of these agents and digital employees, and we expect that to accelerate in the quarters and years ahead,” BNY CEO Robin Vince said. Vince said BNY has been encouraging all employees to use the AI platform because while the technology is currently “an expense story,” BNY expects that investment to pay off as AI unlocks capacity in the company by allowing employees to focus on higher-value tasks. BNY is seeing early signs of these benefits and expects them to accelerate in 2026 and beyond, Vince said.
Experian and Stryd’s open banking-powered loan matching solution for brokers to offer access to real-time financial and behavioral data and product information on > 2,000 mortgage products from 85 bank brands
Experian and fintech platform Stryd have joined forces to launch an open banking-powered loan matching solution that gives brokers a new way to re-engage clients across the full loan life cycle. The collaboration lets brokers access real-time financial data via BankStatements.com.au – an Experian-acquired platform – and product information from Stryd, which catalogues more than 2,000 mortgage products from 85 bank brands. Joining Experian’s affordability and behavioural data with Stryd’s PRD-enabled product pricing and risk engine will enable brokers to better match clients to suitable loans and maintain engagement throughout the loan life cycle, including post-settlement. Rather than relying on periodic static updates, such as an annual loan review, the combined solution intends to enable dynamic event-based triggers, such as changes in cash flow, repayment behaviour, loan-to-value ratio, or product competitiveness, to prompt timely broker intervention. Eventually, the collaboration aims to reduce brokers’ reliance on periodic status updates, such as an annual loan review, and move towards event-driven alerts and real-time customer insights. Simone Jemmett, Experian’s managing director, open data solutions, A/NZ, said the collaboration will ultimately enhance brokers’ ability to re-engage clients at the right moments, particularly as brokers often lose visibility of customer data once a loan settles, limiting their ability to re-engage strategically.
Shopify is adding tighter control over agentic AI through a warning in the storefront code telling bots what they can and can’t do, discouraging unauthorized AI scraping and checkout automation
Shopify is drawing a line in the sand on agentic AI — a type of bot that autonomously completes tasks on its own, without human inputs — with new language across merchant websites that appears aimed at blocking agentic AI systems. Shopify now includes a warning in the code that powers merchant storefronts, telling bots what they can and can’t do. The message appears in each site’s robots.txt file — a standard tool websites use to give instructions to automated crawlers like search engines. The new line states: “Automated scraping, ‘buy-for-me’ agents, or any end-to-end flow that completes payment without a final review step is not permitted.” The updated language suggests it wants tighter control over how automated agents operate within its ecosystem. The move is likely not an outright rejection of agentic AI. The added language directs “legitimate integrators” to use its official Checkout Kit. In other words, the change shows Shopify is thinking ahead, drawing early boundaries between controlled integration and unregulated automation. Shopify merchants could theoretically override the robots.txt file, as Shopify is a content management system. But the default setting suggests the platform is trying to protect its ecosystem by discouraging unauthorized AI scraping and checkout automation.
PNC Bank’s new campaign features an animated Ben Franklin – the original financial influencer – delivering witty, practical money advice for the modern age
PNC Bank is putting a modern twist on timeless financial wisdom in their latest social campaign – with a little help from Benjamin Franklin himself. ‘Brilliant Ben Franklinisms’ is the latest creative concept to debut across PNC’s paid and organic social channels. It’s part of the bank’s ongoing ‘Brilliantly Boring’ brand platform that highlights how the bank’s reliable, responsible approach leads to fulfilling outcomes for customers in a world obsessed with shortcuts, hype, and high-risk money moves. Created by AOR Arnold, the campaign features an animated Ben Franklin – the original financial influencer – delivering witty, practical money advice for the modern age. The campaign will run across paid and organic social, supported by a full digital media buy. The first wave of content in a two-part social campaign rolling out in 2025, ‘Brilliant Ben Franklinisms’ marks the next chapter in the success of PNC’s ‘Brilliantly Boring’ brand platform, which launched in 2024 and helped establish the bank’s new, distinct tone of voice in the category.
IDEMIA Secure Transactions launches modular library of post-quantum cryptographic algorithms and expert support for easy integration and deployment of quantum-resistant cryptography
IDEMIA Secure Transactions (IST) has launched the IDEMIA Sphere Cryptographic Library, a modular library designed for easy integration and quantum-resistant cryptography adoption. The library is certified by NIST CAVP1 and supports both classical and post-quantum cryptographic algorithms, enabling organizations to enhance their cyber security while preparing for the post-quantum era. The library is designed to meet the needs of a rapidly evolving cybersecurity landscape and offers classical and post-quantum algorithms for hybrid protocols. It is certified by the NIST Cryptographic Algorithm Validation Program (CAVP) and offers algorithms for embedded and WhiteBox solutions. The library’s modular architecture enables seamless integration into both off-the-shelf and customized solutions, while clients benefit from IST’s expert support and consulting services for smooth deployment and long-term maintenance. For business: Acceleration of development cycles through ready-to-use certified modules; Reduced migration risks thanks to expert support during integration and maintenance phases; Ability to market quantum-resilient solutions rapidly, capitalizing on growing demand for trusted digital services. For consumers and citizens: Stronger protection of financial, healthcare, and identity data. Continuous, seamless digital experiences, with no perceptible change but a guarantee of higher security against quantum threats.
Anthropic’s Claude for Financial Services enables financial professionals to conduct research, generate investment reports, perform modelling and run complex analyses including Monte Carlo simulations and risk modeling with audit trails and verified source
Anthropic introduced Claude for Financial Services, an out-of-the-box generative artificial intelligence solution tailored to analysts, portfolio managers and underwriters at large financial institutions. The service, which is only available in enterprise plans, is powered by Claude 4, Anthropic’s most advanced AI model family. It is integrated with Box, Snowflake, Morningstar, FactSet, S&P Global and other data sources so users can access internal and external data in one dashboard. This is the first industry-specific service that Anthropic has formally introduced, according to Jonathan “JP” Pelosi, head of FSI at Anthropic. The platform enables financial professionals to conduct research, generate investment reports, and perform financial modeling with audit trails and verified source data. It can be used to modernize trading, automate compliance and run complex analyses including Monte Carlo simulations and risk modeling using Claude Code. The product expands Claude’s context window as well as usage limits to support large document analysis, a necessity for hedge funds, banks and insurers conducting due diligence or modeling transactions. Users can “look at hundreds of pages of financial documents,” without running into rate limits or losing continuity, Pelosi said.
Mastercard debuts experience-focused World Legend Card to support a growing demand among consumers for a “more intentional way of living, where spending on meaningful experiences is prioritized over material things”
Mastercard has introduced a new suite of benefits aimed at experience-seeking consumers. The Mastercard Collection is available across the company’s World, World Elite and newly created World Legend Mastercard cards, offering rewards on things like dining, entertainment and travel. The World Legend card is available to banks worldwide now, and will debut to cardholders in the third quarter of this year in the U.S., followed by a larger international launch. Driving this launch, is its in-house research showing a growing demand among consumers for a “more intentional way of living, where spending on meaningful experiences is prioritized over material things.” The vast majority of the company’s cardholders, “feel their best when spending their time on their passions, including culinary exploration, artistic endeavors, and cultural immersion,” while two-thirds “are becoming more intentional with how they spend their time, focusing on the relationships that matter most.”