Wise plans US primary listing shift
Wise is preparing to move its primary listing from London to the United States next month. The company said strong fourth-quarter growth in payment volumes, customers, and income supported the move.
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Fed consults on FedNow cross-border transfers
The US Federal Reserve is consulting on a proposal to let FedNow participants make cross-border payments. The move could expand the reach of the real-time payments system and affect how institutions handle international transfers.
Finextra ↗EBA plans to harmonise SEPA reporting
The European Banking Authority has published a Decision to standardise how national authorities report under the SEPA Regulation. The move is aimed at making reporting more consistent across EU member states.
Finextra ↗HSBC completes tokenized deposit pilot on Canton
HSBC completed a pilot of its Tokenised Deposit Service on the Canton Network, testing issuance, transfer, and atomic settlement for regulated institutions. The pilot highlights continued experimentation with tokenized payments infrastructure and configurable privacy features.
Finextra ↗GoCardless posts first profitable quarter
GoCardless reported its first profitable quarter, supported by a 22% rise in revenue. The update is a business performance announcement with no direct regulatory or enforcement angle.
Finextra ↗Round raises $6 million for finance automation
AI fintech startup Round raised $6 million in seed funding to expand its finance automation platform. The company says it aims to reduce manual work in treasury, payments, and payroll by using AI.
Finextra ↗Deutsche Börse invests in MerQube
Deutsche Börse Group has invested $15 million in MerQube, a US-based index and research firm focused on rules-based investment strategies and passive solutions. The deal highlights continued interest in index technology and passive product infrastructure.
Finextra ↗FOO to power OMPAY digital wallet
FOO will provide the IT backbone for OMPAY’s next-generation digital wallet in Oman. The partnership is aimed at supporting the expansion of digital financial services in the market.
Finextra ↗Facephi opens Canadian subsidiary
Facephi has opened a new subsidiary in British Columbia as part of its growth strategy. The company says the move supports geographic and sector diversification and aims to strengthen cash flow generation.
Finextra ↗Profitus partners with Axiology on digital bonds
Profitus is launching digital bonds with Axiology, an EU-licensed distributed ledger technology capital markets infrastructure provider. The move expands the crowdfunding platform’s use of blockchain-based issuance in regulated markets.
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Kepler launches orbital GPU compute cluster
Kepler Communications says it is now operating the largest orbital compute cluster, with 40 GPUs in Earth orbit. Its latest customer is Sophia Space, highlighting growing interest in space-based computing infrastructure.
TechCrunch ↗Officials may push banks to test Anthropic model
A report says Trump officials may be encouraging banks to test Anthropic’s Mythos model. The excerpt notes this is surprising because the Department of Defense recently labeled Anthropic a supply-chain risk.
TechCrunch ↗Apple tests four smart glasses designs
Apple is reportedly testing four different designs for upcoming smart glasses. The effort appears to be a more limited step than the company’s earlier, more ambitious mixed and augmented reality plans.
TechCrunch ↗TechCrunch explains common AI terms
This article is a glossary that defines common artificial intelligence terms, from large language models to hallucinations. It is a basic explainer meant to help readers understand the language used in AI discussions.
TechCrunch ↗Claude dominates HumanX conference buzz
Anthropic drew the most attention at San Francisco’s HumanX AI conference, with attendees repeatedly discussing Claude. The piece frames this as a sign of strong market interest in Anthropic’s model and broader momentum in the AI sector.
TechCrunch ↗DuckDB-Python Tutorial Covers Analytics Pipeline
This article is a hands-on tutorial showing how to build an analytics pipeline with DuckDB-Python. It walks through querying DataFrames, working with Parquet, using UDFs, and profiling performance in code.
MarkTechPost ↗MiniMax launches MMX-CLI for multimodal AI agents
MiniMax has released MMX-CLI, a Node.js command-line interface that gives developers and AI agents native access to its image, video, speech, music, vision, and search tools. The product is designed to work in terminal-based workflows and with agentic coding tools like Cursor, Claude Code, and OpenCode.
Marktechpost ↗Microsoft VibeVoice Tutorial Shows Speech AI Pipelines
This tutorial walks through using Microsoft VibeVoice in Colab for speaker-aware transcription, real-time text-to-speech, and speech-to-speech workflows. It covers setup, dependency installation, and advanced features like context-guided ASR and batch audio processing.
MarkTechPost ↗Meta and KAUST Propose Neural Computers
Researchers from Meta AI and KAUST proposed Neural Computers, a model where a neural network serves as the computer itself rather than just a component on top of one. The work introduces a theoretical framework and two prototype systems that combine computation, memory, and input/output into a single learned model.
MarkTechPost ↗MolmoAct Tutorial Shows Depth-Aware Robot Reasoning
This tutorial walks through a coding implementation of MolmoAct, a model for depth-aware spatial reasoning and robotic action prediction. It explains how to set up the environment, load the model, and use multi-view images with natural language instructions to generate visual traces and action outputs.
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