HSBC stories
Customers could soon shop and pay through AI assistants, after HSBC UK and Visa completed a live end-to-end card transaction online.
FCA findings show vulnerable customers are still missing out on basic bank accounts, prompting nine banks to tighten offer and application processes.
Customers could soon verify their age, address and identity through banking apps, as lenders test a voluntary check-sharing service to curb fraud.
The lender expects AI to speed fraud checks and staff support, while helping prioritise projects that could each deliver more than USD $100 million.
UK banks, defence contractors and telecoms groups are backing a homegrown AI model designed to run inside customers' own systems.
Recurring bank payments could soon replace some cards and direct debits as UK Payments Initiative rolls out a new open banking scheme.
Backed through to 2027, the fintech body can expand work on SME finance and digital verification with new government and bank support.
Hong Kong users of Hang Seng's mobile app can now pay abroad through Alipay+, widening access to merchants in more than 55 markets.
The financing values the New York fintech at USD $1 billion as it seeks to give overseas banks direct access to dollar accounts and payments.
Merchants on Recurly will gain access to more than 300 payment providers through one integration, helping curb failed recurring charges.
Gaps in existing rules are prompting banks and fintechs to seek common standards as AI-led payments expand rapidly across Asia Pacific.
Seventeen banks will test whether tokenised deposits can speed cross-border payments and extend settlement beyond normal market hours.
The refinancing gives the Copenhagen-based software group room to expand enterprise sales and fund AI services built on backup data.
The fresh capital will fund platform upgrades and expansion as large enterprises demand cleaner supplier data for compliance, risk and automation.
Singapore merchants will get a faster online checkout as Juspay brings Mastercard Click to Pay to the city-state and wider Asia-Pacific region.
The move gives banks and brokers a clearer path to tokenised securities, with limited trading due to start in July 2026 and broader rollout in October.
Banks must move beyond isolated pilots if they want agentic AI to deliver enterprise-wide gains, Google Cloud says.
Yet only 8% of investors in Singapore said AI drove their last major decision, underscoring demand for human validation.
Testing on a commercial quantum computer showed Archer's model can spot fraud, though the higher false-positive rate underscores hurdles for banks.
Institutional investors in Hong Kong and Singapore are set to gain wider access to tokenised funds, bonds and structured products through the tie-up.
