AGP Executive Report
Last update: 19 minutes agoFintech Policy & Regulation: India’s FIU issued non-compliance notices to 15 offshore crypto platforms (including Weex, Blofin and WOO X), ordering takedowns of apps and URLs for missing PMLA requirements—another push after earlier enforcement against Binance. Payments & Infrastructure: AXON Technology Inc. registered with Canada’s FINTRAC as an MSB, laying AML footing for its multi-rail financial orchestration plans; FinXP teamed with Thredd to upgrade multi-region card issuing with tokenisation, provisioning and fraud controls; DCPayments added Interac e-Transfer Business Request Money into Canadian online checkout. Banking M&A: Chime agreed to buy Stride Bank for $590M in cash, turning Stride into Chime Bank to accelerate AI-era product development. Fintech Governance: At GFF 2026, India’s PM Modi urged top-tier cybersecurity, ethical data standards, a regulator-industry innovation ecosystem, and a Fintech Consumer Protection Index; SEBI chief backed fintech innovation with investor safeguards. Tokenisation & Real-World Assets: Maharashtra signaled it will introduce a land-asset tokenisation framework via the DELTA Act, aiming to become India’s first tokenised state. Ethical Finance: Nigeria’s Open Space launched ethical finance products to close the 26% financial inclusion gap, using Islamic finance structures like Murabaha and Ijarah.
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