AGP Executive Report
Last update: 11 hours agoStablecoin Rails Move Closer to Mainstream Banking: WasabiCard will host “Stablecoin & Payments: Funds Flow” at TOKEN2049 Singapore, focusing on how on-chain liquidity can be settled, safeguarded, and reconciled across card programs and cross-border payouts. Stablecoin Banking Goes Live: Fiserv says its digital-asset platform is now live with financial-institution clients, with Bank of North Dakota’s dollar-backed Roughrider Coin as the first production use case using Solana. Tokenized Markets Get Practical: Chainlink demoed automated tokenized-equity dividends using Swift messaging and ISO 20022 across four blockchains, while Polymath and CineCity explored a regulated tokenized film-investment platform. Crypto Privacy for AI Payments: Ethereum Foundation launched zkAPI on mainnet to enable anonymous payments for AI services via ETH/USDC with zero-knowledge proofs. Regulation & Risk Spotlight: Hyperliquid’s policy team asked EU authorities to classify perpetual futures under existing MiFID II rules; Papua New Guinea warned of rising illegal gambling, cybercrime, scams, and money laundering. India Banking Leadership: HDFC Bank received RBI approval to appoint Anup Bagchi as MD&CEO from Oct. 27, continuing the ICICI alumni pipeline. Enforcement Watch: India’s ED provisionally attached ₹646.58 crore in properties in the Pancard Clubs Ponzi probe. AI in Finance Governance: IBM reports CFOs are expanding into AI strategy and guardrails, but only a small share say finance is transformation-ready.
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