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[title] => Consumers increasingly concerned about AI scams
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[pubDate] => Wed, 22 Oct 2025 11:26:00 GMT
[description] => A vast majority of consumers are concerned that increasingly sophisticated AI will be used for financial scams and a similar number expect their banks to use the same technology to protect them, according to recently published research
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[title] => American Fintech Council calls on CFPB to prohibit open banking data access fees
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[pubDate] => Wed, 22 Oct 2025 00:01:00 GMT
[description] => In the wake of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's decision to ditch its open banking rule, the American Fintech Council (AFC) has called on the regulator to preserve people’s right to access and share their financial data.
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[title] => Fed Governor touts 'skinny' masters accounts to promote payments innovation
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[pubDate] => Wed, 22 Oct 2025 00:01:00 GMT
[description] => The Federal Reserve is exploring the introduction of a "skinny" master account that would give access to basic Fed payment services to fintechs and other providers that currently have to work with third-party banks, says Governor Christopher Waller.
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[title] => OpenAI hires Wall Street bankers to train AI in financial models
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[pubDate] => Tue, 21 Oct 2025 21:05:00 GMT
[description] => OpenAI has hired more than 100 former investment bankers to help train its AI to build financial models, according to Bloomberg.
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[title] => Coinbase buys crypto investment platform Echo
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[pubDate] => Tue, 21 Oct 2025 14:54:00 GMT
[description] => Coinbase has acquired crypto investment platform Echo for around $375 million in cash and stock.
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[title] => TrueLayer to acquire open banking rival Zimpler
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[pubDate] => Tue, 21 Oct 2025 13:15:00 GMT
[description] => London-based payments network TrueLayer is set to expand its presence in Europe after striking an agreement to buy Nordic competitor Zimpler.
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[title] => UK pension funds to back fintech startups
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[pubDate] => Tue, 21 Oct 2025 12:29:00 GMT
[description] => A consortium of 20 UK-based pension funds, asset managers and asset owners is set to invest in the country's fintech sector.
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[title] => EBAday 2026 heads to Copenhagen: Early bird registration now open
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[pubDate] => Tue, 21 Oct 2025 12:14:00 GMT
[description] => The European payments and transaction banking community will gather in Copenhagen on 16-17 June for the 21st edition of EBAday, the continent’s leading summit for industry professionals. Hosted at the Bella Centre, EBAday 2026 promises two days of high-impact networking, strategic insight, and forward-looking discussion.
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[title] => Mexican fintech Plata sees valuation exceed $3bn
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[pubDate] => Tue, 21 Oct 2025 11:35:00 GMT
[description] => Plata, a startup based in Mexico and founded by three former Tinkoff executives has completed a $250m fund raise.
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[title] => Japanese banks jointly launch stablecoin
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[pubDate] => Tue, 21 Oct 2025 10:55:00 GMT
[description] => Three of the largest banks in Japan are joining forces for the launch of a unified stablecoin.
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[title] => Canada preps financial crime agency
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[pubDate] => Tue, 21 Oct 2025 00:01:00 GMT
[description] => Canada is setting up a financial crimes agency to take on a rising tide of online scams as part of a national anti-fraud strategy that will also require more action from banks.
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[title] => UK watchdog clears Global Payments' $22.7bn Worldpay acquisition
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[pubDate] => Mon, 20 Oct 2025 17:23:00 GMT
[description] => The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has cleared Global Payments' $22.7 billion deal to acquire Worldpay.
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[title] => Stablecoin settlement provider StraitsX continues regional expansion
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[pubDate] => Wed, 22 Oct 2025 10:17:00 GMT
[description] => StraitsX, the stablecoin-native settlement layer driving global finance, and Fazz Financial Group (“Fazz”), a leading ecosystem of financial services in Southeast Asia, today announced the next phase of its regional expansion, supported by a new strategic investment from UQPAY, Asia’s leading cross-border payment solutions provider leveraging stablecoin infrastructure, and continued backing of existing investor NTT DOCOMO, INC. (“DOCOMO”), Japan’s leading mobile and digital-services company.
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[title] => Smarsh and Jeffries extend relaitonship
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[pubDate] => Wed, 22 Oct 2025 10:13:00 GMT
[description] => Today, Smarsh announced that Jefferies has selected the company’s flagship communications surveillance technology to address the growing challenge of monitoring vast and complex digital communications.
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[title] => Simply Business launhces AI-powered insurance advisor
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[pubDate] => Wed, 22 Oct 2025 10:09:00 GMT
[description] => Simply Business, LLC, the leading digital marketplace for easily finding, comparing, and buying tailored small business insurance in the U.S., today announced the launch of its first-of-its-kind AI-powered insurance advisor, transforming the insurance buying process for entrepreneurs.
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[title] => PNC Bank joins FedNow
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[pubDate] => Tue, 21 Oct 2025 17:51:00 GMT
[description] => PNC Bank, N.A., today announced it has expanded its instant payments capabilities by joining the Federal Reserve’s instant payments system, the FedNow Service.
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[title] => Streetbeat raises $15m to scale AI for wealth managers
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[pubDate] => Tue, 21 Oct 2025 17:49:00 GMT
[description] => Streetbeat, an AI-powered intelligence platform for financial professionals and retail investors, today announced $15 million in Series A funding to further expand the use of AI agents for trading.
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[title] => Key Commercial Bank names Eric Girard head of embedded banking
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[pubDate] => Tue, 21 Oct 2025 17:47:00 GMT
[description] => Key Commercial Bank has named industry veteran Eric Girard Head of Embedded Banking and Co-head of Commercial Product.
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[title] => RTX Fintech names André Léger chief product officer
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[pubDate] => Tue, 21 Oct 2025 15:24:00 GMT
[description] => RTX Fintech & Research (“RTX Fintech”), a leading US electronic interdealer trading platform for interest rate swaps, today announced the appointment of André Léger as Chief Product Officer and Head of Markets, Asia.
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[title] => Zopa launches 4.75% Easy Access savings product
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[pubDate] => Tue, 21 Oct 2025 14:53:00 GMT
[description] => Digital bank Zopa has launched a market-leading Easy Access savings product offering 4.75% AER.
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[title] => Jump acquires Mobile Assistant
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[pubDate] => Tue, 21 Oct 2025 14:46:00 GMT
[description] => Jump, the leading provider of artificial intelligence (AI) solutions for financial advisors and financial services, today announced its acquisition of Mobile Assistant, a leader in advisor transcription services.
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[title] => Tensec secures $60m credit facility to build 'Stripe for global trade'
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[pubDate] => Tue, 21 Oct 2025 14:42:00 GMT
[description] => Tensec, a fintech startup focused on providing cross-border financial services, today announced a strategic $60 million credit facility with Upper90 Capital Management, LP ("Upper90"). The financing enables Tensec to expand its annual trade volume from $500MM to $5B, addressing surging demand from its import/export trading clients.
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[title] => Salt Edge and Sola partnet to power instant payments across Europe
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[pubDate] => Tue, 21 Oct 2025 13:37:00 GMT
[description] => Sola, a European fintech infrastructure company building a next-generation payments and open banking gateway, has partnered with Salt Edge, a leading provider of open banking solutions, to enhance its payment capabilities and accelerate the adoption of alternative payment methods across Europe.
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[title] => Travelex launches wholesale banknote operations in Canada
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[pubDate] => Tue, 21 Oct 2025 13:30:00 GMT
[description] => Leading foreign exchange company Travelex has launched onshore wholesale banknote operations in Canada, marking a significant milestone in its global expansion strategy.
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[title] => The Next-Gen Banking Stack: Cloud, AI, and Quantum on the Horizon
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[pubDate] => Tue, 21 Oct 2025 09:00:00 GMT
[description] => At Sibos 2025 in Frankfurt, Mark Fieldhouse of Form3 and Shanker Ramamurthy of IBM explored the convergence of infrastructure and innovation in financial services, emphasising the shift toward hybrid multicloud environments. They highlighted how banks are blending on-premise, cloud, and SaaS models to achieve agility, resilience, and scalability, laying the groundwork for transformative technologies like generative AI and quantum computing. Ramamurthy noted that tech is no longer just executing strategy but actively shaping it, while Fieldhouse stressed the importance of API-first architectures for delivering agile services. Together, they underscored the urgency for financial institutions to rethink compute paradigms, accelerate execution, and build ecosystems that support next-generation capabilities.
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[title] => How Onboarding Automation Creates Inclusion, But AI Still Needs Strategic Oversight
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[pubDate] => Mon, 20 Oct 2025 13:00:00 GMT
[description] => Speaking to FinextraTV at Sibos in Frankfurt, Andy Schmidt, Vice President, Global Industry Lead - Banking, CGI, expressed his belief that one of the key value gains from AI is within the automation of onboarding processes. Schmidt explains how the automation of data collection, fraud detection and onboarding creates a more inclusive environment for mobile-first customers who are more reluctant to deal with physical branches and people. Noting a sustained rise in demand for digital acceleration, Schmidt outlines the vast benefits of AI, but warns against being lulled into a false sense of security, stressing the importance of human strategic oversight still being intrinsically involved.
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[title] => Why Banks Need Direct Connectivity and Mobile Wallet Optimisation to Stay Ahead
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[pubDate] => Fri, 17 Oct 2025 10:00:00 GMT
[description] => Sharing insights into the cross-border landscape and sentiments at Sibos 2025 in Frankfurt, Stanley Wachs, Head of Europe and Africa, Dandelion Payments described how, as customers continue to expect more from their cross-border payment experience, banks are having to rethink their operational processes. Wachs explains how he has seen a shift from traditional correspondent banking models with multiple intermediaries towards a focus on direct connectivity and more efficiency, leading them to partner with Fintechs and, by extension, regain some of their market share. Another key part of these collaborations, he says, is the ability to be optimised for mobile wallets, which still provide fundamental access to the financial ecosystem for many across the world.
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[title] => AI Without Governance Is Just Guesswork: Rethinking Reconciliation in Real Time
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[pubDate] => Wed, 15 Oct 2025 12:00:00 GMT
[description] => At Sibos 2025 in Frankfurt, Tom Warsop, CEO of ACI Worldwide, reflected on the urgency driving payments modernisation, especially among traditional financial institutions. He highlighted the growing interest in stablecoins and tokenised deposits, noting their potential to enhance cross-border transactions without undermining existing systems. Warsop emphasised the importance of education to overcome fear and unlock innovation, urging institutions to embrace new payment types and lean into their trusted market positions
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[title] => How Shared Standards are Bridging the Gap Between TradFi and DeFi
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[pubDate] => Wed, 15 Oct 2025 10:00:00 GMT
[description] => At Sibos 2025 in Frankfurt, Sergey Nazarov, Co-Founder, Chainlink shared his insights into how off-chain and on-chain financial standards are beginning to merge into one, more efficient and cost effective framework. Giving examples of how traditional finance is becoming more compatible with its decentralised counterpart, Nazarov explains how the landscape is an exciting point in its evolution, with higher quality data, AI capabilities and more cohesive standards and how he believes the future will see greater digital assets, than those in traditional finance.
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[title] => Speed, Standardisation and Safety: How the G20 is Creating a Better Payments World
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[pubDate] => Wed, 15 Oct 2025 07:00:00 GMT
[description] => Whilst at the Finextra TV studio at Sibos 2025, Simon Eacott, Head of Payments, NatWest described the purpose-led initiatives behind the G20's mission, as well as outlining both the current progresses to be optimistic about and the crucial challenges left to solve. Eacott expressed a positivity surrounding the speed of cross-border payments, as well as the evolving adoption of messaging standardisation and explained how, with so many individual requirements, it takes a coalition of regulators, sharing fundamental principles and frameworks to succeed. Beyond this, he referenced the increase in conversation around the role stablecoins, CBDCs and digital assets within this journey, something that he stressed is good but should not lead to a primary focus on technology as a solution without first addressing the improvement of customer experiences at their core.
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[title] => Agentic AI, Stablecoins and Rapid Tokenisation: How Corporate Commerce is Changing
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[pubDate] => Tue, 14 Oct 2025 15:00:00 GMT
[description] => Sharing her insights with FinextraTV whilst at Sibos in Frankfurt, Raj Seshadri, Chief Commercial Payments Officer, Mastercard, helped to paint a picture of an evolving commerce world in the face of rapidly progressing technologies and tools. Mentioning the undeniable influence of Agentic AI on corporate purchasing and T&E, Seshadri also describes how stablecoins, in conjunction with a strong network, provide yet another currency which inevitably provides more options to smaller businesses, enabling a more open market. She equally expresses a positivity towards multi-token networks driven by increased tokenisation that are inspiring more interoperability, bridging the gap between off-chain and on-chain payments.
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[title] => How the Future of Payments Will Be a Unified Flow of Intelligent Financial Protection
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[pubDate] => Tue, 14 Oct 2025 14:00:00 GMT
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[description] => At Sibos 2025 in Frankfurt, Pratik Khowala, Global Head of Transfer Solutions, Mastercard, outlined how banks can better serve micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in an increasingly globalised payments landscape. He emphasised the need for low-value, low-touch, intuitive platforms, offering multicurrency virtual accounts, competitive FX rates, and embedded digital experiences via simple APIs. Khowala also addressed modernisation in high-value B2B flows, highlighting how orchestration layers atop correspondent banking networks can help reduce errors, liquidity costs, and enable 24/7 real-time transactions. He stressed that trust, collaboration, and innovation, through partnerships and technologies like AI and stablecoins, are foundational to unlocking the full potential of cross-border B2B payments.
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[pubDate] => Tue, 14 Oct 2025 11:30:00 GMT
[description] => At Sibos 2025 in Frankfurt, Phil Bruno, Chief Strategy and Growth Officer at ACI Worldwide, discussed how strategic focus drives measurable outcomes across regions. He emphasised helping banks shift from maintaining legacy systems to investing in innovation, reducing complexity in payments, and accelerating time to market. Bruno also announced a new partnership with Solaris to unify instant payments, enabling customer-centric growth through modern, flexible infrastructure.
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[pubDate] => Thu, 09 Oct 2025 11:00:00 GMT
[description] => At Sibos 2025 in Frankfurt, Mick Fennell, Business Line Director, Payments, Temenos, defined the perfect payments experience as a dynamic balance of cost, access, speed, transparency, and security, tailored to diverse customer needs. He outlined seven key technology pillars driving progress, including AI, APIs, real-time processing, cloud computing, crypto, ISO 20022, and alternative networks. Fennell emphasised Temenos’ embedded AI approach, likening it to fruit baked into a cake, with real-world impact seen in fraud detection, payment repair, and co-pilot tools developed with partners like Microsoft. With AI able to reduce false positives in sanctions screening from around 6% to under 2%, he stressed the importance of responsible, regulator-approved models to ensure trust and transparency.
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[pubDate] => Thu, 09 Oct 2025 10:00:00 GMT
[description] => At Sibos 2025 in Frankfurt, Oliver St Clair-Stannard, VP, Payments AI Strategy & GTM, RedCompass Labs, explains how banks can shift from human-built to Built-By-AI (BBAI), safely automating the complex change processes behind payments systems. He makes the case for expert trained Applied AI over generic co-pilots, and shows how measuring BBAI helps institutions modernise faster, with greater accuracy, control and auditability.
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[pubDate] => Thu, 23 Oct 2025 15:00:00 GMT
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[pubDate] => Tue, 28 Oct 2025 15:00:00 GMT
[description] => How can wealth managers best serve the next generation of investors?
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[pubDate] => Thu, 06 Nov 2025 15:00:00 GMT
[description] => In what ways can retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) enhance security and scalability?
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[pubDate] => Tue, 11 Nov 2025 15:00:00 GMT
[description] => How are some financial institutions using a single-rail payment processing approach to lower costs and increase speed and efficiency across multiple domestic and international payment rails and types? How has this enhanced their competitiveness while improving transaction security at the same time?
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[pubDate] => Thu, 13 Nov 2025 15:00:00 GMT
[description] => From aging foundations to digital-first banking and AI.
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[pubDate] => Tue, 18 Nov 2025 15:00:00 GMT
[description] => Why should FIs implement GenAI across their data processing flows?
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[pubDate] => Thu, 20 Nov 2025 15:00:00 GMT
[description] => How financial institutions, payment providers, and policymakers collaborate to unlock the full potential of instant, borderless payments?
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[pubDate] => Tue, 25 Nov 2025 15:00:00 GMT
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[pubDate] => Thu, 27 Nov 2025 15:00:00 GMT
[description] => What does an AI bank of the future look like?
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[pubDate] => Tue, 02 Dec 2025 15:00:00 GMT
[description] => Stablecoin transaction volumes surpassed that of Visa and Mastercard combined in 2024. What next?
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[pubDate] => Thu, 04 Dec 2025 15:00:00 GMT
[description] => What are the key regulatory differences across regions – for example, the UK, US, Canada - that impact how banks handle consumer disputes, and how should institutions adapt their processes accordingly?
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[pubDate] => Thu, 11 Dec 2025 15:00:00 GMT
[description] => How are banks balancing risk management, regulation, and innovation?
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[pubDate] => Thu, 08 Jan 2026 15:00:00 GMT
[description] => How are central banks and financial institutions leveraging AI and quantum technologies to future-proof digital asset infrastructure and policy frameworks?
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[pubDate] => Thu, 16 Oct 2025 07:02:40 GMT
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