Technology

The African Development Bank and Korea's Export-Import Bank have formalised a new co-financing partnership aimed at channelling additional capital into projects across Africa. The two institutions signed a memorandum of understanding on 9 September 2026 in Seoul, establishing a...

The US House of Representatives passed the FUTURES Act on 15 September 2026 by a sweeping 417-7 vote, advancing legislation that would require federal financial agencies to conduct thorough assessments of their technology capabilities and report their findings to...

The US International Development Finance Corporation confirmed that its Board of Directors approved more than $8 billion in new DFC investments on 16 September 2026. The approvals cover a broad range of financing mechanisms including loans, guarantees, equity investment...

Tradeweb has announced the launch of a local-to-local trading and post-trade workflow on its Alternative Trading System for Sukuk and Saudi Riyal-denominated debt instruments in Saudi Arabia. The development marks a significant step in connecting electronic execution with the...

Charles Schwab and Anthropic are expanding the use of artificial intelligence in wealth management through claude for financial advisors, which will be made available to more than 16,000 independent registered investment advisors (RIAs) served by Schwab Advisor Services. The...

The UK Financial Conduct Authority has launched a consultation seeking views on whether gold tokenisation could improve how gold is traded, transferred, pledged and held within UK financial markets. The regulator is examining whether digital representations of physical gold,...

Tokenisation is moving beyond experimentation with digital assets toward more practical applications in financial-market infrastructure. Financial institutions and central banks are testing whether commercial bank deposits and central bank money can be represented digitally on programmable platforms, allowing payment...