AGP Executive Report
Last update: 7 hours agoAI Governance in Banking: New working papers argue that explainability may not be enough for high-risk AI in finance, introducing “reconstructibility” as the ability to trace how data and models produced an outcome and who is accountable. AI Funding Watch: Alphabet plans to raise up to $80bn in equity to fund AI compute, including a $10bn sale to Berkshire Hathaway—another signal that AI capex is still outpacing clear returns. Banking Tech Launch: Intellect Design Arena unveiled an AI-first digital banking platform for UK and Europe challenger banks, aiming to build AI-native operations from day one. UK Housing Policy Pressure: Paragon Bank’s boss warned Labour’s “warm homes” plan lacks market capacity, saying the UK can’t upgrade ~1,500 properties a day by 2030. M&A Legal Milestone (Nigeria): Nigeria’s Supreme Court dismissed an appeal to unwind the Providus–Unity Bank merger, clearing the way for implementation. Capital Markets (Oman): Oman India Fertiliser Company will sell 25% in an IPO in Muscat, with Bank Muscat and Societe Generale as coordinators. Payments & Fraud (Nigeria): CBN set targets under Payments System Vision 2028 to cut fraud losses to below 0.001% of transactions by 2028. Cybersecurity (India): India is working on a unified system to report and respond to cyberattacks across banks, markets and payments. Energy Finance (India): Avaada Group secured nearly $950m in debt financing for Rajasthan and Gujarat solar and FDRE projects backed by major lenders.
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