AGP Executive Report
Last update: 4 hours agoDigital Payments Expansion: Apple Pay has launched in India via an Axis Bank partnership for eligible Axis credit cards on Visa and Mastercard, while skipping UPI at launch. Crypto Regulation Pressure: Russia’s central bank is moving to require banks to disclose clients’ crypto holdings in anti-corruption style statements. Stablecoin Debate: The SNB’s Petra Tschudin warned that large stablecoins could complicate monetary policy transmission and weaken central-bank money’s role. Banking Tech & Tokenization: Jeeves raised $110M to scale stablecoin-native banking for global enterprise payments, cards, and treasury workflows; Soneium adopted OP Enterprise to run tokenized IP infrastructure with managed chain operations. Banking Sector Snapshot: Bulgaria’s banking system profit rose 11.3% to EUR 1.4B by end-August, with liquidity coverage well above minimums. Fraud & Identity: Nigeria’s BVN enrolments topped 70.35M as banks tighten biometric checks to curb fraud and identity theft. Retail Banking Change: Halifax is shutting its app and moving customers to Lloyds by Nov. 1.
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