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National Bank of Georgia and Nasdaq announced on July 20, 2026 that Bank of Georgia, TBC Bank, Liberty Bank, Terabank and Basisbank — roughly $38 billion in sector assets — will share one Nasdaq Calypso platform for treasury operations, under the Georgian Market Advancement Program, to standardize data, support ISO 20022 and sharpen the regulator's systemic-risk view.

ACI Worldwide is reportedly exploring a sale of its Biller segment at roughly $1.5 billion, Reuters reported July 17, 2026, citing three people familiar with the matter. That price implies a 10-to-12-times multiple on the segment's 2025 adjusted EBITDA of $141 million, on $818 million of revenue. Talks remain preliminary.

Bitcoin ETFs swung from eight straight weeks of net outflows (May 11–June 29, about $8.25 billion) to two weeks of inflows as BTC rose from near $61,300 to $64,200, per CoinDesk's Crypto Long & Short newsletter, written by Lionsoul Global's Gregory Mall. Verdict: crypto risk lives in position sizing, not asset picking — diversification fails when investors need it most.

Mitigram, the Stockholm-based digital trade-finance platform founded in 2014, has acquired Export Enterprises, operator of Paris-based market-intelligence platform eexpand, on undisclosed terms, Finextra and Global Trade Review reported July 22, 2026. The deal adds eexpand's 50-plus bank clients, its Trade Club Connect matchmaking tool and its Trade Pilot AI product to Mitigram's financing network. No valuation has been disclosed.

Augustus, a New York clearing bank, raised a $180 million Series B led by Tiger Global at a $1 billion valuation, the company said on July 21, 2026, taking total funding to $210 million. The round backs dollar-account rails for banks and fintechs in Latin America, Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Africa, including crypto platform Kraken.

Robinhood is restructuring its $695-a-year platinum card after Gold cardholders complained its perks required minimum spending to unlock, calling it a 'coupon book,' reported Wednesday by the Wall Street Journal (July 22). Robinhood raised the annual travel credit to $1,000 from $800 and removed spending limits on DoorDash and fitness-wearable credits, per VP Deepak Rao.

Robinhood is reworking its $695-a-year Platinum Card after cardholders said its perks felt like a coupon book. The annual travel credit rises to $1,000 from $800; the DoorDash credit falls to $120 from $250 but loses its spending-minimum trigger. Robinhood Money VP Deepak Rao confirmed the redesign to the Wall Street Journal, reported Wednesday, July 22, 2026.

Chime Financial, Inc. launched Chime Invest on July 20, 2026, adding commission-free self-directed trading and managed portfolios to its banking app, per Chime's newsroom announcement. Prime members pay no management fee, Plus members pay 0.10% annually, and all others pay 0.25% — undercutting typical robo-advisor pricing. SEC-registered Atomic Invest LLC manages portfolios; FINRA-member Atomic Brokerage LLC executes trades.

DIGIT, HM Treasury's planned tokenized gilt due by Q1 2027, does not hinge on blockchain readiness — it hinges on a missing cash leg. Only four sterling stablecoins exist, the largest capping near $34 million, per CoinDesk. The FCA's full cryptoasset regime does not commence until 25 October 2027, leaving settlement rails without a ready cash asset.

NIGHT, the token tied to Cardano-linked privacy chain Midnight, rebounded 19% within 24 hours after a legacy Wanchain bridge exploit on the Binance-Cardano corridor drained roughly 290 million tokens Monday, crashing the price about 43% to an all-time low near $0.022, CoinDesk reported July 22, 2026. Charles Hoskinson argued the hack proves bridges need replacing with zero-knowledge proofs.

Natural, an 11-month-old fintech startup, has raised a $30 million Series A led by Forerunner's Kirsten Green, bringing its total funding past $40 million, the company confirmed July 20, 2026. The round funds an orchestration layer letting AI agents hold, move and receive funds autonomously — infrastructure CEO Kahlil Lalji positions against Stripe and Skyfire Systems.

The FCA, under chief executive Nikhil Rathi, is embedding agentic AI into supervision — a 'first responder' screening about a billion rows of wholesale-market data daily — as HM Treasury's October 2025 consolidation folds roughly 60,000 additional firms into its anti-money-laundering remit. The driver is a documented capacity gap, not innovation for its own sake.

Bank of Ireland has named Prag Sharma, previously a director at Citigroup's Future of Finance think-tank and founder of Citi's Global AI Centre of Excellence, as its first chief AI officer, effective October 2026. The bank says AI is core to its strategy through 2028; no budget, headcount or governance detail has been disclosed.

Revolut's valuation reached $115 billion in a secondary share sale priced at $2,017 per share, up from $75 billion in November 2025, per an internal message from CEO Nik Storonsky reviewed by the Wall Street Journal. Employees and existing shareholders are selling stock; Revolut raises no new capital in the transaction.

Ant International closed a Series A round of approximately $1.2 billion, according to a July 20, 2026 company statement carried by Finextra and Business Wire. Existing shareholders Ant Group and Alibaba Group backed the round alongside unnamed international institutions. The company said proceeds will fund cross-border payments, agentic-commerce tools and AI investment, at a reported $10 billion valuation.