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.
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.
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.
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