cross-border payments

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Fintech

The AI That Barclays and Citi Now Trust to Read Currency Flows

Barclays, Citi, Deutsche Bank and Standard Chartered have plugged Ant International's FalconTST 2.0 time-series model into their FX systems. Here is what the technology does, why it matters, and where the claims deserve scrutiny.

12 min read

Fintech

PayPal's Digital Dollar Lands in Africa, and the IMF Is Already Nervous

PayPal has pushed its dollar-backed stablecoin into 27 more African markets just as the IMF warned in Cape Town about the currency-substitution risks of exactly this kind of expansion. Here is what it means for payments, monetary policy and the wider financial system.

11 min read