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Archive · October 6, 2026

October 6, 2026.
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Story 01

ANZ Executes Live Cross-Border Tokenised Deposit Payment on Swift Blockchain Ledger

Australia’s ANZ completed a live corporate treasury transaction using tokenised deposits and Swift’s blockchain ledger, integrating blockchain into mainstream banking operations. ANZ positions itself as a leader among traditional banks in blockchain adoption for treasury and cross-border payments, putting direct pressure on rivals to accelerate their own blockchain initiatives or risk losing institutional clients seeking programmable money solutions.

Source: Finextra
Also Worth Knowing
№02

TikTok Launches In-App Checkout and AI Shopping Assistant for Social Commerce

TikTok has rolled out Buy Direct, an in-app checkout solution, alongside an AI-powered shopping assistant, embedding agentic commerce directly into its platform. TikTok threatens traditional e-commerce players by shifting shopping and payments into the social media environment, where it controls both discovery and transaction. Instagram and YouTube must now accelerate their own embedded commerce strategies or risk losing merchant and consumer engagement.

Source: PYMNTS
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Anchorage Digital and Standard Chartered Partner to Expand Institutional Crypto Access

Anchorage Digital has partnered with Standard Chartered to provide USD accounts and Swift wire access for non-US institutional clients, broadening its global digital asset custody services. This partnership enhances Anchorage’s appeal to institutions seeking regulated, bank-integrated crypto solutions. Competing custody providers must now match these global banking integrations or risk losing share among multinational asset managers and funds.

Source: Finextra
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Visa and CoinShares Report Surging Stablecoin Demand Among Asia Pacific Investors

Surveys from Visa and CoinShares show rising appetite for stablecoins and digital assets among consumers and affluent investors in Asia Pacific. Banks and fintechs in the region are expanding crypto product offerings to capture this demand, intensifying competition for digital asset flows. Regulators in Singapore and Hong Kong are now accelerating work on stablecoin frameworks to address institutional and retail adoption.

Source: The Block
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Basware Acquires Trustpair to Bolster Payment Fraud Prevention in Invoice Management

Basware has acquired Trustpair, a payment fraud prevention platform, to enhance its invoice lifecycle management suite. This acquisition enhances Basware’s competitive position in the payment fraud prevention market and prompts invoice automation vendors to invest in integrated fraud controls as enterprise clients demand end-to-end risk mitigation.

Source: Finextra
The Long Memory
“TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, generated more global e-commerce revenue in 2023 than eBay, despite launching its shopping features only a few years prior.

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