Banking Platforms Rezolve AI Signs Revolut Agreement for Merchant-Funded Rewards
Rezolve AI has signed a Revolut agreement through Reward, creating a new channel for merchant-funded rewards. Campaign markets, merchants and launch dates will be agreed separately.
20 October 2026
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Swift and Iberpay Link Spain’s Instant Payment Rails to Cross-Border TransfersCross-Border Payments Fuze Finance Taps Modern Treasury for US Dollar Accounts and Stablecoin PaymentsCross-Border Payments Mastercard Adds Risk Intelligence to Stablecoin PaymentsRisk & Compliance Visa, BILL and Billtrust Pilot AI Agents for B2B Invoice PaymentsTrade Technology Wise Picks Former NICE Chief Executive Barak Eilam to Succeed David Wells as ChairExecutive Moves & Appointments
ASEAN’s DEFA Moves Digital Trade Rulemaking Beyond the WTO
ASEAN will sign its Digital Economy Framework Agreement in November. What DEFA means for payments, data and trade documents as WTO talks stall.
15 October 2026
Is Local Currency Trade Replacing the Dollar, or Just Routing Around It?
BRICS backs local currency settlement and the dollar’s reserve share slips, but BIS data show it still dominates currency trading.
14 October 2026
With Hormuz’s Status in Dispute, Who Carries the Risk in Trade Finance?
Tanker attacks and conflicting claims over Hormuz leave ICC rules intact, shifting delay, insurance and working capital risk onto exporters and importers.
14 October 2026Executive Voice
All interviews →Beyond Digitalisation: How Trade Finance in APAC Is Evolving into an Ecosystem-Driven, Data-Led Business – Ashish Kohli, INGAshish KohliHead, Trade Finance Commercial Product Management APAC, ING
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The biggest barrier is often not the availability of capital, but the ability to access it quickly
Zaman JaymanSenior Vice President, Transaction Banking, Emirates Development Bank
Modern trade operations functions are no longer simply processing centers
Hussam AlKokhonVice President, Trade Finance Operations, Doha Bank
If a single supplier runs out of cash, the entire supply chain stops
Muhammad Jawad ShamiExecutive Vice President, Head Transaction Banking, HABIBMETRO
Trade Finance & Transaction Banking
Mayer Brown Adds a Trade Receivables Securitisation Lawyer in New York BAFT Fills Its Top Trade Role With Alexander Malaket Belfius Promotes Laurianne Bouchart to Lead Its Trade Finance Business
Cross-Border Payments
Visa Direct Moves USDC Prefunding Out of Pilot, With Inyo Global First to Go Live Bank Aljazira Turns to Thunes for Faster Remittances Out of Saudi Arabia Bradesco Sends First Pilot Payment Over Bank of America’s Instant Cross Border Service
Trade Technology
Centalion Puts an AI Treasury Agent on Komgo’s Konsole to Speed Up Trade Finance Instruments Santander Brazil Becomes First Bank in the Country to Implement Komgo’s Konsole Solana DvP Offers Banks a Single Rail for Atomic Settlement of Tokenised Assets
Treasury & Liquidity
Dutch Central Bank Clears Qivalis to Issue a Euro Stablecoin Backed by 37 European Banks Nigeria’s National Payment Stack Runs on an Open Source Switch From Transactility BMO and Mastercard Put Virtual Card Payments Right Inside Corporate Finance Software
Risk & Compliance
Sanctioned Russian Network A7 Plans USDT Service That Pays Foreign Suppliers Through SWIFT When Sanctions Target the Bank and Not Just the Buyer, Banks Become Gatekeepers and Exporters Could Feel It First Evrotrust and Trustfull Partner to Strengthen Digital Identity and Fraud Prevention Across Europe
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People Moves
U.S. Bank Hires Citi Payments Veteran Calvert Lange for Sector Sales BNP Paribas Reorganises Cash Management and Hands Nicolas Cailly the Servicing Overhaul Atul Jain Leaves Deutsche Bank for J.P. Morgan to Run Global Trade Sales Citi Puts New Trade Chiefs in Place for Asia and the Middle East and Africa All appointments →The DTO Briefing
The week’s key developments in digital trade, payments and transaction banking, selected and explained by our editors.