AGP Executive Report
Last update: an hour agoStablecoin Push: PayPal is expanding PYUSD by launching it on Polygon’s payment rail, as banks and fintechs gear up for more regulated stablecoin competition and OpenUSD is set to launch later this year. Banking Oversight: The Dutch central bank fined ABN AMRO €8.5m for anti-money laundering control failures, citing weak ongoing customer due diligence. Fed Review: Fed chief Kevin Warsh named a broad panel of economists and former central bankers to oversee a major review of Fed operations, including balance-sheet management and the impact of AI. Payments Tech: Swift is moving ahead with live testing of a blockchain ledger for tokenized cross-border payments, with 17 major banks preparing pilots. Bank Security & Fraud: In Kansas City, the FBI released images tied to a June 17 Country Club Bank robbery; in Macau, police arrested a man accused of defrauding banks of about 620,000 patacas via bogus overseas credit-card POS transactions. Macro Watch: France’s central bank revised up its growth outlook after June activity held up despite a record heatwave. Retail Banking Moves: Bangladesh’s BRAC Bank said retail deposits topped Tk 50,000 crore, while Al-Arafah Islami Bank partnered with upay to expand digital remittances and Islamic micro-savings.
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