AGP Executive Report
Last update: 8 hours agoCrypto Banking: Standard Chartered has opened Bitcoin and Ether trading to professional investors in the UAE through existing bank accounts, with custody and settlement handled within its banking ecosystem. Cyber Risk: Stolen financial-services credentials rose 56% in North America, with researchers flagging about 2,000 infected machines that had access to critical banking and payments systems. India’s CERT-In also warned fintechs and lenders that attackers are hijacking APIs to bypass KYC and trigger unauthorized transfers. Regulatory Pressure: Bank of America faces a $1.2 billion penalty after regulators found it failed to report more than $5 billion in suspicious transactions. Bitcoin: A Tianjin court will hear a case seeking confiscation of nearly 62,000 bitcoins, now worth about $5.1 billion, tied to an alleged investment fraud that cost more than 102,000 investors. Fintech Expansion: Thai wage-access firm Salary Hero raised $7.6 million and plans to expand in Malaysia.
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