AI Governance in Finance: Singapore’s MAS, with industry, published SAFR safeguards for “agentic” AI in financial services, adding governance checkpoints to verify and record an agent’s actions before execution, tested across payments, treasury, wealth, compliance and client engagement. UK Fintech Restructuring: Starling plans to cut about 130 roles as it streamlines AI-powered operations after profit slipped and revenue softened. EU Stablecoin Push: Stripe’s Bridge won Luxembourg CSSF approval under MiCA as a CASP and EMI, enabling euro-backed stablecoin services across the EU under one regime. Cyber-Fraud Defense: Visa launched a threat intelligence platform combining cyber and payments signals to help banks spot credential theft, malware and dark-web risks earlier. India Crypto Stance: RBI told a parliamentary panel that virtual digital assets threaten emerging economies and should stay prohibited, citing regulatory and enforcement challenges. Crypto Policy & Markets: Bitcoin jumped past $61K after weak US jobs data, while US spot Bitcoin ETFs saw about $223M net inflows on July 2 after a long outflow streak. Corporate/Fintech Deals: Mynd Fintech acquired C2FO India to expand supply chain finance (about Rs 60,000 crore annual transaction processing expected); Paytm Europe Payments got CSSF approval for payment services in Luxembourg. Security/Enforcement: Ukraine prosecutors said a fraudulent crypto exchange network was busted across seven regions with over UAH 20M seized; Ireland recovered another 500 BTC tied to a drug trafficker’s lost-key wallets.