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Elliptic has added Circle, an affiliate, to its Agentic Design Partner Program following Circle Ventures' investment in Elliptic. The programme brings together infrastructure providers, compliance teams and technology executives to help shape compliance tools for autonomous, AI-driven financial activity. Circle's participation is expected to provide Elliptic with operational insights and feedback from real-world on-chain financial workflows.

A few years ago, financial services was the sector everyone pointed to as the hardest place to run an email program. Long gaps between customer interactions, naturally lower engagement, and a highly cautious audience meant financial brands routinely ranked near the bottom of deliverability benchmarks. That story has changed.

Swift has made its blockchain-based ledger ready for initial use, with 17 banks preparing to pilot live cross-border transactions using tokenised deposits. The group spans six continents, making it one of the broadest early tests of tokenised money for international payments within the regulated banking system. The launch moves Swift from development into an early operational phase for a shared ledger that lets banks coordinate transfers of bank-issued tokenised deposits on their own ledgers.

Standard Chartered has launched an Asia Pacific multi-asset fund with BlackRock as sub-manager. The fund is the eighth sub-fund on the bank's Variable Capital Company platform. Called Signature Select APAC Allocation Plus, it is designed to provide investors with exposure to Asia-Pacific markets through a single strategy. It invests across equities, fixed income and liquid alternatives, aiming for long-term capital appreciation alongside income.

Mangopay has expanded its Virtual Accounts service to support 24 currencies, up from seven under its existing LU IBAN structure. The added currencies are AED, AUD, CAD, CHF, CNH, CZK, DKK, EUR, GBP, HKD, HUF, ILS, JPY, MXN, NOK, NZD, PLN, RON, SAR, SEK, SGD, TRY, USD and ZAR. The expansion is aimed at platforms that collect funds in multiple markets and need to track and reconcile money by currency.

PayPal USD has launched natively on Polygon and is now available through Polygon's Open Money Stack for cross-border payments. The move places PayPal's dollar-backed token on a blockchain network that has settled more than USD $2.6 trillion in stablecoins to date, according to Polygon. It handles nearly USD $3 billion in stablecoin transactions each day.

Powertec has been named Nextivity's Top APAC Distribution Partner of the Year for the fourth consecutive year. The award recognises Powertec's role as a distributor of Nextivity's CEL-FI in-building mobile coverage products across Asia-Pacific. It works with resellers, integrators, carriers and enterprise customers on indoor mobile connectivity projects in sectors including commercial property, industry, housing, healthcare, education, hospitality and transport.

OpenAI has launched ChatGPT Work, a new agent in ChatGPT for task-based workplace automation, alongside GPT-5.6 and an updated desktop app. The product is designed to let users assign longer, multi-step tasks to ChatGPT across web, mobile and desktop. It can produce documents, spreadsheets, slide decks and web apps using information gathered from connected workplace tools.

Eltropy has opened applications for an early access programme that lets fintech companies build and distribute AI agents on its platform. Accepted partners will gain a route to more than 750 credit unions and community banks that already use Eltropy. The programme is the first stage of a governed marketplace that will give financial institutions access to AI tools from outside fintech partners alongside agents built by Eltropy.

Infios has launched Infios Archer, an intelligence layer for AI-driven supply chain execution that sits at the centre of its broader Infios AI offering. The launch adds a new layer to Infios's software for order, warehouse and transport operations. The group positions Archer as a system that connects data, workflows and operational decisions within day-to-day supply chain processes. Archer is designed to work inside execution environments rather than only as an analytics or recommendation tool.