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Singapore's regulators grant payment licenses to Ripple and Coinbase, Stripe expands pay-by-bank in Africa, U.K. regulators pressure Revolut and more.

The fintech, a partner of OpenAI, is also a provider to several developers of emerging artificial intelligence.

The payments company launched a $100 million fund for generative AI, creating a potential group of partners that can build on the card network's global scale.

With worries about inflation and the economy, fintechs and banks sense an opportunity for new technology that speeds transactions and slices overhead.

Through its commitment of up to $4 billion in Anthropic, the e-commerce giant can bring advanced analysis, shopping and checkout tech closer to the point of sale — and farther away from traditional transaction processors.

Citi's hiring a global instant payments exec, Australian regulator hits National Australia Bank over fees and more.

The payment company's partnership with tech firm Jane is focused on Canada, but it enables a quick expansion if the SAFER Banking Act passes.

The company's scale has helped it become a force in many payment niches, but that wasn't enough to make its PYUSD coin an immediate threat to Tether's USDT and Circle's USDC.

The messaging organization, which faces growing competition from newer tech firms, is working with the card network and payments company to ensure that its own offerings stay relevant.

U.K. regulators rule on complaints about bias from politicians, Brazil's Ebanx extends to India and more in our weekly financial news roundup.