The Banking week,distilled.

Municipal Credit Union has signed a 15-year lease for a 6,000-square-foot retail branch at 162-15 Jamaica Avenue in the Jamaica neighborhood of Queens, New York.

US-based financial technology company Chime has acquired its long-term banking partner, Stride Bank, for $590 million in cash.

Portuguese bank Banco BPI has agreed to sell its remaining 33.35% stake in Banco de Fomento Angola to Congolian Financial SA for $451 million.

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has launched the 'Demat 2.0' pilot program to tokenize the corporate bond market.

Paysera has introduced a personal access token feature allowing clients to integrate their accounts with AI assistants and accounting software.

Arva AI, a company backed by Y Combinator and Google's AI Fund, announced the launch of its Research Lab on September 10, 2026.

Nationwide Building Society has completed the migration of 15 million customer accounts to a new core banking platform.

On September 10, 2026, the international banking group Standard Chartered launched a free platform called Supply Net Zero to help its smaller suppliers track and reduce their carbon footprint.

US Bank has successfully conducted a live intrabank pilot transaction between North America and Europe.

Swift is implementing its shared ledger technology to address treasury management challenges for financial institutions.

U.S. Bank conducted a live cross-border payment pilot between its North American and European entities using its proprietary dollar-backed stablecoin, USBDC, issued on the Stellar blockchain.

Aareal Bank is collaborating with Alvarez & Marsal to execute a significant risk transfer (SRT) transaction.

Standard Chartered Bank has initiated financial coverage of the Sky protocol, referring to it as 'DeFi's federal bank'.

The US Core Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased more than anticipated in August 2026.

Standard Chartered analyst Geoff Kendrick issued a forecast for the Sky protocol's SKY token, predicting a price increase to $0.325 by the end of 2028.

Reserve Bank of India Governor Sanjay Malhotra stated on Friday, September 11, 2026, that the central bank's foreign-currency deposit drive will generate additional income rather than prove costly.

Goldman Sachs retracted its forecast of no interest rate hike for the upcoming week on Friday, September 11, 2026.

The Bank of Japan is facing increased market expectations for monetary tightening, which, combined with U.S. pressure, has triggered a recovery in the yen.

On September 7, 2026, UBS reversed its previous investment recommendation to lock in yields on short- to medium-duration bonds.

The Securities and Exchange Board of India has lifted a trading ban on a unit of JPMorgan Chase & Co. The company complied with regulatory requirements by depositing 29.6 million rupees ($311,230) into a designated bank account.

Ashlyn Nassif, daughter of property developer Jean Nassif, pleaded guilty in a Sydney court to falsifying documents to secure a $150m construction loan from Westpac in 2021.

Tesco has reported unlicensed casinos to the City of London police after its brand was used in unauthorized advertisements on Meta platforms Facebook and Instagram.

Digital bank Revolut mistakenly processed a fraudulent government request, leading to the exposure of customer data including passports, selfies, and home addresses.

British fintech company Revolut confirmed a data breach involving unauthorized access to sensitive customer information, including identity documents and contact details, following a sophisticated impersonation scam using a legitimate government email domain.

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Brazil's Supreme Court has cancelled sessions for two consecutive days amid a corruption scandal involving Justice Alexandre de Moraes and banker Daniel Vorcaro.

Between February and July 2026, the threat actor GoldFactory targeted Android users in Indonesia using the Gigabud banking Trojan and a new app-cloning tool called Vwork.

Saldo Bank and finperks announced a partnership on September 11, 2026, to integrate rewards and cashback programs into Saldo Bank's services in Finland.

Coinbase and Moov have announced a partnership to integrate stablecoin payment infrastructure for community banks and credit unions.

Nacha and the Digital Sovereignty Alliance have launched the Next-Gen Currency Project Team to explore the use of stablecoins and tokenized deposits in global payments.

The World Bank has launched a new risk-sharing initiative aimed at expanding digital payment infrastructure in emerging markets.

BVNK and Marqeta announced a partnership on Wednesday, September 9, 2026, to enable users to spend stablecoins via standard payment cards and digital wallets at merchants globally.

On September 2, 2026, Citi successfully processed live cross-border transactions using Swift’s blockchain-based ledger.

The CRE Finance Council has appointed Paul Vanderslice as its new president and CEO, effective September 30, 2026.

Kevin Warsh is being considered as a potential candidate for the position of Chair of the Federal Reserve.

The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield is approaching the 5% threshold as a persistent bond selloff continues.

Katya Kohen, managing director at Stifel, discusses the evolution of venture banking following the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank in March 2023.

The Wall Street Journal reports that billions of dollars in Iranian funds are being processed through U.S. financial institutions.