J.P. Morgan, Mastercard and Ripple Complete Landmark Tokenized Treasury Transaction
A major milestone in institutional crypto adoption was reached as Ondo Finance, Kinexys by J.P. Morgan, Mastercard, and Ripple completed the first cross-border, cross-bank redemption of tokenized U.S. Treasuries. The transaction demonstrates how blockchain infrastructure is increasingly being used for real-world financial settlement between major institutions, moving tokenization beyond experimentation into practical execution. The collaboration also highlights growing confidence from traditional financial giants in digital asset infrastructure and real-world asset tokenization. As banks and payment networks continue exploring blockchain-based settlement systems, tokenized Treasuries are emerging as one of the strongest institutional use cases for crypto. The development could significantly reduce settlement friction, improve liquidity movement across borders, and accelerate adoption of programmable financial assets. It also reinforces how traditional finance and crypto infrastructure are becoming more interconnected. With participation from some of the world’s largest financial players, this transaction may be remembered as a defining moment for institutional blockchain finance.
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AI in banking
Most banks are no longer asking whether AI matters.
They are asking how to scale it without breaking governance, data quality, or core operations.
One stat from this report stood out to me.
78% of organisations already use AI in at least one business function. 84% of business leaders expect AI to affect their business. Yet only 7% have fully scaled it. Another 31% are scaling, 34% are piloting, and 28% are still experimenting.
That gap says a lot.
AI in banking is real, but it is still uneven. Most banks are not running end to end AI driven journeys yet. They are using AI in narrow parts of the business where the value is easier to prove.
The clearest use cases are already visible.
Fraud and financial crime monitoring are well established. Virtual agents are mainstream. Advisor copilots, contract review, complaint analysis, and regulatory change tools are gaining ground.
The biggest blockers are not the models.
They are old core systems, broken integrations, and weak data quality. That is why many banks can show strong pilot results but still struggle to move into production at scale.
Regulation is pushing this even harder.
DORA, CRR3, CRD6, and the EU AI Act are raising the bar for explainability, oversight, and control. For banks, AI is no longer just a tech project. It is now a governance and operating model question too.
My view is simple.
The banks that win will not be the ones with the most AI demos. They will be the ones that connect AI to real workflows, clean up their data, and build governance early.
That is where AI stops being a slide and starts becoming infrastructure.
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