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🏦 Payments: 50+ Banks Join SWIFT’s New Payment Framework

More than 50 banks across the US, UK, Germany, China, India, and other markets have joined SWIFT’s new framework for faster, cheaper, and more transparent cross-border payments. Over 25 banks plan to process live transactions under the framework by June 2026 — without using cryptocurrencies.
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💎 Business: Bezos Expeditions Becomes 2026’s Most Active Family Office

Jeff Bezos’ family office closed 5 deals worth more than $13B in June alone — including a $12B investment in AI startup Prometheus at a $41B valuation. FINTRX named Bezos Expeditions the most active family office investor of the year. Globally, family offices completed 126 deals worth $20B in June — a record.
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💰 Business: Amazon Raises $17.5B in Debt — All-In on AI Infrastructure

Amazon completed one of the largest corporate debt raises of 2026, securing $17.5B. The capital is going into AI data centers, chips, and cloud infrastructure. Combined with its $25B commitment to Anthropic, Amazon is making an aggressive balance-sheet bet on winning the AI infrastructure race.
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🇬🇪 Georgia: Economy Grows 8% — Oil Refining Emerges as a New Growth Engine

Georgia’s real GDP grew 8% YoY in July, bringing growth for January–July to 7.9%. One of the key drivers was petroleum production and exports: over the first seven months of the year, Georgia exported 778K tonnes of petroleum products worth $543M — roughly 40x more than a year earlier. IT, finance, mining, and logistics also expanded, while construction was the only major sector to decline.
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