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Payward, the company behind Kraken, has plugged into Singapore Gulf Bank’s real-time clearing network so institutions in Asia and the Gulf can settle dollars at any hour, starting with a select group of clients.
October 8, 2026
CoinDesk reports that BNY is discussing a broad partnership with Payward, the parent of Kraken. Two anonymous sources are the only support, and both companies declined to comment.
October 7, 2026
Payward, Kraken’s parent, will join the SoFi Exchange Network for round-the-clock institutional USD clearing and settlement, linking a US bank’s rails to a major crypto exchange.
September 4, 2026
Payward and the London Stock Exchange plan tokens backed one for one by shares in the 100 largest London-listed companies, able to move between platforms and self-custody wallets.
September 3, 2026
Payward, Kraken’s parent, has joined Anthropic’s Project Glasswing and will use a restricted Claude model to find and fix vulnerabilities in its own code. Deployment has not started yet.
August 19, 2026
Payward is buying Magic Labs’ wallet-as-a-service business, which has powered more than 60 million wallets and $10 billion in stablecoin volume. Terms were not disclosed.
August 1, 2026
Accredited US Kraken clients can lock dollars, euros, USDT, USDC or USDG for up to 18 months at yields of up to 7% APY.
July 31, 2026
