African Finance Integration: Egypt’s CBE governor Hassan Abdalla urged stronger African financial cooperation and local-currency trade at the Alamein Africa Forum, warning youth job creation must keep pace with labor-market growth. Household Financial Stability: RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra framed financial stability as a daily public good, stressing how higher borrowing costs can squeeze budgets and why households should build “margin of safety.” Bangladesh Capital Markets Push: Finance minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury said regulators failed to develop Bangladesh’s capital market and vowed to lift it out of the “ditch,” including plans to raise funds via dollar and local bond markets. NHB Forensic Probe: India’s National Housing Bank launched a forensic audit of SRG Housing Finance, seeking proof of whether fictitious loans and manipulated repayment records exist. Cyber Risk in Korea: South Korea ordered probes after AI-linked cyberattacks hit banks and non-banks, with customer data leaks reported and external access targeted. AI Financing Deals: Amazon discussed moving $8B of Nvidia chips into a leaseback structure, while Broadcom agreed up to $42B in lending tied to Anthropic’s compute buildout—raising supplier-lender entanglement questions. Crypto Policy: India reiterated caution on crypto while backing tokenization and digital-rupee experiments; Japan sanctioned Russia’s Garantex with payment and capital controls. Corporate/Market Finance: Eurogroup set to focus on energy, public finances and investment; US imposed new Cuba financial and travel restrictions.