Artificial Intelligence

April 15, 2026 @ 8:51 am By JD Alois  |  

The hot artificial intelligence (AI) market is booming everywhere it seems, but apparently, the UK, as well as Europe, is stuck in the slow lane. According to a recent report, the UK is lagging behind its peers as AI use in investment activities flourishes elsewhere…. Read More

April 15, 2026 @ 7:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Alpaca has rolled out version 2 of its MCP Server, marking a significant overhaul of the platform that connects artificial intelligence assistants to its trading infrastructure. The update aims to prioritize scalability, easier upkeep, and enhanced dependability, allowing developers and traders to interact with markets… Read More

April 15, 2026 @ 6:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

CertiK has explained that blockchain technology has long relied on smart contracts as its backbone, automating agreements without intermediaries in areas ranging from decentralized finance to supply chain tracking. Yet these traditional contracts remain fixed once deployed, unable to adjust to shifting real-world conditions. According… Read More

April 15, 2026 @ 2:15 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Lloyds Banking Group has joined forces with the University of Glasgow to launch a 4-year research collab that is sharply focused on agentic artificial intelligence. Announced recently, the program aims to carefully investigate how advanced AI tools—specifically those powered by large language models or LLMs—can… Read More

April 14, 2026 @ 4:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cyber insurers face a fundamental shift as artificial intelligence reshapes the threat landscape, according to a new research report from Insurtech company CyberCube. Titled “AI Risk Landscape: Implications for Cyber (Re)insurance,” the H1 2026 Global Threat Briefing warns that AI is accelerating cyberattacks, compressing response… Read More

April 14, 2026 @ 11:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Financial services firms are charging ahead with artificial intelligence and digital transformation efforts, but a new KPMG analysis underscores that true progress hinges on proper underlying systems rather than speed alone. The KPMG Global Tech Report 2026: Financial services related insights, drawn from a worldwide… Read More

April 14, 2026 @ 8:29 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Meta (Facebook) (NASDAQ:META) is reportedly considering significant staff cuts that could affect at least 20% of its employees. According to unnamed insiders who shared insights with Reuters, the specifics—such as the exact schedule—remain undecided. A company representative dismissed the claims, describing them as “hypothetical speculation on… Read More

April 14, 2026 @ 2:03 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Consumers are trying to adapt to higher living costs through value-seeking behaviors, curbing spending, and budget reallocation, according to insights from EY. This, as long‑term financial anxiety deepens. Just how much this financial stress is affecting US consumers is still unclear due in part to… Read More

April 14, 2026 @ 1:05 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Finastra has announced a strategic partnership with Marketnode to digitize and automate the onboarding of credit agreements for corporate lenders. The collaboration brings together Marketnode’s LLM- and AI‑powered intelligent document automation and Finastra’s Loan IQ platform via the Loan IQ Nexus Build module. It enables financial institutions… Read More

April 13, 2026 @ 7:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

UK Finance noted that the ongoing battle against financial crime has become more challenging because artificial intelligence has emerged as a powerful weapon (but for both sides). A recent analysis from UK Finance underscores a critical shift where fraudsters are now harnessing AI to outpace… Read More

April 13, 2026 @ 2:54 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Researchers from Google DeepMind, Microsoft Research, Columbia University, t54 Labs, and Virtuals Protocol propose the Agentic Risk Standard (ARS), a framework that applies financial risk management principles to AI agent transactions. Their paper, Quantifying Trust: Financial Risk Management for Trustworthy AI Agents introduces a settlement-layer… Read More

April 12, 2026 @ 8:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Anthropic has entered a long-term partnership with cloud infrastructure service provider CoreWeave. The collab aims to boost the company’s processing capabilities, enabling the enhanced development and rollout of its flagship Claude suite of AI models. This arrangement grants Anthropic access to an array of Nvidia… Read More

April 12, 2026 @ 6:50 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The QVAC team within Tether announced the release of QVAC SDK, an open-source software development kit engineered as a so-called universal foundation for artificial intelligence. In a future environment (by 2100-2150 or so) expected to include 10 billion people living alongside 10 billion autonomous machines… Read More

April 12, 2026 @ 2:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UK’s Starling Bank noted in a blog post that sole traders are increasingly relying on artificial intelligence to handle tax and accounting queries. According to fresh research from UK digital bank Starling, these AI focused trends are impacting the broader financial service sector as well…. Read More

April 11, 2026 @ 11:09 am By Omar Faridi  |  

US Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent has recently urged chief executives of global companies to exercise greater vigilance toward Anthropic’s newly launched artificial intelligence powered system. The latest warning highlights potentially serious concerns over the ongoing integration of advanced AI powered tools into the… Read More

April 11, 2026 @ 8:40 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Ampd, the agentic suite of solutions connecting brand media to commerce, this week launched Agentic Shoppable Media. This solution addresses the challenges many brands have faced with their shoppable media strategies, namely shopper drop-offs (up to 95%), and concerns around meeting equitable retailer routing. The… Read More

April 10, 2026 @ 6:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has reportedly acquired Keepler Data Tech, a Spanish cloud-native AI and data firm. The recent acquisition will now aim to further expand Accenture’s existing capabilities in order to assist clients across industries reinvent their key business processes with AI breakthroughs now grounded… Read More

April 10, 2026 @ 5:46 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Aspire, a finance stack for global founders, has launched in the United States. Its AI-driven financial command center unites multi-currency accounts, foreign exchange, yield, global payroll infrastructure, spend management and real-time financial controls into a single platform. “As the world’s largest startup ecosystem and a… Read More

April 10, 2026 @ 7:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

KPMG UK has indicated in a recent update that AI no longer needs traditional return on investment in order to be justified. In fact, 65% of UK based respondents claim that their organization would most likely continue to invest in AI regardless of tangible ROI… Read More

April 10, 2026 @ 5:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital bank Revolut has introduced a new AI assistant in order to assist clients with money management related tasks, allowing customers to get timely spending insights, check up on their portfolio investments, effectively manage subscriptions or plan out a trip via a single, all-in-one Fintech… Read More