Artificial Intelligence

December 24, 2025 @ 1:45 pm By JD Alois  |  

Alphabet (aka Google) (NASDAQ:GOOG) has announced the acquisition of Intersect, a firm that provides data and energy infrastructure. The company said the purchase price was $4.75 billion in cash plus the assumption of debt. The deal is expected to close in the first half of… Read More

December 24, 2025 @ 1:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Accenture Federal Services, which serves as a wholly owned subsidiary of Accenture (NYSE: ACN), announced its agreement to explore partnerships with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to support the Genesis Mission. This era-defining initiative is a national imperative that will accelerate American leadership in… Read More

December 24, 2025 @ 9:23 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

The Web3 community weighs in on the AI’s intersection with Fintech and blockchain in 2026. “AI is enabling CFOs to move beyond reporting to prediction. In AP/AR, generative and predictive AI are powering intelligent invoice routing, anomaly detection, automated dispute resolution, and cash-flow forecasting.” –… Read More

December 24, 2025 @ 8:59 am By Omar Faridi  |  

iProov, the provider of “science-based” biometric identity verification solutions, announced that an attack scenario demonstrated by the iProov in-house Red Team has been released by MITRE ATLAS, the global knowledge base advancing AI security, threat mitigation and privacy. The case study confirms a critical, high-risk… Read More

December 23, 2025 @ 1:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Kaspersky has recently shared end-of-year insights on AI-driven shopping and privacy. and what the retail and e-commerce sector should expect in 2026. Kaspersky had launched its 2025 update focused on cybersecurity in the retail and e-commerce sector, examining “real-world incidents and key threat trends affecting… Read More

December 23, 2025 @ 10:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

CB Insights noted that AI is now considered to be a universal focus area for retail banks, with various generative AI use cases increasingly emerging across operations, from fraud prevention to enhancing a range of customer service solution. CB Insights also mentioned that as agentic… Read More

December 22, 2025 @ 12:23 pm By JD Alois  |  

The French Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) has published its annual Savings and Investment Barometer. According to the regulator, more people in France are interested in investing in equities, and fewer are worried about the risk of crypto. While the US has a well-entrenched equity… Read More

December 21, 2025 @ 2:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CB Insights noted that the ongoing race to build various foundation models has evolved into battles across different agent platforms, infrastructure layers, and vertical apps. CB Insights also mentioned that 2025 saw the emergence of 1,000+ agentic AI offerings promising the so-called next evolution of… Read More

December 20, 2025 @ 12:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Visa Inc. (NYSE: V) announced a milestone in the evolution of AI-powered commerce: “hundreds of secure, agent-initiated transactions” have now been successfully completed in collab with partners across the ecosystem. This signals that 2025 will be the final year consumers shop and checkout alone, as… Read More

December 20, 2025 @ 10:55 am By Michael Wong  |  

FINNY AI Inc, an AI prospecting and marketing platform for financial advisors, has raised $17 million in Series A funding as firms seek to automate client acquisition for registered investment advisers. The round was led by venture firm Venrock, with participation from former Vanguard chairman… Read More

December 20, 2025 @ 1:18 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), the cybersecurity and cloud computing company that protects business online, announced a collaboration with Visa (NYSE: V) to bring identity, user recognition, and security controls to the world of agentic commerce. Via its integration of Visa’s Trusted Agent Protocol with… Read More

December 19, 2025 @ 3:54 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Sutherland and ComplyAdvantage have united to develop an AI-driven financial crime management solution designed to help banks and fintechs respond to the rapid rise of AI-designed fraud, complex AML risks, fast-evolving financial crime threats, and complex compliance requirements. Today, financial crime requires sophisticated, AI-intelligence-based solutions,… Read More

December 19, 2025 @ 3:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Equifax (NYSE: EFX) secured 27 patents in the second half of 2025, bringing the total number of patents secured for the year to 62. Twenty of these patents support the company’s approach to artificial intelligence, complementing its EFX.AI strategy and “helping to accelerate the development… Read More

December 19, 2025 @ 12:43 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Microblink, a provider of AI-powered identity verification, released new findings from its Fraud Lab showing a sharp escalation in AI-generated fake IDs and deepfake documents used to commit fraud across banking, hospitality, and digital onboarding. Microblink’s Fraud Lab, an internal research and simulation team, actively… Read More

December 19, 2025 @ 9:41 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Prove, a digital identity services provider, has launched ProveX, a digital trust exchange that enables enterprises to instantly access verified data and credentials from partners, while preserving trust through every interaction. Built on Prove’s tokenized identity framework, ProveX enables businesses to create personalized, intelligent customer… Read More

December 19, 2025 @ 7:59 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

The Web3 and Fintech communities shared their thoughts on payments, blockchain, and more before jetting off for the holidays. “CFOs are no longer asking if blockchain will be used in B2B payments—they’re asking how fast they can transition to it.  “With cross-border transactions still slow and expensive,… Read More

December 19, 2025 @ 7:10 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

A new research paper identifies ways technologies like Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning can address shortcomings in anti-money laundering (AML) enforcement. Next generation  AML solutions: An analysis of AI-based tools vis-a-vis the reform of the European AML institutional and substantive architecture, authored by Yaron… Read More

December 19, 2025 @ 5:15 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

This week, Solflare announced the alpha version of its AI assistant that interacts with wallets. The Solflare AI release translates complex user intents into action, with an LLM-powered assistant that understands user intent and can execute on-chain on their behalf. Launching at Solana Breakpoint, Solflare’s… Read More

December 18, 2025 @ 1:06 pm By JD Alois  |  

The  Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council  (SBE Council) has issued a statement on Senator Bernie Sanders’ attempt to establish a moratorium on the development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) data centers. Sanders went to X to share his belief that “democracy needs to catch up” to… Read More

December 17, 2025 @ 2:27 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

The growing prevalence of card-not-present transactions will drive a 24% increase in global chargeback volumes by 2028, Sift predicts in its Q4 2025 Digital Trust Index: The Rising Impact of Chargebacks and Consumer Disputes. Card-not-present payments represent 63% of transactions. This growth will drive losses projected to… Read More