Artificial Intelligence

December 12, 2025 @ 12:34 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Trump Administration wants to ensure that the development of artificial intelligence (AI) is regulated at the federal level and not by individual states. While Republicans tend to give states broad leeway in governance, the current Administration fears a fragmented approach to AI development will… Read More

December 11, 2025 @ 11:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry, announced the results of its survey on the primary risks that are presently facing financial markets. DTCC’s Systemic Risk Barometer offers key insights into the evolving risks that… Read More

December 11, 2025 @ 3:00 pm By Nick Morgan  |  

    Artificial intelligence is experiencing one of the most explosive investment booms in modern history. Billion-dollar seed rounds – once unthinkable – are now routine. But as former NASDAQ Vice Chair David Weild warns on the latest episode of ICAN’s Capital Ideas podcast, this… Read More

December 11, 2025 @ 2:16 am By Omar Faridi  |  

CoinGecko has noted that meme coins have again emerged as the most popular crypto narrative this year, capturing a total of 25.02% of global investor interest across the main meme coin category as well as 35 meme coin trends. According to the report from CoinGecko,… Read More

December 11, 2025 @ 1:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Online lender LoanTube (trading as Tiger Lion Financial Limited) says its credit marketplace is now available via ChatGPT. Of note, LoanTube’s ratings on TrustPilo are pretty good. According to a release, LoanTabe states that loan applications can be completed via chat in a “conversational interface…. Read More

December 10, 2025 @ 9:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Setu by Pine Labs has recently announced the launch of India’s agentic bill-payments experience, designed to address key challenges in bill payments: the fear of incorrect charges and the burden of missing important due dates. Although actually paying a bill takes minutes, keeping track of… Read More

December 10, 2025 @ 7:26 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

From chargebacks to passwords and identity, cybersecurity experts have plenty of thoughts on what 2026 will bring. Chargebacks charge ahead “Chargebacks will spike as consumers exploit the ‘the agent did it’ excuse. In 2026, chargebacks will jump as agentic commerce rolls out – not because… Read More

December 10, 2025 @ 12:02 pm By JD Alois  |  

Surf, an AI platform for digital assets that aims to help institutions and individual investors analyze projects, better understand markets, and make better investing decisions, has raised $15 million, according to a release. The funding round was led by Pantera Capital, with Coinbase Ventures and… Read More

December 10, 2025 @ 11:46 am By JD Alois  |  

Today, the House Financial Services Committee is holding a hearing on Artificial Intelligence (AI). Entitled From Principles to Policy: Enabling 21st Century AI Innovation in Financial Services, the following individuals are testifying: Jeanette Manfra, Vice President and Global Head of Risk & Compliance, Google Cloud Tal… Read More

December 10, 2025 @ 11:40 am By JD Alois  |  

The House Financial Services Committee is advancing legislation aimed at providing guardrails for the utilization of artificial intelligence (AI). The Unleashing AI Innovation in Financial Services Act (HR 4801) will seek to create AI Innovation Labs that allow individuals to experiment with AI without the… Read More

December 10, 2025 @ 9:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Tether Investments has recently announced an investment in Generative Bionics, the spinoff of IIT (the Italian Institute of Technology) and one of the largest research spinoffs in Europe, in order to support the development of intelligent humanoid robots built for industrial scale performance, human-centric interaction… Read More

December 10, 2025 @ 8:11 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

A new report from Entrust finds that larger U.S. financial institutions with digital card issuance plans are well-positioned to use AI to dramatically improve the process. Areas where AI can help include friction reduction, improving compliance and KYC, simplifying onboarding, fighting fraud, and accelerating time-to-activation…. Read More

December 10, 2025 @ 8:05 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The EY US AI Pulse Survey finds many leaders are channeling productivity gains from artificial intelligence into existing and new AI capabilities, R&D, cybersecurity and retraining employees rather than reducing headcount. While an increasing number of companies announce AI-related layoffs and concerns mount about more… Read More

December 9, 2025 @ 3:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Crypto.com and crypto trading assistant Doblox announced a partnership that will see the Crypto.com Exchange, Crypto.com’s institutional grade-offering, integrated with Doblox. Via the integration, Crypto.com Exchange users in approved jurisdictions are able to trade assets directly through and with insights from Doblox, with the Doblox… Read More

December 9, 2025 @ 3:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Socure has announced that it is acquiring Qlarifi, establishing the real-time BNPL credit system and setting a standard for accessible payments. With Qlarifi, Socure now combines identity verification as well as risk decisioning with BNPL-specific visibility “to help lenders say “yes” to good customers faster… Read More

December 9, 2025 @ 12:19 pm By JD Alois  |  

Established bank Fifth Third (NASDAQ:FITB) has selected Brex to improve its digital banking services, including the addition of artificial intelligence (AI). According to a release, the multi-year partnership will incorporate Brex’s API-driven payments infrastructure, and the Fifth Third Commercial Card will become the default commercial… Read More

December 9, 2025 @ 1:59 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Intesa Sanpaolo reports that it is now among more than 50 organizations worldwide participating in “Frontria”, which is described as the new international consortium that was launched by Fujitsu in order to effectively address challenges as well as major risks arising from the ongoing evolution… Read More

December 8, 2025 @ 3:09 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

According to data collected by J.D. Power, insurance customers are keeping an open mind when it comes to AI’s role in their overall experience. However, while customers do have an open mind about its use, that doesn’t mean there aren’t concerns about how insurance companies… Read More

December 8, 2025 @ 3:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

AI is now said to be rewiring the economics of data centers. This, according to a recent update shared by CB Insights which noted that steady growth in large language models is increasingly pushing data center buildouts into the multi‑GW range — equivalent to “a… Read More

December 8, 2025 @ 1:39 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Pine, an AI agent for consumers’ digital chores, has closed a $25 million Series A funding round. Investors included Fortwest Capital. This financing positions Pine to advance its “ask-and-it’s-done” AI, an autonomous digital agent that makes calls, handles emails and operates software to complete real-world… Read More