Artificial Intelligence

June 2, 2026 @ 8:28 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Matrix partner Matt Brown said agentic payments are coming faster and more broadly than almost any other fintech development he’s seen. For nearly 50 years, the early-stage venture capital firm has worked with startups from seed through Series A, shepherding some of the biggest concepts to fruition. As… Read More

June 2, 2026 @ 8:20 am By Omar Faridi  |  

OpenPayd, a provider of financial infrastructure, has announced plans to become a publicly traded company on Nasdaq via a merger with a special purpose acquisition company. The move positions the firm as a unicorn and highlights the growing convergence between conventional banking systems and digital… Read More

June 2, 2026 @ 8:19 am By Omar Faridi  |  

OpenAI has extended access to its cybersecurity-focused artificial intelligence model to several UK based banking institutions. This initiative comes at a time when banks are grappling with evolving risks posed by sophisticated AI tools capable of identifying and exploiting system vulnerabilities. The model in question,… Read More

June 2, 2026 @ 1:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Robinhood Markets (NASDAQ: HOOD) continues to challenge existing boundaries in fintech and online investing, blending steady international business growth, artificial intelligence features, and involvement in public financial initiatives. These moves have sparked investor enthusiasm while prompting questions about the Fintech company’s long-term valuation. The company… Read More

June 1, 2026 @ 5:17 pm By JD Alois  |  

Alphabet (Google) (NASDAQ:GOOG) is raising equity capital in a private placement. The proposal is for $80 billion in funding to help fuel artificial intelligence development. Shares of the company are down marginally in after-hours trading as markets assess the dilutionary impact of the equity sale…. Read More

June 1, 2026 @ 3:31 pm By JD Alois  |  

Artificial intelligence firm Anthropic has filed a draft registration document with the Securities and Exchange Commission indicating its intent to go public. The S-1 was filed confidentially, so it is not yet publicly viewable. Anthropic stated that filing confidentially gives them the option to pursue… Read More

June 1, 2026 @ 2:36 am By Michael Wong  |  

Southeast Asia’s AI infrastructure market is still young, uneven, and heavily concentrated in Singapore. The sector has drawn about $1.2 billion in disclosed equity funding across Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand from 2015 to 2026, according to a report by private market data platform Tracxn…. Read More

May 31, 2026 @ 4:06 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

The frequency of AI-generated identity fraud has surpassed physical document forgery for the first time, marking another milestone in the digital fraud era, a new report from AU10TIX reveals. That is part of a strategy that sees criminals building reusable identity assets that are deployed… Read More

May 31, 2026 @ 2:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

PitchBook has indicated in a new report that the cybersecurity venture capital landscape entered 2026 with notable stability in capital deployment, even as deal volume reached its lowest point in years. According to PitchBook data, total deal value in the first quarter held nearly flat… Read More

May 29, 2026 @ 6:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

NatWest has entered into a partnership with Cleareye.ai, a provider of artificial intelligence tools tailored for trade finance, to overhaul its trade processing systems and significantly bolster its defenses against financial crime. This collaboration signals a major push toward digital transformation in an industry still… Read More

May 29, 2026 @ 2:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Investment platform Gemini (NASDAQ:GEMI) has rolled out a new feature designed to help users stay ahead of digital assets market shifts rather than passively responding to them. The cryptocurrency exchange has introduced Command Center—an innovative intelligence hub that harnesses advanced AI capabilities from SpaceXAI to enhance… Read More

May 29, 2026 @ 1:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

PitchBook has indicated in a research report that North American venture capital assets under management (AUM) are projected to expand from approximately $1.5 trillion at the end of 2025 to $2 trillion by 2030, representing a 30% increase at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR)… Read More

May 28, 2026 @ 6:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

AI adoption is surging in 2026 but Fintech platforms like Klarna  (NYSE:KLAR) have been known to make short-sighted business decisions. In the past year, many Fintechs including BNPL provider Klarna made the hasty decision to cut many of its staff members, while citing AI advancements… Read More

May 28, 2026 @ 5:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Coinbase‘s (NASDAQ:COIN) Ethereum Layer 2 network, Base, has taken a significant step toward merging artificial intelligence with decentralized finance by launching Base MCP. This innovative tool enables users to link their Base Accounts directly to popular AI platforms, allowing seamless onchain interactions through natural language… Read More

May 28, 2026 @ 1:20 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Wall Street Blockchain Alliance (WSBA) is updating its focus. While keeping its blockchain policy mission, WSBA is now adding artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum computing to its portfolio. According to a statement distributed by Ron Quaranta, Chairman and CEO of WSBA, AI and quantum… Read More

May 27, 2026 @ 2:53 pm By JD Alois  |  

A recent report on financial services crimes states that 65% of these occurrences involve a human element. The report published by Verizon says that “phishing victims, errors, and social engineering remain persistent attack surfaces despite security investments.” Internal data is compromised in 53% of financial… Read More

May 27, 2026 @ 10:12 am By JD Alois  |  

Robinhood  (NASDAQ: HOOD) has launched agentic trading, allowing users to trade automatically using artificial intelligence (AI). Purchases of Robinhood’s AI-native Model Context Protocol (MCP) will use a credit card to pay for the transaction. In a blog post, Robinhood said users can now build agents to execute… Read More

May 27, 2026 @ 9:32 am By Omar Faridi  |  

BNP Paribas (EPA: BNP) has renewed and expanded its partnership with French AI focused firm Mistral AI for an additional three years. This extension builds on their initial collaboration that started in 2023 and was formalized in 2024, marking a deeper commitment to integrating sophisticated… Read More

May 27, 2026 @ 4:14 am By Omar Faridi  |  

As the S&P 500 closed the past week at yet another all-time record high, the University of Michigan‘s most recent reading of US consumer sentiment has now significantly plummeted to its lowest level in almost 70 years. And as The Wall Street Journal recently reported,… Read More

May 26, 2026 @ 10:07 am By Nick Morgan  |  

The Man Who Helped Invent Blockchain Says Prosperity Will Come From Innovation, Not Blind Faith in Fiat Dr. W. Scott Stornetta, whose early 1990s research on digital timestamping and immutable records laid the foundation for blockchain and was cited throughout Satoshi Nakamoto’s Bitcoin white paper,… Read More