Stanley Epstein Associate at Citadel Advantage Group
Why industry leaders must look past the hype to the hard realities. Artificial intelligence is transforming banking at unprecedented speed — powering fraud detection, compliance automation, credit decisions, trading optimisation, and customer engagement. At the same time, cyber threats are escalating in scale and sophistication, driven by AI-enab...
2 hours /ai /regulation Operational Risk Management
Bo Harald Chairman/Founding member, board member at Trust Infra for Real Time Economy Prgrm & MyData,
What started pretty much as an effort to get identification credentials issued to citizens (needed in countries without ID-services by banks) is now - thanks to mandatory general-purposes EBWs for public sector units (who can be against fast action here?) - moving to the opportunity identity building organisation wallets bring to industry and glob...
3 hours /ai /identity Transaction Banking
Interesting discussion with LLMs today. Sometimes they tend to dramatise - so I have edited. Floor 0 — Internet (the swamp) Everyone starts here. Today’s economy is built on: passwords phishing unverifiable emails unverifiable phone calls unverifiable organisations It’s the fraud floor. Especially painful for elderly customers in banks, telecoms ...
5 hours /ai /identity Innovation in Financial Services
Alexey Plekhanov Advisor to fintechs
These days it’s pretty hard to find a fintech niche that hasn’t already been chewed through and fought over by a dozen well-funded players. Most mature segments now end up looking roughly the same: A couple of legacy giants who’ve accumulated so much capital, brand, and operational fat over the decades and even centuries that they somehow keep r...
8 hours /startups
Shushant Sudarshan Executive at Appinventiv
Choosing the right software development partner is one of the most critical decisions for any organization undergoing digital transformation. As businesses accelerate their adoption of web, mobile, and cloud-first solutions, Chicago has rapidly become a top-tier tech destination in the U.S. Known for its blend of enterprise-ready engineering, inno...
13 hours
Sam Boboev Founder at Fintech Wrap Up
I’ll be blunt: who isn’t a little weary of the AI hype in banking? I watched Backbase's Engage 2025 event in London to gain insights into AI's role in the banking sector and what Backbase is developing. During the keynote address, CEO Jouk Pleiter asked the audience, "Who's a little bit tired of all the AI hype?" Numerous hands were rai...
14 hours /ai /retail
Ram Ghadiyaram Researcher at IEEE
Why banks that treat AI as a core capability .. not just a tool to will dominate the next decade ? Artificial Intelligence is no longer a futuristic promise in banking. It is the silent engine driving the entire industry. From real-time fraud prevention to personalised financial advice, AI operates 24/7, making banking faster, safer and more intu...
18 hours /ai /regulation Artificial Intelligence and Financial Services
Why keeping people in the loop is the only way to get the benefits of AI without losing our responsibility, rights, and humanity. 1. The core principle: why advice, not authority? AI systems excel at ingesting huge data, detecting non-obvious patterns, simulating scenarios, and producing consistent outputs at scale. That makes them superb advisers:...
29 November 2025 /ai
Why AI is becoming the defining force in risk governance, credit allocation, compliance, cyber defence, and strategic resilience — and what banks must do to capture its benefits while controlling its dangers. Introduction Artificial intelligence will reshape the banking sector more profoundly than any technology since the internet. For risk manage...
29 November 2025 /ai /regulation
Prasoon Mukherjee Director | Head of Securities Services | GSC-India at Societe Generale Bank
We often like to imagine careers as clean, parallel rails, stretching straight into a far, certain horizon. But anyone who has spent enough years navigating corporate hallways, knows that this just a comforting myth. Careers do not glide along pre-laid tracks. They rise on foundations we build, and they move in the direction our inner compass choo...
29 November 2025 /people /inclusion High performing teams
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