The stablecoin revolution isn’t coming, it’s already here. And if you’re in banking or fintech, you should be paying attention. Right now. Just last month, we witnessed what can only be described as a watershed moment for stablecoins. Stripe announced stablecoin financial accounts in 101 countries, Visa and Mastercard rolled out products allowing consumers to […]
Across traditional professions, a wave of AI optimism is beginning to take hold; in healthcare, AI is already proving instrumental in easing clinician burnout and reducing admin overhead, while in finance, it’s unlocking strategic insight at scale. Even education is adapting fast: As reported by The Guardian, Ohio State University will now require all graduates […]
Armed with new funding, the company’s AI agents aim to help smaller banks compete around compliance There’s an increasing need for financial institutions to meet compliance requirements or end up on the wrong side of the government. One of the more recent “landmark fines” was issued to TD Bank in October 2024 by the Justice […]
ai.work built an AI worker OS to cut through SaaS sprawl with agents trained on your business logic. ai.work is well-positioned to address the challenge of integrating autonomous workers into workflows. Founders Maor Ezer and Nir Nahum have strong industry knowledge and have surrounded themselves with equally experienced key staffers. The team has also successfully […]
After implosions in ’08, Industrial Loan Company designations or ILCs are back in style — a tempting, less-regulated pathway to banking for commercial cos and fintechs With vestiges of the Biden regulatory interregnum fed into the woodchipper, fintechs, neobanks, and commercial businesses have set their sights on Trumpian banking policy, gauging the feasibility therein to […]
While many investors are still asking if AI will go mainstream, Bison Ventures is betting it already has — and is backing its deep-tech applications. The AI arms race has taken center stage in year-to-date tech news coverage — and has held that position since crypto’s wintry retreat in 2022 — defined by dramatic developments […]
Welcome back to the AI edition of Fintech Nexus. This past week was a gut-check for anyone still underestimating how quickly AI is evolving and how high the stakes are getting. Mary Meeker dropped a 340-page report going all-in on AI. Tl;dr? It’s reshaping everything. Truly, everything — from software to the physical world around […]
“If small and mid-size banks decide not to invest in open banking, the largest banks will be able to both easily pick off new customers and steer existing customers toward preferred partners.” former CFPB official Dan Murphy told Fintech Nexus Fintechs take notice: the open banking rule saga at the CFPB is once again rearing […]
This week, thousands of founders, engineers, and venture capitalists—including leaders from Microsoft, Writer, Cohere, and more—zipped up their Arc’teryx and descended on Vancouver for Web Summit’s first run in the new city. Set against the mountainous backdrop of the waterfront convention centre, the debut marked not just a change of scenery, but a westward handoff […]
Welcome to the AI edition of Fintech Nexus (soon-to-be Future Nexus — stay tuned). At Web Summit Vancouver this week, the buzz is not just about what we can build with AI, but also what we should. It’s a timely conversation as we consider, What are we willing to lose? For the most part, we’ve […]