Financial technology and innovation
A hacking attack on European supermarkets spread across the continent on Monday, hitting fridges and freezers from Sweden to Belgium and forcing stores to throw away food in an incident that echoed a ...
5 min readBrett King's Bank 5.0 argues the next customer of the bank will be an AI agent. We read an advance copy ahead of its 19 November launch. The post Brett King’s Bank 5.0 And The Rise Of The Agenti...
5 min readAnn Magnusson of SEB tells the FinTech Times at Sibos Miami why Europe's markets may fragment further before they improve, and why trust matters more than speed. The post News & Views Podcast: Eu...
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Varsity Tech founder Daniel Tan on a Singapore fund where AI agents do the research and backtesting, and three people hold the risk limits and kill switch. The post How Varsity Tech Runs a Systematic ...
5 min readNubank's OCC charter bid and the rise of AI payment agents raise urgent questions about liability, control and who owns the customer relationship. The post Nubank’s US Push and the Agentic Payme...
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Most owners buy AI for speed and discover the checking cost later. A competent person can verify the output cheaply and still say no.
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Best practices are crowded on purpose. The upside sits with whoever moves before they're proven safe. Here's how you can be that person.
5 min readSee how AI, virtual reality and predictive analytics are changing travel planning, search and advisor value.
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Robert McLister: Several banks leapt at the chance to bump their fixed rates this week, betting panicky borrowers will lock in
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The breakout 'Ghosts' star shares his advice on beating imposter syndrome, taking big swings and putting heart at the center of your work.
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Becoming AI-native takes one quarter, one revenue process and no new software: Here's the 90-day plan you can run without a transformation budget.
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Company signals and market response This analysis tracks the top company developments and how markets absorbed them through Thursday’s close, focusing on where shifting narratives translate into price...
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Kevin Lehtiniitty says Borderless.xyz is expanding local payment coverage while tackling the operational and compliance gaps that slow stablecoin transfers.
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Feedback is useful when people can still act on it. Earlier renewal outreach and project check-ins can reveal concerns before decisions are final.
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Circle and Proof paired identity checks with USDC settlement in a demo, offering merchants signed evidence of agent purchases and a pay-per-check model.
5 min readUnreal Snacks grew to 35,000 stores after narrowing its relaunch, showing how disciplined operations and repeat purchases can support expansion.
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Joy Supply gained early sales and retail interest with crispy oat cookies made from regeneratively farmed ingredients. Scaling affordably remains the next test.
5 min readKR1 has activated 10 Ethereum validators and plans to deploy 6,200 ETH, shifting toward segregated staking with its own vault controls.
5 min readDense storage and more combustible goods are testing warehouse fire protection, raising potential losses and the cost of sprinkler upgrades.
5 min readMoney20/20 put practical hurdles in focus: authorizing AI purchases, countering AI-driven fraud and fitting stablecoins into existing payment flows.
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