AI is transforming banking and financial services. From simple chatbots to sophisticated AI deployments that are acting with increased independence on behalf of customers, AI-based solutions are driving some of the biggest innovations in our industry—both in terms of customer-facing tools as well as back-office operations.
In this conversation with Merlin Bise, Chief Technology Officer with Inbenta, we discuss the growing role that AI is playing in financial services, what challenges...
- Embedded finance platform AAZZUR has teamed up with Corpay Cross-Border, a division of Corpay Inc.
- The partnership will combine AAZZUR's infrastructure with Corpay Cross-Border's international network, allowing businesses to integrate and manage payments, expenses, and cross-border transactions more efficiently.
- London-based AAZZUR made its Finovate debut earlier this year at FinovateEurope 2026. Philipp Buschmann is CEO.
- Cash App now allows eligible users to send and receive USDC while automatically converting stablecoins to and from US dollars, eliminating the need for separate wallets or manual crypto management.
- Rather than selling stablecoins as a consumer product, Cash App is using them as infrastructure to enable faster, more seamless money movement across wallets, exchanges, merchants, fintech apps, and payment platforms.
- Keeping stablecoins invisible with blockchain infrastructure that...
- Modern card platform Highnote unveiled its new Agentic Commerce capabilities this week.
- Built using Visa Intelligent Commerce, Highnote's Agentic Commerce will allow businesses to power AI-initiated payments that feature programmable controls, tokenized credentials, and dynamic authorization.
- Headquartered in San Francisco, Highnote made its Finovate debut at FinovateSpring 2022.
Courtesy of a partnership with Visa, Highnote—a modern issuing, acquiring, credit, ledger, and...
Spain’s ministry of consumer rights blocked access to Kalshi and Polymarket this week. The country has paused the use of the prediction markets (also known as event contracts) as it determines whether their models are operating legally without a gambling license.
Spain joins France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Romania, which have all limited or blocked access to Polymarket.
The controversy begs the question: are prediction markets useful forecasting tools, speculative tools, or simply...
