Alex Lazarow of Fluent Ventures explains why the rise of autonomous AI will create a new class of companies that verify its work and bear the risk when it fails.

Matt Ober of Social Leverage argues that AI agents and prediction markets are creating new fintech infrastructure opportunities, but building the winners will take time.

Greg Bogich of advisor growth firm AcquireUp explains how AI can help financial advisors scale the human connections that drive new business.

Matija Nakic of financial planning and analysis software company Farseer explains how AI can help finance teams test scenarios and evaluate the financial consequences of business decisions as conditions change.

Shawn Conahan, chief revenue officer of Wildfire Systems, argues that banks are missing a critical piece in their self-funding loyalty programs, relevance, and explains how AI-driven personalization can close the gap.

Executive coach Richa Malhotra explains why navigating AI requires clarity, trust and a willingness to move before leaders feel ready.

Nick Anastasiades of Benji explains how loyalty is moving beyond one-off partnerships toward a more flexible system where value flows across brands and product categories.

Fredrik Forslund of Blancco shares four priorities for banks looking to strengthen data security.

Carey Ransom of BankTech Ventures argues that community bank leaders need to make strategic thinking a leadership discipline.

Emily Cisek of Paige examines how community banks are turning legacy planning into a relationship advantage big banks can't easily replicate.

Method's Mit Shah outlines five principles for handling customer financial data in ways that build trust, deliver value and avoid crossing privacy boundaries.

Quavo's Ron Rybicki explains why merchant failures are exposing a growing blind spot in banks' dispute operations.

Guillaume Bouvard of Extend argues that value in the corporate card market is shifting from payments infrastructure to the software that controls how money moves.

Fernando Castellanos of Prove explains why identity matters for stablecoins.

Booshan Rengachari, founder and CEO of Finzly, makes the case for why so many banks are making the move to modernize with the introduction of Nacha’s new fraud monitoring rules.

Gonzalo Parejo of Kamino explains why the biggest AI opportunity in finance may sit alongside the ERP, not inside it.

Carey Ransom of BankTech Ventures argues that community banks should focus less on AI use cases and more on becoming AI-native organizations.

Deepak Gupta of Volante Technologies argues that modernizing ACH infrastructure is critical as banks adapt to faster payments and rising transaction volumes.

Scott Earwood of White Clay examines why “free” treasury services may be costing banks more than they realize.

Nik Milanović of This Week in Fintech and Stablecon breaks down the technical innovation behind stablecoins.

Alex Lazarow of Fluent Ventures explains why the private market has become fintech’s real leading indicator.

Michal Tresner of ThreatMark argues that scam prevention and fraud liability need to extend beyond banks and into the broader social media ecosystem.

Ximena Aleman of Prometeo argues that the infrastructure behind agentic payments will determine whether AI expands financial access or reinforces existing barriers.

Andrew Liesch of Travillian explores why some banks trade at massive premiums to peers.

Lucas Timberlake of Fintech Sandbox sat down with the FR to discuss how AI has raised the stakes on data access for early-stage fintech startups.

Pedro Ramos of Appriss Retail explains how retailers can mitigate returns fraud by treating loss as a financial risk problem.

Amanda Hanson of Gate City Bank dives into how the bank is approaching digitization, AI adoption and customer experience as fintech competition intensifies.

Joanna Summers of Valid8 Financial outlines why crypto cases are forcing a rethink in law enforcement.

Fernando Castellanos of Prove argues stablecoins are forcing identity to move from one-time checks to continuous verification.

Matt Ober of Social Leverage argues that prediction markets tied to company KPIs could become Wall Street’s next major asset class.