Private investors are betting big on AI. Here’s what that means for fintechs.

Private investors are betting big on AI. Here’s what that means for fintechs.

Hank Boughner, CEO of alternative investment fintech Dynamo Software, dives into the rising wave of private investor interest in AI and its impact on the fintech industry.

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A risk-based approach to adopting AI in insurance

A risk-based approach to adopting AI in insurance

AI-powered recommendation engines and computer vision technologies offer real-time, precise analytics and generative AI further extends these capabilities by facilitating the creation of new content and designs with ease. But is it all just a hype? Tiffine Wang, an investment partner at MS&AD Ventures, dives into this question.

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Bridging the trust gap between AI and human advice

Bridging the trust gap between AI and human advice

The chorus of financial services brands that say they’re exploring the use of generative artificial intelligence to improve customer experiences keeps growing.

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Lessons in scaling a commerce and fintech platform

Lessons in scaling a commerce and fintech platform

In Madrid in early June, Alex Lazarow led a fireside chat at the South Summit with JC Glancy, the unicorn founder of ZenBusiness. Here are a few takeaways from their discussion on how ZenBusiness has scaled over the years.

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Can VCs and founders hustle more responsibly?

Can VCs and founders hustle more responsibly?

Despite the market’s slight rebound this year, mental health and work-life balance hurdles have never been more challenging to overcome. Emmalyn Shaw, a co-founder and managing partner at Flourish Ventures, and Lisa Mikkelsen, head of global human capital at Flourish Ventures, delve into this pressing issue.

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Tokenization: A tale of three cities (Part III)

Tokenization: A tale of three cities (Part III)

In the last part of The FR’s series on tokenization, we’ll explore the use cases that may drive growing adoption of tokens to digitize a range of assets on the blockchain. We’ll also consider the regulatory roadblocks preventing tokenization’s proliferation at this current juncture. 

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Tokenization: A tale of three cities (Part II)

Tokenization: A tale of three cities (Part II)

In this next part of the series, we’ll dive into what this means for fintech and financial institutions. If digital assets are treated as assets, period, how does this shape the financial landscape? And why would these parties buy into such a nascent technology? 

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Tokenization: A tale of three cities (Part I)

Tokenization: A tale of three cities (Part I)

If I had started writing this article three years ago, I’d be reporting on the buying frenzy surrounding non-fungible tokens (NFTs), blockchain-based proofs authenticating the uniqueness of digital objects, namely artwork. But now it’s 2024.

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Making sense of bitcoin ETF outflows

Making sense of bitcoin ETF outflows

Do these ETFs, like the cryptocurrencies undergirding them, require more investors to buy into their vision in order to become successful and profitable?

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Fintech is operating at scale, with huge growth potential

Fintech is operating at scale, with huge growth potential

From Abdul Abdirahman: In our recent State of Fintech report, my colleagues and I took stock of the sector’s progress over the last decade, identifying the companies that have reached (or are about to reach) enterprise scale. 

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The future of SXSW Pitch

The future of SXSW Pitch

According to Chris Valentine, who produces SXSW Pitch, the event offers a crucial niche within the larger SXSW ecosystem.

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Insights from the 2023 Fintech Index

Insights from the 2023 Fintech Index

FR Contributor Alex Lazarow shares his takeaways from F-Prime’s 2023 Fintech Index report.

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Do hedge funds have data budgets?

Do hedge funds have data budgets?

From Matt Ober: If data solutions can make the firm money, save the firm money or help the firm raise money, then there is no budget.

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What's next for Robinhood?

What's next for Robinhood?

It’s hard to tell how much Robinhood’s uptick stems from its savviness—poaching competitors’ brokerage customers through deposit matching, releasing popular product features, and more—rather than improved economic conditions.

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