How AI is raising the stakes on data access for fintech startups

How AI is raising the stakes on data access for fintech startups

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.

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What fintech can teach retailers about loss

What fintech can teach retailers about loss

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

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How a $4 billion community bank balances AI and the human touch

How a $4 billion community bank balances AI and the human touch

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

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Why crypto investigations demand public-private partnerships

Why crypto investigations demand public-private partnerships

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

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Stablecoins are redefining identity requirements for global money movement

Stablecoins are redefining identity requirements for global money movement

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

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Prediction markets are becoming Wall Street’s next asset class

Prediction markets are becoming Wall Street’s next asset class

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

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AI pilots are easy. Production is the hard part.

AI pilots are easy. Production is the hard part.

Robert Cooke of 3forge explains why banks are rethinking their technology foundations as AI pilots come up against the complexity of existing systems.

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Three lessons from the spend management race

Three lessons from the spend management race

Alex Lazarow of Fluent Ventures examines the playbook behind the corporate spend management race and argues that the winners will be those who move beyond cards to control more of a company’s financial workflows.

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Fintech’s next phase will be orchestrated, not adopted

Fintech’s next phase will be orchestrated, not adopted

Dewald Nolte of Entersekt argues that programmable money is becoming the foundation of modern finance, reshaping digital wallets, tokenized deposits and AI agents in fintech’s next phase.

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F-Prime's 2026 State of Fintech: IPOs, stablecoins, AI and more

F-Prime's 2026 State of Fintech: IPOs, stablecoins, AI and more

Fintech has found a new baseline at $45–50 billion annually, new giants have emerged, and crypto earned a seat at the table. F-Prime’s Abdul Abdirahman examines the broader trends.

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Fintech maturity drives capital markets M&A

Fintech maturity drives capital markets M&A

Nilesh Nanavati and John Clark of OPCO Advisory explain why fintech maturity, AI pressure and scarce infrastructure assets drove a high-stakes reset in capital markets M&A in 2025.

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The case for a unified, real-time credit data network

The case for a unified, real-time credit data network

Tomás Campos of Spinwheel argues that growing debt and lagging credit data require a real-time, unified way to assess consumer risk.

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Inside the shift toward data-native markets

Inside the shift toward data-native markets

Matt Ober of Social Leverage writes that markets are becoming data-native as finance, consumer culture and AI converge around richer, more valuable data.

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AI, stablecoins and programmable trust are redefining fintech

AI, stablecoins and programmable trust are redefining fintech

Alex Lazarow of Fluent Ventures paints a picture of an industry undergoing a fundamental shift beyond the usual cycle of new products or distribution models.

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Stablecoins are becoming table stakes. Banks can’t sit this out.

Stablecoins are becoming table stakes. Banks can’t sit this out.

Avinash Chidambaram of Cybrid says stablecoins are quickly becoming a core payments tool that will give early adopters an efficiency edge.

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