National Mortgage News Editor-in-Chief Heidi Patalano discusses where mortgage automation is delivering, where the hype still exceeds reality and what lenders should expect at Digital Mortgage 2026.
Dash Solutions’ Tan Truong explains how building AI governance early helped the fintech move faster without sacrificing trust.
Louis Hoch of Usio explains why embedded payments could give SaaS companies a more durable business model as AI makes software features easier to copy.
Investor and founder of Illumea Advisory Tiffany Haynes explains why fintech acquisition readiness depends on building operational trust long before a buyer arrives.
Read MoreFintech NerdCon’s Simon Taylor weighs in on the forces transforming financial services and what to expect at this year’s conference in San Diego.
Read MoreAmber Buker of Travillian explains how better digital account opening could help community banks turn lending relationships into lasting deposits.
Read MoreCasey Kindiger of Grokstream explains how financial institutions can use AI to respond faster to technology disruptions without sacrificing human oversight.
Read MoreAndy Jiang of Slash explains how the fintech gives employees broad freedom to use AI while keeping spending, security and consequential decisions under human oversight.
Read MoreAlex 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.
Read MoreFR editors unpack new research on how banks’ AI investments face execution hurdles.
Read MoreTiffine Wang of Onsen Global explains why AI-native companies are changing how value is priced, delivered and scaled.
Read MoreWorldpay’s Gabriel de Montessus explains why one-size-fits-all payments fail, and how local-first strategies drive global growth.
Read MoreRenata Caine, SVP and GM of embedded finance at Green Dot, shares three ways companies can support customers and employees through market volatility.
Read MoreStacy Litke of Green Check explains how banks are turning cannabis compliance into a growth strategy.
Read MoreXimena Aleman, co-founder of open banking platform Prometeo, argues tariffs aren’t just disrupting trade — they’re accelerating a revamp of cross-border payments.
Read MoreThe Financial Revolutionist is weekly newsletter and blog focused on the torrid pace of financial innovation. Today, thanks to the exponential rate of technological change, explosion in global trade and new regulations ushered in by the Great Financial Crisis, a new financial revolution is under way. In this battle, virtually every aspect of the greater financial services sector is subject to rigorous challenge. With the Financial Revolutionist, we are aspiring to create a boots-on-the-ground and highly opinionated assessment of important financial innovation developments in the past week.
