The march toward viable AI use cases

The march toward viable AI use cases

John Lin, principal at F-Prime Capital, and Zoey Tang dive into F-Prime’s 2024 State of Fintech report and uncover what effect AI is having in the finance industry, concentrating on the public companies that make up the F-Prime Fintech Index.

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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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AI/ML and equity in lending

AI/ML and equity in lending

That gap between technology and law has left much of the industry in the lurch, anticipating and hedging against state action. For AI-driven lending platforms, for instance, these regulatory uncertainties have fomented an intra-industry debate about the kinds of technologies and algorithms that should be deployed. 

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Do you have to make acquisitions?

Do you have to make acquisitions?

From Matt Ober: In the data & information services space, it seems like the key to success is acquisitions. You have to find your wedge, your revenue, your product-market fit, but once you find it, you have to start acquiring, or “rolling up.” If you are in a position of strength, you need to use it. That is if you want to build a big business.

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Interpretability versus explainability in AI-driven lending

Interpretability versus explainability in AI-driven lending

Onsite at Fintech Meetup, The FR met with Deniz A. Johnson, COO of Stratyfy.

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The anti-scam revolution has arrived

The anti-scam revolution has arrived

From Mary Ann Miller, VP Evangelist & Fraud Executive Advisor at Prove: The rapid proliferation of fraud is a serious, damaging, and costly issue. However, when institutions are equipped with the right identity verification and authentication tools and the luxury of time, there’s much that can be done.

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Unlocking the Future of Payments: The Role of AI in Revolutionizing the Industry

Unlocking the Future of Payments: The Role of AI in Revolutionizing the Industry

From Romain Colnet, Ingenico: AI has the potential to revolutionize every aspect of the payment process, from fraud detection and risk management to customer service and personalized experiences.

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The future of web scraping

The future of web scraping

From Matt Ober: Every AI company is scraping. Everyone is trying to get access to data and the question of what on the web you can scrape versus have to pay for continues to be debated.

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The benefits and implications of AI in lending and credit

The benefits and implications of AI in lending and credit

The FR met with Srikanth Geedipalli, SVP of AI Product Management and Commercialization at Experian

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What are the consequences of a generative AI-goosed capital market?

What are the consequences of a generative AI-goosed capital market?

From Sarah Biller: Could the adoption of generative AI by financial services ironically drive a new period of information asymmetry in the markets and, by doing so, open another frontier for fintech innovation? 

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The evolution of fintech data

The evolution of fintech data

Onsite at Fintech Meetup, The FR met with Sarah Biller, Co-Founder of FinTech Sandbox and a contributor to The FR.

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What does MIcrosoft’s AI work mean for fintechs?

What does MIcrosoft’s AI work mean for fintechs?

Onsite at Fintech Meetup, The FR met with Priya Gore, General Manager, Data & AI, US Financial Services, at Microsoft

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Who are fintech’s “walking dead”?

Who are fintech’s “walking dead”?

Carey Ransom, Managing Director of BankTech Ventures and a contributor to The FR, describes the phenomenon of “walking dead” fintech companies who face a fintech venture bubble overhang, outlines the future of AI hype, and encourages conferencegoers to say what they really mean. 

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Web scraping and the future of AI

Web scraping and the future of AI

From Matt Ober: With the value of data going up every day and the amount of data-hungry AI models being trained, the web scraping rules are going to come up more and more. This is the first of many lawsuits.

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