Why banks can't retrofit their way to programmable money
/
Nik Milanović of This Week in Fintech and Stablecon breaks down the technical innovation behind stablecoins.
Read More
Fintech News Stories
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.
Read MoreWhat 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.
Read More2026 outlook: How Americans are moving their savings
/
Alastair Wood of Raisin explains how consumers are moving savings beyond their primary bank in search of higher yields and better digital experiences.
Read MoreWhy AI agents are becoming a control problem for banks
/
Andrew George of 3forge argues that as agentic AI moves closer to production, banks need to ensure a new interface layer does not weaken entitlements, auditability or governance.
Read MoreAI won’t matter until banks start measuring output
/
Carey Ransom of BankTech Ventures argues AI won’t transform banks unless they change how they measure and reward work.
Read MoreHype, moats and the wealthtech exit problem
/
Matt Ober of Social Leverage argues that while wealthtech startups are pitching AI operating systems, the exit math points to $200 million to $500 million outcomes, not unicorn valuations.
Read MoreWhy the correspondent clearing model Is failing the next generation of broker-dealers
/
Craig Ridenhour of AtlasClear argues outdated clearing infrastructure is capping how broker-dealers scale.
Read MoreWhy deepfakes are scaling faster than defenses
/
The FR editors break down the findings from a new report on AI-powered fraud and what it reveals about FIs’ readiness gaps.
Read MoreThe economic forces behind insurance affordability
/
David Seider of TheZebra.com explains how insurance pricing is fragmenting along geographic lines.
Read MoreAI 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.
Read MoreThree 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.
Read MoreSaaS isn’t dying. It’s being valued differently.
/
Tiffine Wang of Onsen Global argues that the so-called SaaSpocalypse is a repricing, as software shifts from per-seat subscriptions to output that competes with labor.
Read MoreFintech’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.
Read MoreF-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.
Read More
