Why banks can't retrofit their way to programmable money

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.

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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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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 personalization is only as good as the data behind it

AI personalization is only as good as the data behind it

Alkami's Stephen Bohanon explains why fragmented data is holding back AI at community banks and credit unions, and what it will take to enable meaningful adoption.

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How banks are becoming a new front door to e-commerce

How banks are becoming a new front door to e-commerce

Tristan Barnum of Wildfire Systems explains how banks are moving into the shopping journey.

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Why the rewards economy needs better rails

Why the rewards economy needs better rails

Alex Preece of Tillo explains why demand for digital rewards is outpacing the infrastructure behind them.

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SaaS isn’t dying. It’s being valued differently.

SaaS 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.

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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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Legacy systems are putting banks at risk

Legacy systems are putting banks at risk

Patricia Montesi, co-founder and CEO of Qolo, argues that outdated core systems pose a far greater risk to banks than stablecoins.

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Rethinking payment recovery

Rethinking payment recovery

The FR spoke with Butter Payments CEO Charles Rosenblatt about the company’s next phase of growth and shifting approaches to payment recovery.

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How responsible AI gets built

How responsible AI gets built

Lendflow CEO Jon Fry outlines the foundational requirements for responsible AI as lending and credit decisioning move into production.

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Why crypto needs to drop the tribalism

Why crypto needs to drop the tribalism

Adeniyi Abiodun of Mysten Labs argues why crypto's real enemy is itself, and why infighting threatens the industry's survival.

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Capital One’s Brex buy means end of business finance's manual era

Capital One’s Brex buy means end of business finance's manual era

Andrew Jamison of Extend argues Capital One's acquisition of Brex signals the end of manual business finance, and explains why AI-powered spend management is finally catching up to the rest of enterprise software.

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