Joining Backbase to Drive Core Industry Transformation Together
I am joining Backbase as a Strategic Industry Advisor. The transformation of our industry requires a major shift at the core of the business. We need to work together to accomplish this. https://t.co/yq1jt7W0lJ
Robot Dog Uses Google AI to Read Gauges and Thermometers
Boston Dynamics’ robot dog now reads gauges and thermometers with Google’s AI 🤖 https://t.co/Z9OxCoqZbt https://t.co/VEz7BUBfYb
Ant Group Unveils Open-Source Models for Reasoning and Math
Ant Group Releases Ling-2.5-1T and Ring-2.5-1T Open-Source Models Ling-2.5-1T focuses on general purpose reasoning tasks, while Ring- 2.5-1T incorporates a hybrid linear architecture optimized for mathematical reasoning and structured problem solving. https://t.co/of5lyVXVgf
AI Could Either Lighten or Amplify Women’s Unpaid Labor
AI’s Impact on Women’s Workload: The Best vs. Worst Case Scenario 🤖👩💻 🎬 Enjoy the full video here: 👉 https://t.co/Ms3CuXxWwR How will Artificial Intelligence change the lives of women over the next 5 years? In this short, we explore the potential shift...
Snapchat CEO: Meta Brand Unfit for Your Face
👓 ‘The Meta Brand Is Not Something People Want to Put Anywhere Near Their Face,’ Says Snapchat CEO — He may well have a point 🤷♂️ https://t.co/E9GLYjS1VM https://t.co/UFPyhTpXzp
Tether Becomes User‑Facing Wallet with Lightning Payments
Tether Shifts From "Plumbing" to "Interface": Capturing End-User Relationships Front-end financial interface via self-custodial wallet. Self-custody = users hold private keys, Tether has zero access. Optional cloud backup (controversial, crypto purists critical like Ledger Recover debate). Only filor 4 assets (USDT,...
Mastercard Agent Pay Expands to Open AI Agent Ecosystems
BOOM : Mastercard Agent Pay Goes Meets Open Agent Ecosystems Now extending to open platforms via https://t.co/i2xPY83QVu. OpenClaw = one of fastest-growing open-source projects (1M+ agents, 20+ messaging platforms). Mastercard Agent Pay enables consumers to delegate purchasing to AI agents without...
Claude AI Integrates Into Word, First Major Use: Contract Review
🔺 Anthropic brings Claude into Microsoft Word, and legal contract review leads its use cases https://t.co/GctEPgSwER https://t.co/lhdW45z7l1
Self‑assembling Brain‑grown Electrodes Enable Light‑controlled Neural Interfaces
Scientists Grow Electronics Inside the Brains of Living Mice 🐁 💬 The technology harnesses the brain's own blood chemistry to assemble soft, light-controlled electrodes around neurons. 👉 https://t.co/OmbEwgnh3y https://t.co/Zi4qiX1efr
Yuh Leads Swiss Neobanks, Yet Only 1% Primary Users
Swiss Neobanks: Yuh Overtakes Almost Everyone Yuh reaches 400K customers (4.5 yrs post-launch), overtakes Neon (250K, launched 2019). 100% owned by Swissquote. Revolut unclear; counts all who completed KYC (1M+ claimed), but actual active users likely much lower per Swiss Payment...
Who’s Liable when Banking Bots Act Autonomously?
Agentic Banking: Permissioned Autonomy vs. Regulatory Requirements Meow's model: humans set rules (spending limits, vendor whitelist, transaction thresholds), agents execute within guardrails (transfers, card issuance, invoice processing). Autonomy scope: 24/7 transaction data access, real-time vendor payments, card issuance without per-transaction approval....
Meta Launches AI Mark Zuckerberg for Internal Engagement
Meta spins up AI version of Mark Zuckerberg to engage with employees 😳 — Could this be a virtual take on "Talk to the hand"? 🫸 https://t.co/XMxux6JhAO https://t.co/51PHp66o8K
Vanguard AI Moves Advisors From Assistance to Augmentation
Vanguard's Three-Phase AI Strategy: From Efficiency to Autonomy Phase 1 (Assisting): AI handles repetitive tasks, surfaces data Phase 2 (Augmenting): AI generates insights, recommendations, scenario analysis—current deployment Phase 3 (Acting): AI executes decisions autonomously within guardrails—future state Current tool = Phase 2. Practical features:...
Revolut AIR Launches with 13M UK Users, Outpacing Rivals
Revolut AIR: Large-Scale Consumer Agentic Deployment (13M Users) Competitive context: Starling (March 2026), NatWest (March 2026), now Revolut (April 2026). All UK launches within 5 weeks. Revolut scale: 13M UK customers = largest single deployment. Security differentiator: "built on transaction-grade infrastructure"....
AI Model Retuning Triggers Securities Fraud Disclosure Duty
When AI Model Tuning Becomes Securities Fraud The Upstart Case: Why AI Lending Model Performance Is Now a Disclosure Obligation Model 22, Upstart`s AI lending model was retuned, performed differently than disclosed, and executives allegedly knew about it and sold $15 million...
Bunq Wins AI AML Battle, Expands to US
How bunq is reinventing the Neo-banking model for 2026. 🏦✨ Ali Niknam, CEO of bunq, just sat down at Davos to reveal how they became the first profitable EU neo-bank and their bold plan for the US. 💎 Watch the full deep...
GEN-1 Robot Achieves 99% Reliability Across Tasks
From folding boxes 📦 to fixing vacuums, GEN-1 robotics model hits 99% reliability 🤖 | AI Robotics https://t.co/XGfowsKMR2 https://t.co/YxjNYeUARh
AI‑Engineered Steel Boosts 3D‑Print Strength, Cuts Costs
🔺 Scientists use AI to create ultra-strong, rust-proof steel for 3D-printed parts New AI-designed steel delivers high strength, flexibility, and rust resistance while cutting cost and processing time for 3D printing. https://t.co/hbm3AUGt2z https://t.co/b3vLdGRclh
Klarna's First Invoice Sparked BNPL Revolution
FINTECH FLASHBACK: 21 YRS FROM THE 1ST BNPL On this day in 2005 (April 10, 11:06:40 AM): Klarna (then called Kreditor) processed its very first transaction. The merchant: Pocketklubben, a small bookstore in Stockholm, Sweden. The customer...
Defining Liability for Autonomous Finance Errors Now
When the Agent Gets It Wrong, Who Pays? The rails for autonomous finance are live. The liability architecture for those rails is being written right now, by the institutions and regulators willing to commit to an answer. https://t.co/fHnMD6byH6 https://t.co/ejtLZek5s3
KBank, StraitsX, Grab Enable Real-Time Cross‑Border Payments
KBank, StraitsX, and Grab Launch Blockchain Cross-Border Payments Thailand's KBank + StraitsX + Grab enable real-time Thailand–Singapore payments via Q Wallet. XSGD stablecoin powers settlement, travelers scan QR codes for instant blockchain settlement bypassing traditional FX costs. Tech: Q-money (KBank's e-money...
Fintech Titans Build Proprietary Foundation Models on Transaction Data
8 financial services giants showed up at NVIDIA GTC 2026. PayPal. Stripe. Capital One. Revolut. BNY Mellon. Shopify. Mastercard. Adyen. The common thread? Every one of them is training its own foundation models on proprietary transaction data. Details 👉 https://t.co/wqf2rFdBjO #AgenticAI #Fintech #NVIDIAGT...
Who Bears Losses When Agents Misbehave? Four Answers
When the Agent Gets It Wrong, Who Pays? The liability question agentic finance cannot avoid - and four different answers from one week My latest Substack article: https://t.co/zrBCSh4zii https://t.co/L6nTlksFW2
JPMorgan CEO Says AI Winners Remain Unpredictable
🔺 JPMorgan Chase CEO Dimon: We can't predict AI winners and losers yet https://t.co/MB1h3gIH1m https://t.co/iY9bYkSfk9
Banks Must Own AI Agent Layer or Lose Customers
🔺 AI Agents & Finance: Which Model Will Banks Choose? Full video here: 👉 https://t.co/W4JgYEnfCZ 💬 AI agents are about to pick your bank, insurance, and investments for you. The real question isn't whether this happens — it's who controls the layer where...
Titan's Banking AI Makes Compliance Auditable, Not Optional
Domain-Led AI for Banks: Titan's SLMs Aim to Make Compliance Auditable, Not Optional Titan launched banking-native small language models (SLMs) embedding banking logic + regulatory frameworks. Proprietary Banker Trust Index (BTI) + RAGAS benchmarks claim higher safety, reliability, supervisory alignment vs...
Smarter AI Agents Expand Cybersecurity Attack Surface
🔺 AI Agents Are Getting Smarter and Their Attack Surface is Getting Bigger 😳 | Cybersecurity https://t.co/4yOZbkldG5 https://t.co/NdtoEK56SM
Regulation Reveals Conflict: Prediction Markets Straddle Finance and Betting
The Financialization of Uncertainty https://t.co/GYMIfRPZzE Regulation has legitimized prediction markets, but it has also exposed a clear economic conflict. Prediction markets sit at the intersection of finance and betting, and do not fit cleanly into either category. That mismatch is where...
Digital Twins Simulate Psychedelic Effects for Consciousness Disorders
Digital twins allow virtual clinical trials of psychedelics for disorders of consciousness 🧠↔🧠 | Innovation | Tech for Good. 💬 Using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), scientists have developed personalized, whole-brain computational models of patients with disorders of consciousness. Using these...
ISO 20022 & Blockchain Drive 2026 Payment Evolution
J.P. Morgan: 5 Payment Trends to Watch in 2026 4) Always Connected: ISO 20022 revolutionizing payments with richer data. 88% of finance pros say direct bank connectivity very/extremely beneficial, 85% would switch banks for direct ERP connectivity. 5) Blockchain Realized: 60%...
Adyen Boosts Model Training 195× with NVIDIA
@Adyen — 195x speedup in model training with NVIDIA accelerated computing. Real-time routing & conversion optimisation at $1T+ in payment volume. https://t.co/HxmnbS6Y8V
Wall Street Launches 24/7 Tokenized Trading for Trillions
Wall Street Braces for 24/7 Trading via Tokenization DTCC intends to tokenize entire $100 trillion asset catalog, beginning with U.S. Treasuries later this year. NYSE Digital Trading Platform (announced Jan 2026): 24/7 onchain trading + settlement of U.S. equities/ETFs, instant settlement,...
Switzerland Secures Constitutional Right to Cash
Is physical money disappearing? Not if the Swiss have anything to say about it. Full video here: 👉 https://t.co/IAUzYbgXsT ➟ Connect on my LinkedIn (208,000 Followers): https://t.co/gizvhtU0kS 💬 In this video, we break down why Switzerland—one of the most technologically advanced financial hubs—just...
ICE Pours $600M Into Polymarket, Launches Institutional Data Tool
ICE Invests Further $600M Into Polymarket ICE launched Polymarket Signals & Sentiment tool (Feb 2026): normalizes chaotic real-time trading data into structured feed = institutional traders see Polymarket's implied probabilities next to bond yields + S&P 500 futures. Context: Polymarket launching...
Card Networks Secure Agentic Payments, Dispute Rules Lag
Mastercard Completes Its First Live Authenticated Agentic Transaction in Hong Kong - HSBC and DBS on Production Rails An AI agent booked a ride to Hong Kong airport. HSBC and DBS authenticated it. Existing Mastercard rails settled it. The big card networks...
Revolut's Tiny Fine Masks Looming AML Supervision Costs
Revolut's 2025 profit: $2.3 billion. The Lithuanian AML fine: €3.5 million. Trivial relative to profit. But it may have just put Revolut at the top of AMLA's direct supervision list starting 2028. AMLA supervision isn't a fine. It's a permanent structural overhead. That changes...
Revolut's PRAGMA AI: Data Moat Boosts Fraud Detection
Revolut Builds Its Own Foundation Model - PRAGMA Trained on 40 Billion Behavioral Events Revolut is building the AI infrastructure incumbents will struggle to replicate. PRAGMA: trained on 40B behavioral events from 25M users. 20% better fraud detection. Money laundering investigations from...
Investors Flee OpenAI for More Profitable Anthropic
🚨 Investors abandon OpenAI and flock to arch rival Anthropic | OpenAI’s shocking fall from grace as investors race to Anthropic ✅ OpenAI shares are falling out of favour on secondary markets — in some cases nearly impossible to sell —...
Public Chain + ZK Proofs Enable Regulator Transparency, User Privacy
Every bank building tokenized deposits chose a private or permissioned chain. @monument_bank chose a public chain - 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐨’𝐬 𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 - and solved privacy with zero-knowledge proofs. Regulators see everything. The public sees nothing. This is what convergence looks like in practice. https://t.co/JGUF1elkZI
ANT Scales 300% Revenue, Expands Across Asia
ANT`s performance Hong Kong HQ (since April 2025) → 300+ partners + 10K+ biz customers → 300% revenue growth. Regional momentum: Malaysia (Kenanga Investment Bank wealth Super App, TNG Digital 16M verified users), Indonesia, Philippines, driving growth. ZOLOZ eKYC deployed...
Revolut Fined €13M in Italy, Compliance Gaps Persist
Reuters just reported `Italy fines Revolut over $13 million for alleged unfair commercial practices.` Some will say, the fine is small and is part of doing business. That isn't okay for the leading innovator and especially after a year-on-year increase in...
Monument Bank Launches BaaS Platform for Building Societies
Monument Bank isn't just tokenizing deposits for its own clients. It's packaging the entire blueprint - legal, regulatory, technical - as a BaaS platform for building societies. First client: Ecology Building Society. From interest income to recurring SaaS fees. Details https://t.co/JGUF1elkZI
Memory Chip Survives Lava‑Hot Temperatures, Defying Thermal Limits
New memory chip survives temperatures hotter than lava 🌋 😳 💬 The electronics inside your phone, your car, and every satellite currently orbiting Earth share one critical weakness: heat. Push them past about 200 degrees Celsius and they start to fail....
Cross‑border Interoperability Makes WERO, Euro CBDC Essential
The WERO cross border interoperability is what matters most. Wero, Euro stablecoins, the Euro CBDC, and the EU ID; are foundational and will have network effects.
Stablecoin AI Payment Hype Crashes as Volumes Plummet
Stablecoin Firms Bet Big on AI Agent Payments That Barely Exist Stripe co-founder Collison projects "torrent of agentic commerce" on crypto rails: 24/7 settlement at <$0.01 per transaction = structural advantage vs card networks on micro-payments. Reality check: x402 volumes dropped...
Revolut’s $6B Revenue Masks Four Hidden Fault Lines
Revolut: $6B revenue. 38% margins. The North Star of banking. I found four fault lines that the earnings release doesn't mention. Full analysis on Substack / Subscribe 👇 https://t.co/kJ1iPnoooe https://t.co/B0plPkOngz
Bridging the Gap: Deploy AI Agents in Critical Business
The opportunity and responsibility to narrow the gap and implement AI agents in more business critical use cases. Live from @GenAIZurich @SandboxAQ https://t.co/ZZqCcsuQ1a
Pleasing Chatbots Diminish Our Willingness to Admit Errors
🔺 Chatbots ‘Optimized to Please’ Make Us Less Likely to Admit When We’re Wrong https://t.co/sIaUqfBKQz https://t.co/MJsdJxcLRR
Four Agentic Commerce Models to Power Financial Discovery
There are 4 agentic commerce models for Banks, Fintechs, and Insurance. You can play on several fronts. Start the foundational work. Where will you be discoverable? 🎥 Agentic Commerce: 4 Models for Banks & Fintechs (10min full video )https://t.co/aeoEeYpOBM https://t.co/miAd0gAxJp
Ant Digital Shows Fintech Can Match Hyperscalers with Full‑Stack AI
Ant Digital Unveils Full-Stack AGI Architecture at IDC Question: Can fintech giants compete with hyperscalers on full-stack AI? Ant Digital positioning with complete vertical integration: → proprietary foundation models (Ling-1T trillion params) → finance-grade agent platform (Agentar-Fin-R1) → specialized infrastructure (ZOLOZ...