Backbase Launches Conversational Banking to Turn Customer Conversations into Governed Banking Action
- 14 hours 57 min ago
- Artificial Intelligence
Backbase today announced the general availability of Conversational Banking, bringing agentic AI into banks’ customer and employee experiences. Customers and employees alike can express their needs in natural language, and AI agents translate those requests to banking actions—within permissions, policies and approvals the bank defines.
AU10TIX Appoints Nadav Atar as Vice President of Product to Accelerate AI-Powered Innovation
- 1 day 11 hours ago
- Artificial Intelligence
AU10TIX, a global identity verification and fraud intelligence company trusted by enterprises worldwide, today announced the appointment of Nadav Atar as Vice President of Product. In his role, Atar will work closely with the engineering, design, and go-to-market teams to advance the company's product strategy and develop solutions that help enterprises stay ahead of increasingly sophisticated identity fraud and risk.
Sapiens Launches Industry-Wide Insurance AI Maturity Index as 67% Predict Full Autonomy Within 2 to 3 Years
- 1 day 11 hours ago
- Artificial Intelligence
Sapiens International Corporation N.V. ("Sapiens") today launched the inaugural Sapiens Insurance AI Maturity Index, an international study of senior insurance professionals evaluating the current state and future ambitions of AI adoption and use across insurers of all sizes. Conducted by Research in Finance and launched at Sapiens Ignite 2026, the Index will help insurers plot their progression pathway from automation through to AI, and agentic... more
Plaid Releases New AI Models to Improve Decisions Across Credit, Fraud and Payments
- 1 day 14 hours ago
- Artificial Intelligence
Plaid, the network that powers digital finance, today unveiled new AI models that help financial firms make better lending decisions, catch more fraud, and reduce payment risk, as part of its annual Fall Product Release.
Ping Identity Survey Finds AI Trust Changes When Assistance Turns to Action
- 1 day 15 hours ago
- Artificial Intelligence
Ping Identity, a leader in securing digital identities for the world's largest enterprises, released its 2026 Consumer Survey, revealing a clear limit to how much autonomy consumers are willing to give AI: just 5% of consumers are comfortable with AI taking action with their approval and only 3% with routine transactions without final approval.
iplicit Extends AI-Powered Insights and Budgeting Features in Major Product Release
- 1 day 15 hours ago
- Artificial Intelligence
iplicit, the leading finance system for the UK and Ireland mid-market, has today unveiled a series of new product features as part of its most significant release since market launch in 2019. The firm, which provides an award-winning AI-powered cloud-native finance system, will deliver new flexible budgeting functionality to customers as well as its latest release of Insights Build Your Own, a new reporting capability within iplicit Insights,... more
Walker Crips Selects WealthAI for Firm-Wide AI Rollout
- 2 days 9 hours ago
- Artificial Intelligence
WealthAi, the AI operating system built specifically for wealth managers, EAMs, family offices and financial advisors, has been selected by Walker Crips, the £4.5bn assets under management and administration (AUMA) UK investment management firm, as its AI operating system across its business.
Confide Unveils Agentic Governance Platform to Replace Fragmented GRC Point Solutions
- 2 days 15 hours ago
- Artificial Intelligence
Confide has unveiled its holistic agentic governance platform, bringing governance, risk and compliance (GRC) into one simple but powerful system and ending businesses' reliance on a patchwork of disconnected point solutions. The platform gives professionals a shared environment in which to set the standard for how GRC should run and put it into practice with AI agents, all whilst retaining full human oversight. Crucially, it is designed to... more
CaixaBank Creates a New AI and Data Division to Accelerate Transformation Based on Data and Artificial Intelligence
- 3 days 13 hours ago
- Artificial Intelligence
CaixaBank has created a new AI and Data Department with the aim of strengthening the role of data and artificial intelligence as strategic levers for the Group's transformation. The new unit will drive the development and adoption of AI-based solutions in a scalable, secure and responsible way, while consolidating an integrated view on data management and harnessing.
AI Arms Race Is Radically Reshaping the Fraud Threat in EMEA, FICO Research Finds
- 3 days 14 hours ago
- Artificial Intelligence
New research from FICO, a leading global analytics software firm, shows that fraud leaders across Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) are grappling with rising fraud complexity and AI-enabled threats, even as they accelerate investment in AI-driven detection and enterprise-wide fraud strategy.
Altery Reports Shift from Hours to Minutes in Due Diligence with Explainable AI
- 6 days 10 hours ago
- Artificial Intelligence
Payments compliance team handles growing onboarding volumes while helping train explainable AI agents Altery has shared faster due diligence investigations, fewer false positives and the ability to handle rising onboarding volumes without increasing its compliance team’s headcount, in a new video case study released by Vivox AI.
Barclays Scales Claude to Upgrade Operations and Improve Client Experience
- 6 days 10 hours ago
- Artificial Intelligence
Barclays, the British universal bank, is expanding its strategic collaboration with Anthropic to integrate secure, enterprise-grade AI systems across its global operations. Barclays is extending Claude across the bank to accelerate software development, modernize legacy systems, and improve operational efficiency. As part of this rollout, Barclays expects Claude Code adoption to reach 50% of its developer population by the end of 2026, rising to... more
Bank of England Warns of AI Hacking Risks in Financial Services
- 6 days 14 hours ago
- Artificial Intelligence
The Bank of England has warned financial services firms to brace for cyber-attacks amid a rise in AI test security incidents and threats to the UK’s financial stability. The risk outlook for the UK economy has worsened since July, while AI security incidents put pressure on firms to prepare for AI-related cyber and operational risks, according to the Bank’s Financial Policy Committee (FPC).
Mastercard Advances Agentic Commerce with New Trust and Intelligence Services
- 1 week 13 hours ago
- Artificial Intelligence
Today, Mastercard announced an expansion of Agent Pay, its agentic payments program, with new trust and intelligence services that provide greater context for AI-initiated transactions. By bringing together identity, intent, behavioral and fraud insights, the services give financial institutions and merchants a clearer, shared understanding of AI-driven activity – enabling smarter authorization decisions, less unnecessary friction and more... more
Brits Trust AI More with Their Health than with Their Money
- 1 week 14 hours ago
- Artificial Intelligence
UK consumers trust artificial intelligence more with their health and their legal problems than they do with their money, according to new research from Enfuce, Europe's card issuing and processing powerhouse. The findings point to a payments-specific trust gap. And as AI moves deeper behind every transaction, it's arriving in the one place people already struggle to see, understand and trust. Key findings:
