Stanley Epstein Associate at Citadel Advantage Group
How the explosive growth of dollar-backed digital coins threatens credit creation, monetary sovereignty, and financial stability 1. The Rapid Rise of Stablecoins as a Systemic Consideration The meteoric rise of stablecoins is reshaping global finance at an astonishing pace. Once a niche digital asset, the stablecoin has evolved into a systemically ...
20 mins /regulation /crypto Innovation in Financial Services
Priyanka Naik Fintech Professional
Shopping is a fun activity for some but a lot of purchases are mundane that put significant cognitive load on the human. Agentic AI, where autonomous computer programs react to dynamic environments present an opportunity to automate the mundane aspects of buying, ordering, paying bills etc. However, there are some complexities when computer progra...
35 mins /ai /payments Artificial Intelligence and Financial Services
Dr Ritesh Jain Advisor at WorldBank
Every financial revolution begins as rebellion and ends as infrastructure. Paper money began as merchant credit, credit cards as novelty, mobile money as improvisation — and now, digital assets as evolution. What began as a technological insurgency is quietly becoming the next foundation of global finance. This time, the rebellion isn’t against ba...
3 hours /payments /crypto Fintech
Kaustuv Ghosh CEO at Nxtgen Payment Infra
A peculiar aspect of crypto has been the speed at which it has evolved, the polarised discussions around it and the incredible slowness of regulations as well as policy in contrast. It has also gone into pathways not originally envisaged. The dominant narrative about programmatic money remains centred on stablecoins at the moment. All this is like...
4 hours /ai /retail Blockchain in Banking and Financial Services
Joris Lochy Product Manager at Intix | Co-founder at Capilever
At financial institutions, insider threats and internal fraud are serious issues. Globally, the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners estimates that fraud costs organizations about 5% of their annual revenue, amounting to a staggering $5 trillion per year. Insider fraud is believed to account for up to 40% of these costs around $2 trillion ann
12 hours /regulation /crime Exposing Financial Crime
Sanju Biswas Marketing Head at Abhiloans
Wealth management is evolving, driven by data and technology. Alternative asset strategies now uncover opportunities beyond traditional investments, offering stability in volatile markets. From AI to predictive modelling, these innovations redefine how portfolios are built and risks are managed effectively. Using Big Data to Expand Alternative Inve...
13 hours
Jitender Balhara Manager at TCS
The BFSI sector is undergoing a profound transformation, driven by the rapid adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI). No longer confined to back-office automation or customer service chatbots, AI is now at the heart of engineering innovation across banking, financial services, and insurance. From infrastructure modernization to intelligent automa...
21 hours /ai
Shikhar Verma Associate at Sparx IT Solutions
As the innovations are taking the industries by storm, the finance industry is among the many that are witnessing the wave and are modernizing their business solutions. To be precise, while other industries may have easy compliance policies, it is not the case with the BFSI sector. You may ask why? Well, to bring an explanation, users' data about ...
10 November 2025 /startups /inclusion
“Every innovation in money starts as rebellion and ends as infrastructure.” Stablecoins began as rebellion — a challenge to the inefficiency and opacity of traditional finance. But by 2030, they may find themselves absorbed—or even rendered redundant—by the very systems they set out to disrupt. Citi’s recent analysis, Stablecoins 2030, reframes the...
10 November 2025 /payments /crypto Payments strategies 2015-2020-2030
Erica Andersen Marketing at smartR AI
The future of work is being written right now, and at the heart of this narrative is the rise of AI agents. These intelligent systems, capable of performing complex tasks, are poised to reshape the labor market. But how do we ensure this transformation benefits both businesses and, crucially, the workers who will be directly impacted? A groundbre
09 November 2025 /ai /predictions Artificial Intelligence and Financial Services
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