AI can be utilized for back-office efficiencies like conducting compliance tasks and automating manual, paper-based processes. This redirects resources and human capital in a way that is likely to increase productivity, says Episode Six's John Mitchell.

Revenue growth, especially at scale, is never an accident, and requires a different approach to payments management, says Chargebee's Krish Subramanian.

As the number of payment types and channels increase, manual processes to handle fraud can rapidly become unmanageable, says The ai Corporation's Oliver Tearle.

It's time to establish a fintech commission.

In an international expansion move, AI-powered grocery cart startup Caper has begun a pilot with one of Canada’s largest grocery chains, Sobeys, at a suburban Toronto location.

At TCF National Bank in Detroit and First National Bank of Omaha, early results from artificial intelligence pilot programs are strong.

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The custody bank has deployed more than 300 bots and is using artificial intelligence throughout the organization.

BofA’s do-no-harm approach to AI; looking at what comes next for Fannie and Freddie now that they get to keep their earnings; ruling cuts short debt collectors’ victory lap over CFPB proposal; and more from this week’s most-read stories.

Renaud Laplanche, one of the first fintech disruptors, is launching an unusual type of credit product at Upgrade, his new company, that is a cross between a credit card and an unsecured loan.