Artificial intelligence has given merchants and banks handling payment data a fighting chance against fraud because it essentially pits machine against machine in compiling data and establishing prevention algorithms.

Payment firms and fintechs can use open source and the cloud for a potent innovation combo, says Asset Control's Mark Hermeling.

Duplicates can take many different forms and can be difficult to find in a manual review process, says AppZen's Josephine McCann.

Banks are so caught up in the newest technology trends that they lose sight of the need to build a talented workforce and a purpose-driven organization.

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The technology can quickly sift through and analyze contracts, nondisclosure agreements and other legal documents, says InCloudCounsel's Troy Pospisil.

By implementing a leading AI solution, your team can audit 100% of spend, making sure that every invoice complies with its contract terms, says Anant Kale of AppZen.

Regions, Citizens, BMO and others are adopting principles IBM unveiled at Davos.

"To wake up one day and assume everyone in America is going to be above average at math and above average rational is crazy," says Ethan Bloch, whose app is designed to help people achieve financial health.

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Elizabeth Warren, Sherrod Brown and three other Democrats asked nonbank lenders to ensure they comply with fair-lending laws following a report suggesting they charge higher rates to those who have attended historically black or predominantly Hispanic colleges.

It can be hard to spot insider fraud, duplicate invoices and service glitches by hand, says AppZen's Anant Kale.

Square has buttressed its deep-learning with the purchase of Dessa, a Toronto-based machine learning startup that specializes in advanced risk management.

Tech sprints that bring regulators together with bank officials, data scientists and software companies originated in the U.K. and have crossed the pond into the U.S.

Financial institutions and payment companies are embracing the cloud, but they hoped for better results, Maria Allen of Unisys contends.

Fraudsters are smarter and more devious than ever before. With that evolution comes an increase in successful fraud attempts, seen especially by companies that do not practice modern payment safety protocols.

Yes, bots are taking the routine calls from business cardholders, but make no mistake — these are demanding clients from around the world who phone in from loud airports, on bad connections and speak with heavy accents.

Accounts payable teams are under a mountain of invoices and have little time to process. That means costly invoice problems fall through the cracks, says AppZen's Anant Kale

Inertia or resistance to change have kept small businesses from making the move to more modern systems, says Clover's Mark Schulze.

Newcomers Nymbus, Neocova, Finxact and Technisys and older competitors like Temenos, Infosys and Oracle are winning over community and regional banks by offering what some bankers describe as more flexible technology at fairer prices.