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Unlike most IT investments that become obsolete in a few years, AI's ability to "learn" makes it increasingly more valuable, says Silent Eight's John O'Neill.

Less than half of consumers believe financial services providers adequately protect their personal information, according to an Arizent survey. Banks such as Wells Fargo and Bank of Idaho are offering mobile tools and cybersecurity education that could help rebuild trust.

How consumer attitudes toward privacy threaten to overturn long-standing industry assumptions about customer data and personalization.

Stori raised new funding to expand access to credit cards via an in-app application, setting its sights on becoming the Ant Group of Mexico.

The London bank is trying out new models that help it assess the creditworthiness of recent college graduates, and layering on software that analyzes the fairness of its credit decisions.

Rapid changes in payments and regulations have blown open the door to new ideas, creating frontiers for fintech investors. Javier Perez hopes three decades of experience will help him have an early read on startups.

Exposure to one of the fastest growing and most controversial corners of the crypto world is now available in an index fund format.

The AskResearch virtual assistant helps the company's employees quickly find specific information buried in proprietary research to facilitate their work with clients. It's a creative solution to data-retrieval problems many banking companies face.

Balance, an API-based checkout solution designed for B2B e-commerce, has raised $5.5 million to launch operations with backing from Lightspeed Venture Partners, Stripe, Affirm and PayPal cofounder Max Levchin.

Cross-border payments technology provider Routefusion plans to expand its embedded software services and global partnerships after a recent funding round.