The best intentioned efforts to bridge racial or gender gaps, or to create a more inclusive market for a financial project, will likely fail unless there’s careful attention paid to a lack of diversity at the onset.

Microsoft has boosted its role in the digital payments migration through a series of ventures, using its cloud computing platform to support merchant upgrades and real-time processing.

As the age of clocking in and out of the office gives way to the gig economy and remote employment opportunities, workers have new expectations around the way they will be paid.

Some financial institutions are using emotion AI, which picks up subtle signals over text, audio and video, to help their customer service agents do their jobs better.

Banks are using emotion AI, which picks up subtle signals over text, audio and video, to help their customer service agents do their jobs better.

While they are not dramatically opposed, Jelena McWilliams and Brian Brooks have articulated their own ideas on postal banking and the use of artificial intelligence in lending.

VCs and lenders rely on business data such as transaction records to inform funding decisions for fintechs or small businesses, but bias and uneven representation in management still result in gender and racial disparity.

Upstart, which specializes in the use of alternative data and AI in credit decisions, will make car loans directly and sell its technology to banks and other lenders.

The agency’s advance notice of proposed rulemaking, which would require banks to evolve with technology, shows foresight that policymakers too often lack.

Speed isn't enough. There also has to be value and new products, says Icon Solutions' Toine Van Beusekom.

The success of Isbank's Maxi service is a lesson for all banks: Chatbots, with the right training, can provide the kind of human touch customers need in times like these.

AI is not merely a play to cut costs or replace human capital, says Silent Eight's Jim Logan.

An open, extensible platform is crucial to quickly discover and prevent automated attacks, and also to be able to immediately import these findings to their existing security infrastructure for log analysis and reporting, says Cequence Security's Matt Keil.

The agency sought industry feedback on a host of potential changes to ensure that rules are “sufficiently flexible and clear in light of the technological advances that have transformed the financial industry over the past two decades."

New technologies can provide recommendations and proactively engage with customers and members to help them pay their bills or pay friends and proactively manage their financial well-being, says Payrailz's Mickey Goldwasser.

Digital fraud protection provider Kount will be offering real-time fraud screening using adaptive artificial intelligence and machine learning to help Barclaycard’s business clients prepare for Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) requirements, which are part of Europe’s PSD2 directive.

With no way of knowing just how many borrowers will need the mods after the coronavirus forbearance period ends, lenders are deploying artificial intelligence and servicing protocols to tame the ferocious piles of paperwork awaiting them.

The pandemic has already shown the importance of a robust tech platform for credit unions and that's only going to increase as things return to normal.

Artificial intelligence and machine learning are some examples of technology available now to help combat money launderers profiting from the pandemic.

Artificial intelligence and machine learning are some examples of technology available now to help combat money launderers profiting from the pandemic.