Bank technology

The 33 companies that made it to this year's Best Fintechs to Work For list are actively preserving remote work options and non-salary benefit packages.

At some banks, executives are overpromising results and putting tremendous pressure on tech teams, leading to a range of problems. 

First Interstate Bank and Boulder Dam Credit Union have begun piloting the new agents, which were built using AWS' Bedrock.

American Banker's AI Talent Shift survey of 206 banking professionals ranks AI fluency first and pure software-development skills last.

Parker Group unexpectedly ceased operating last week, then filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy a few days later as sponsor banks and customers were left scrambling.

The company's new CEO, and long-time chief technology officer, shares his views on why some banks are stuck in old ways of determining creditworthiness, how Upstart has been modifying its underwriting models and the objections people sometimes have to AI-based lending.

Bankers and tech executives at SAS' annual conference said agentic AI is still in the "terrible twos" stage and requires human supervision.

The lenders' examples of using generative artificial intelligence were more practical than transformational, but in any case data challenges represent a common problem.

The newly opened bank founded by big tech executives reached the deposit milestone within its first quarter of operations, according to a recent call report.

In addition to 10 new AI agents for financial services, the company announced partnerships with software and data providers FIS, Microsoft, Verisk, Third Bridge, Fiscal AI, D&B, Experian, GLG, Guidepoint and IBISWorld.

The payments company said payment volume increased, but net income decreased compared to 2025.

Dimon spoke Tuesday at an Anthropic event alongside Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei. 

The company is officially releasing a digital asset product that it first announced back in October.

The Canadian bank is using machine learning to analyze customers' payments and provide recommendations to salespeople.

The president's son has seemingly cut ties with the digital asset fintech ALT5 Sigma, whose shares lost 90% of their value after purchasing the tokens.

Banks have publicly said they're on top of the risk presented by Anthropic's Claude Mythos, which can find and exploit software vulnerabilities at unprecedented speed. Experts aren't as sure.

The digital bank and lender did not increase its full-year outlook in anticipation of an interest rate freeze.

Banks have a narrow window to shape how agent identity verification works before transaction volumes force ad hoc approaches that will be harder to standardize later.

The investment firm's Alternatives division comprised a majority of the online lender's $60 million Series C funding round.