1+ week, 4+ day ago   (462+ words) Malte Rau is CEO and co-founder of Pliant, a modular B2B payments platform that combines card issuing and spend management. Much of today's discussion around agentic commerce centers on consumer shopping. Can AI buy groceries? Can AI book travel? How does…...

2+ week, 17+ hour ago   (597+ words) The FR sat down with Lucas Timberlake, executive director of Fintech Sandbox, to discuss the AI-enabled shift in financial services and what to expect at Boston Fintech Week 2026, taking place Sept. 22–25. Now in its ninth year, the week is anchored…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (504+ words) Tan Truong is chief technology and operating officer at Dash Solutions, a fintech company that helps organizations modernize how they pay, reward, and reimburse individuals through payment solutions and industry expertise. We’ve spent the last two years embedding AI into…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (718+ words) Tiffany Haynes is a fintech operator and founder of Illumea Advisory, where she advises founders and growth-stage companies. Previously, she helped scale Fingercheck through a $150 million private equity exit and spent two decades in leadership at Jack Henry. She is…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago   (739+ words) Casey Kindiger is founder and CEO of Grokstream, an AI platform that helps businesses detect, diagnose and prevent IT disruptions. Every minute of downtime in a digital banking platform, payment network, or trading environment carries consequences. Transactions fail, customers grow…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (679+ words) The FR sat down with Andy Jiang, head of product at Slash, to discuss how the provider of business banking, corporate cards, treasury and expense-management tools gives employees broad freedom to use AI while keeping spending guardrails in place. Slash…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (585+ words) Greg Bogich is CEO of AcquireUp, a seminar marketing company for financial professionals. AI isn’t supplanting financial advisors. When it comes to growth, in-person interactions, conversations and referrals drive the most value. But AI can free up advisors to increase…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (473+ words) Matija Nakic is the CEO and co-founder of Farseer, a financial planning and analysis software company. For decades, finance has operated on a familiar rhythm: data is collected, reports are compiled, forecasts are updated, and leadership teams make decisions based…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (438+ words) Shawn Conahan is chief revenue officer of Wildfire Systems, a white-label cashback and shopping rewards loyalty platform. BCG's Loyalty 2.0 framework lays out a compelling economic case: the earn-and-burn loyalty program model many banks still run is broken. Points tied to…...

2+ mon, 3+ day ago   (447+ words) Nick Anastasiades is co-founder and CEO of Benji, a platform that helps brands connect loyalty programs through APIs. Trillions of loyalty points circulate through the consumer economy. Most are confined to single programs. They represent significant economic value, yet points…...