monday conversation

Executives Say AI Redefines Value and the Payments Competitive Landscape
Executives Say AI Redefines Value and the Payments Competitive Landscape
December 29, 2025  |  Connected Economy

Karen Webster describes Monday Conversation as a window into “interesting companies doing interesting things.” In 2025, the most useful interviews for banking, payments and FinTech...

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Visa Maps a Path to Agentic Commerce That Feels Familiar — and Safe
Visa Maps a Path to Agentic Commerce That Feels Familiar — and Safe
December 22, 2025  |  Artificial Intelligence

Watch more: Monday Conversation: Visa’s Rubail Birwadker A digital assistant can already do a lot of the work that once belonged to people. It can...

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Former OCC Director Michael Hsu Takes a Seat at the Venture Table
Former OCC Director Michael Hsu Takes a Seat at the Venture Table
December 15, 2025  |  Legal & Regulation

Watch more: Monday Conversation With Michael J. Hsu Moving between the public and private sectors in banking and financial services is rarely straightforward. The objectives...

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Boston Rebuilds Payments to Simplify Municipal Money Flows
Boston Rebuilds Payments to Simplify Municipal Money Flows
December 01, 2025  |  Connected Economy

Cities depend on thousands of small transactions that happen every day, but the systems behind those payments often work against the efficiency city departments need....

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Synchrony CFO: Why Experience — Not Credit — Is the New Competitive Moat in Consumer Finance
Synchrony CFO: Why Experience — Not Credit — Is the New Competitive Moat in Consumer...
November 24, 2025  |  Consumer Finance

For Synchrony Chief Financial Officer Brian Wenzel, the story of today’s consumer isn’t about inflation, credit tightening, or macro stress signals. It’s about expectation. Throughout...

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Cox Automotive Wants to Eliminate the ‘Channel Break’ in Car Buying
Cox Automotive Wants to Eliminate the ‘Channel Break’ in Car Buying
November 17, 2025  |  Retail

Watch more: Monday Conversation: Cox Automotive’s Jessica Stafford Buying a car has always been a big decision wrapped in an outdated process. It’s one of...

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Kamran Ansari on the FinTech Reset: Execution, Endurance, and the End of Easy Money
Kamran Ansari on the FinTech Reset: Execution, Endurance, and the End of Easy Money
November 10, 2025  |  Fintech Investments

Kamran Ansari has lived through nearly every major turn in FinTech, from the first digital wallets and mobile payments to the rise (and recalibration) of...

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FIS Puts Value Creation at the Heart of Money Movement
FIS Puts Value Creation at the Heart of Money Movement
November 03, 2025  |  Money Mobility

Watch more: Monday Conversation: FIS’ Jon Briggs The very nature of fund flows between accounts and across platforms is changing. Moving money may be routine,...

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Nova Credit Makes the Case for a Real-Time Credit Bureau
Nova Credit Makes the Case for a Real-Time Credit Bureau
October 27, 2025  |  Consumer Finance

Watch more: Need To Know, Nova Credit, Misha Esipov For decades, credit bureaus have defined how lenders decide who deserves access to credit. But their...

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