Monday Conversation news and trends

Nubank Alum Launches Decade to Give Money an AI Copilot
Investments // October 05, 2026

Watch more: Monday Conversation With Decade’s Vitor Olivier Vitor Olivier spent years building the infrastructure behind Nubank, the Brazilian digital bank that gave roughly 100 million people a cheaper, simpler way to handle everyday transactions. Now he is going after the part of financial life...

The Fraud Economy Has a Supply Chain, and Erin West Is Going After It
Fraud Prevention // September 28, 2026

Watch more: The Digital Shift With Operation Shamrock’s Erin West The morning before she spoke with PYMNTS CEO Karen Webster, Erin West took a call from a man in Arizona who had lost $4.5 million to an investment scam. He’d done everything a victim is...

Affirm Bets on Where Borrowers Are Headed
BNPL // September 21, 2026

Watch more: Monday Conversation With Affirm’s Libor Michalek Picture someone who had a bad year. A few bills went unpaid, and their credit score took the hit. Then things turned around. Every payment since has been on time. The score hasn’t caught up. Now picture...

Mastercard’s Sherri Haymond on Letting AI Shop While Consumers Stay in Charge
Artificial Intelligence // September 14, 2026

Watch more: The Agentic Experience With Mastercard’s Sherri Haymond AI can find the shoes, compare prices and locate a merchant with the right size. The harder part begins when the consumer tells it, “Go buy them for me.” At that point, agents have authority to...

Interviews & Exclusives
Do Banks Need AI Employees More Than They Do Core Upgrades?

October 12, 2026
Watch more: Monday Conversation With Kastle’s Rishi Choudhary Rishi Choudhary, Co-Founder and CEO of Kastle, believes that banks have been approaching AI modernization from the wrong end of the technology stack: the legacy end. For years, he said, the industry’s transformation agenda has been dominated by the dilemma of just how banks can introduce new capabilities […]

The Fraud Economy Has a Supply Chain, and Erin West Is Going After It

September 28, 2026
Watch more: The Digital Shift With Operation Shamrock’s Erin West The morning before she spoke with PYMNTS CEO Karen Webster, Erin West took a call from a man in Arizona...

Affirm Bets on Where Borrowers Are Headed

September 21, 2026
Watch more: Monday Conversation With Affirm’s Libor Michalek Picture someone who had a bad year. A few bills went unpaid, and their credit score took the hit. Then things turned...

SoFi Tech Solutions’ New President Is Building the AWS of Finance

August 31, 2026
Watch more: Monday Conversation With SoFi’s Kathleen Pierce-Gilmore Former Visa executive Kathleen Pierce-Gilmore is three months into her new role as president of SoFi Technology Solutions. The premise guiding her...