In today’s age of hyperconnectivity, what happens to your enterprise partners will eventually happen to you. The tech sector thrives on rapid innovation, agile partnerships and application programming interface (API)-driven interconnectivity; an ethos that has evolved across other industries. But this very dynamism has created...
Welcome to another edition of Washington Weekly, the series in which PYMNTS CEO Karen Webster and QED Investors partner Amias Gerety start their conversation with a Manic Monday check-in. The weekly question: How manic is this Monday? Well, turns out this Monday — even if...
The U.S. government’s evolving approach to crypto regulation could mark a pivotal moment for payments innovation. “There’s certainly a change in how the administration views the digital assets industry,” Dan Boyle, partner at Boies Schiller Flexner, told PYMNTS CEO Karen Webster. “This is not a confrontational...
Financial industry executives believe that companies have little choice but to use artificial intelligence (AI) to navigate today’s increasingly complex regulatory environment and faster product development cycles. “In 2025, there is pretty much no compliance without AI, because compliance became exponentially harder,” said Alexander Statnikov,...
November 03, 2025
The Prompt Economy turned its focus to security during the past week, as companies rush to deploy the hottest technology during the hottest commercial season of the year. In fact, while many companies keep a human in the loop for security purposes, OpenAI advanced a solution last week that says agents can help secure their […]
May 12, 2025
Welcome to another edition of Washington Weekly, the series in which PYMNTS CEO Karen Webster and QED Investors partner Amias Gerety start their conversation with a Manic Monday check-in. The...
April 23, 2025
The U.S. government’s evolving approach to crypto regulation could mark a pivotal moment for payments innovation. “There’s certainly a change in how the administration views the digital assets industry,” Dan Boyle,...
January 20, 2025
The new administration is here, ushering in a phase of uncertainty surrounding banking regulations and the state of the regulatory agencies themselves. Beyond the usual avenues of rule-making and enforcement...
February 11, 2025
A cybersecurity company says its research has unearthed serious threats from upstart AI model DeepSeek. Calling the artificial intelligence (AI) model a “Pandora’s box” of risks, AppSOC on Tuesday (Feb. 11) released findings from tests the company said showed a series of failures. “The DeepSeek-R1 model underwent rigorous testing using AppSOC’s AI Security Platform,” the company wrote on its blog. […]
January 29, 2025
Central banks must balance innovation and risk mitigation when looking to adopt artificial intelligence, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) said in a report released Wednesday (Jan. 29). “The report...
February 26, 2024
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has taken action to establish supervisory authority over installment lender World Acceptance Corp., saying it aims to ensure compliance with federal consumer financial protection laws. “The CFPB...
February 12, 2024
Europe’s new top bank regulator wants lenders to beef up plans for dealing emerging risks. “Many of the issues dominating today’s headlines were inconceivable a decade ago,” Claudia Buch said in her...
