Is AI a good or bad thing? As I write my daily blog, I’ve realised that it seems to ask a question almost every single day. By way of example, just checkout my blog index and read the titles of the entries. A few recent examples: Is technology making our lives better or worse? Is……

Is AI a good or bad thing? As I write my daily blog, I’ve realised that it seems to ask a question almost every single day. By way of example, just checkout my blog index and read the titles of the entries. A few recent examples: Is technology making our lives better or worse? Is……

Things we’re reading today include: Banks call for crackdown on Apple over claims it stockpiles UK data (telegraph.co.uk) Bank of England compliance breaches rising despite clean-up (thetimes.co.uk) The Yorkshire businessman who has to bank cheques… in London | This is Money When startups fail, these startups clean up | TechCrunch Hong Kong Launches Prototype ‘Green……

Welcome to TechCrunch Fintech (formerly The Interchange)! Apologies for being out last week — a cold got the best of me, but I’m back and here to talk about the fact that shutting down startups is big business, Stripe’s new valuation, Klarna’s latest AI update and more. To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and…

This week’s main blog discussions include … Is a cashless world OK? There has been a movement over the past years to create a cashless world. Is that OK? It’s debatable. One of the big things about cash is that it represents society. In Europe, the euro notes mark major landmarks; in the UK, the……

Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts. Hello, and welcome back to Equity, the podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. This is our interview show, where we sit down with a guest, think about their work, and unpack the rest. This week, we talked to David…

JPMorgan is exploring the use of synthetic data to streamline its anti-money laundering and software engineering processes.   Synthetic data refers to datasets that have been stripped of personal identifying information; developers can run simulations and test models on these datasets while avoiding biases and protecting original data, Deepak Paramanand, head of synthetic data product…

Citizens Bank’s virtual assistant, Digital Butler, was granted a patent this week for its “high degree of personalization,” Jo Wyper, executive vice president and head of operations at Citizens Commercial Bank, told Bank Automation News.  Whereas retail solutions have personalized capabilities, commercial solutions often do not. The $222 billion bank’s Digital Butler assistant provides commercial…

One of the biggest challenges in moving to cashless is that there are a lot people who rely on cash. I hate it when you go to a restaurant and pay by card, because there’s nowhere to leave a cash tip. Sure, there’s a service charge, but will that be given to your host and……

Things we’re reading today include … How Buy Now, Pay Later Became a Fintech Fixture | FinTech Magazine Mastercard and MTN expand fintech cooperation – Developing Telecoms Lloyds Bank issues warning on impersonation scams as they rise 13% – Lloyds Banking Group Ajman Bank Embraces ‘Responsible Banking’ in Partnership With KPMG ESG Services | The……