Insights on Financial Services

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The next age of fintech: AI, digital assets, and new paths to success

April 20, 2026 -

Fintechs are now generating $650 billion in revenue, and the most successful ones are balancing scale, profitability, and new-found regulatory maturity.

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Global Banking Annual Review 2026: Precision with speed

May 21, 2026 -

In this preview of our 2026 Global Banking Annual Review, we provide a glimpse of banks’ continued strong results in 2025; the emergence of a new world map; the tipping point for customer ownership; and the unprecedented pace at which AI is remaking the industry, prompting banks to accelerate their precision strategies and evolve into multispeed organizations.

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The future of AI in the insurance industry

July 15, 2025 -

Only a few insurers have extracted outsize value from AI to gain a competitive edge. Joining their ranks requires a strategic, comprehensive approach that rewires the enterprise.

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Beyond stablecoins: The emerging architecture of on-chain money

May 21, 2026 -

As attention focuses on stablecoins, a larger $4 trillion transformation is underway, integrating bank deposits and central bank assets into a unified global monetary stack.

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Creating value through agentic-enabled capital origination

May 15, 2026 -

A “capital-light” approach empowered by AI could give clients greater flexibility while creating significant value for corporate and investment banks.

Podcast

Talking with Nigel Morris, cofounder of QED Investors

May 11, 2026 -

The venture capital firm, which supports early-stage and growth fintechs, gives its founders a front-row seat to observe the industry’s accelerating evolution.

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How gen AI agents threaten retail banks’ customer relationships

April 30, 2026 -

As customers increasingly turn to gen AI for financial advice and agentic AI continues to rise, retail banks should consider how to mitigate potential disintermediation.

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Can agentic AI (finally) modernize core technologies in insurance?

April 29, 2026 -

Insurers have long understood the need to transform their core technologies. So, why haven’t they? Agentic AI may finally make the difference.

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An agile approach to hiring: Mastercard’s tech talent transformation

April 28, 2026 -

Leaders from the global payments technology company explain how embracing the nimble, collaborative ethos of product development enabled them to overhaul talent recruitment.

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The AI-powered bank: Rewiring for excellence in customer care

April 23, 2026 -

To unlock AI value, banks must “rewire”: integrating technology into redesigned processes, unified data, and cross-functional operating models to achieve sustainable structural change.

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Midmarket insurance: Managing growth in a complex environment

April 22, 2026 -

Adopting a data-driven framework to replace fragmented practices may be the key to risk-controlled growth for insurance’s strategically important mid-corporate market.