Tabular Foundation Models Are Coming for Your Risk Team
NVIDIA's Kumo Tabular compresses months of model-building into one forward pass. The catch is that regulators still want to see the math.
The Card Networks Are Going Back to Co-ops
The two largest card networks chose to co-own their stablecoin instead of controlling it outright.
opinionWhat AFSP v0.1 Won't Let Your Agent Do
The first agent-to-bank protocol requires three minutes of cryptographic handshaking to open a savings account.
opinionFinancial Inclusivity Is a Myth
The systems fintech operates around are designed to benefit those with money. The math of lending to the underserved doesn't work without predatory terms.
opinionAI vs. AI in Financial Crime
Generative AI is producing synthetic identities faster than compliance teams can review them. Agentic AI is the defense. Who has the structural advantage?
anatomyInstitutional Memory as Infrastructure
When a compliance analyst leaves, every investigation they ever ran starts over from scratch.
analysisThe Agentic Compliance Stack
Eight companies call themselves agentic. The architectures underneath look nothing alike.
engineeringThe Model Gateway Is a Compliance Boundary
The routing layer between your app and your LLM provider is a regulatory surface you probably haven't secured.
engineeringYour AI Agent Has a Credit Card and No Spending Limit
A $5 spending cap doesn't stop twenty $5 payments.
engineeringThe Token Arbitrage Economy
Stolen API keys, mass-registered accounts, and USDT resale markets. AI compute fraud looks nothing like payment fraud, and the defenses are different too.
fintechWhen the Billing System Decides Who Gets the GPU
At AI-company scale, the billing system sits in the inference hot path. Every API request passes through it before the GPU fires.