Agentic AI drives ROI at financial institutions, Google Cloud finds
Financial institutions are increasingly deploying AI and the latest driver of returns on that investment is agentic AI. Seventy-seven percent of financial service...
Academy Bank taps employees for AI applications
Academy Bank is leaning on employees to suggest AI applications throughout operations. The Kansas City, Mo.-based $3.4 billion bank created its Idea Exchange...
OpenAI teams up with Stripe for agentic commerce
OpenAI today unveiled Instant Checkout, allowing U.S. users of ChatGPT — on free, Plus and Pro tiers — to make purchases directly in...
Distyl AI raises $175M in series B round to take firms ‘AI-native’
AI solutions provider Distyl AI has raised $175 million in a series B round, hitting a valuation of $1.8 billion. The San Francisco-based...
Federal Reserve’s gen AI experimentation will take years, Powell says
Even an institution as steeped in tradition as the Federal Reserve is exploring use cases for gen AI. “Generative AI has all the...
EU banks wary of US cloud, AI amid rising geopolitical tensions
Many financial institutions across the pond are looking to reduce their reliance on U.S. tech providers as geopolitical tensions rise between the United...