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Piraeus Bank & Accenture Launch AI Hub
Piraeus Bank partners with Accenture to launch an AI Hub in Greece, utilizing Anthropic's Claude model to enhance operations and customer experience.
Senate Democrats plan to press Fed chair nominee Kevin Warsh on Tuesday over perceived gaps in his financial disclosures
A staff memo shows Democrats might focus on the Fed nominee’s opaque investments as they try to rally opposition in Tuesday’s confirmation hearing.
Governments Could Force ECB’s Hand If Energy Support Is Too Broad, Lagarde Says
The ECB would have to raise its key interest rate more than would otherwise be the case if governments are too generous with their support for households facing higher energy costs, President Christine Lagarde said.
Canada Inflation Accelerates to 2.4% in March
Inflation surged in Canada last month thanks to a record jump in gasoline prices, though cost pressures from the conflict in the Middle East so far appear contained and may ensure the central bank continues to leave interest rates steady.
Dissecting AI Trading: Behavioral Finance and Market Bubbles
We study how AI agents form expectations and trade in experimental asset markets. Using a simulated open-call auction populated by autonomous Large Language Model (LLM) agents, we document three main findings. First, AI agents exhibit classic behavioral patterns: a pronounced disposition effect and recency-weighted extrapolative beliefs.
Sila Realty Bought by Blue Owl for $2.4 Billion
Under terms of the deal, certain affiliates of Blue Owl Real Estate Capital will buy all outstanding shares of Sila’s common stock for $30.38 apiece, the company said.
AI boom poised to be ‘massively disinflationary’, Northern Trust says
Head of financial services group’s $1.4tn asset management division expects new tech to unleash huge productivity gains
Banks are seeking to use AI as a tool for both protection and competition
Financial institutions must move from reactive defence to predictive technology to combat the criminals
JPMorgan and Citi Take Payments Rivalry Onto the Blockchain
JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s global co-head of payments, Umar Farooq, and Citigroup Inc.’s global head of partnerships & innovation, Biswarup Chatterjee, talk about how the banks are playing in the new global payments space. They spoke to Bloomberg's Emily Mason in New York last month. (Source: Bloomberg)
JPMorgan and Citi Square Off on the Next Payments Frontier
JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Citigroup Inc. have long competed for dominance in global payments, processing trillions of dollars worth of flows from corporates moving money across borders. That rivalry is now extending to new payment rails.
What will drag the financial system into another crisis?
Experts disagree on what will tip us into a new shock, but national debt, AI and private credit are all strong contenders
Asia Regulators Raise Scrutiny on Banks Amid Mythos AI Fears
Regulators across Asia are stepping up scrutiny of cybersecurity risks in their financial systems, as concerns over Anthropic PBC’s latest AI model Mythos spread.
Who is liable when artificial intelligence makes mistakes?
Insurers are seeking to exclude AI-related harms from their corporate liability cover
German Banks Aren’t Panicking Over Mythos AI Threat, Sewing Says
Germany’s banks are well-prepared for heightened cyber risks as Anthropic’s new artificial intelligence model sparks global fears of a new era for computer hacks, said Deutsche Bank AG Chief Executive Officer Christian Sewing.
Towards Rigorous Explainability by Feature Attribution
arXiv:2604.15898v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: For around a decade, non-symbolic methods have been the option of choice when explaining complex machine learning (ML) models. Unfortunately, such methods lack rigor and can mislead human decision-makers. In high-stakes uses of ML, the lack of rigor is especially problematic. One prime example of provable lack of rigor is the adoption of Shapley values in explainable artificial intelligence (XAI), with the tool SHAP being a ubiquitous example. This paper overviews the ongoing efforts towards using rigorous symbolic methods of XAI as an alternative to non-rigorous non-symbolic approaches, concretely for assigning relative feature importance.
Risk Management: Financial Institutions
The soaring level of US government debt; how AI is increasing the speed and depth of cyber attacks; and geopolitical shocks have highlighted the need for diversity in cloud providers
Agentic AI and payments: implications of autonomous economic agents. | The AI Journal
The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into financial services is progressing beyond advisory tools and assistants toward autonomous economic actors
Risk management must evolve to remain fit for purpose
Resilience, crisis preparedness and contingency planning must take centre stage
Evidence Sufficiency Under Delayed Ground Truth: Proxy Monitoring for Risk Decision Systems
arXiv:2604.15740v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Machine learning systems in fraud detection, credit scoring, and clinical risk assessment operate under delayed ground truth: outcome labels arrive days to months after the decision they evaluate. During this blind period, governance evidence degrades through mechanisms that neither drift detection methods nor governance frameworks adequately addres
Can LLMs Help Decentralized Dispute Arbitration? A Case Study of UMA-Resolved Markets on Polymarket
arXiv:2604.15674v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Web3 prediction markets, exemplified by Polymarket, have gained prominence for leveraging collective intelligence to forecast a wide range of social, political, and sports events. However, among the thousands of prediction market events, consensus disputes still arise due to imperfections in market mechanisms. On Polymarket alone, the trading volume involving disputed events has reached $972,370,804.71, underscoring the critical need for objective and efficient dispute resolution. In this study, we introduce large language models (LLMs) to: (1) evaluate whether web-enabled LLMs can reproduce the decision quality of UMA's on-chain voting process once a dispute has been raised, and (2) predict, based on event rules, which market events are likely to face future disputes before they occur. Our findings show that LLMs are unable to reliably predict which events will become disputed in advance; however, once a dispute is initiated, web-enabled LLMs achieve 89.58% agreement with UMA's final resolutions and demonstrate strong stability.
Fed Nominee Warsh Prepares for Monetary Policy Road Test
Fed nominee Kevin Warsh faces a Senate hearing to flesh out his monetary policy and economic ideas.
Explainer: What Do We Know About Anthropic's Mythos?
Anthropic's Mythos is a sophisticated AI model designed for defensive cybersecurity tasks, but it has raised concerns among regulators.
Banking Industry Scrambles for Anthropic's Mythos
The banking industry is scrambling to gain access to Anthropic's Mythos AI model amid rising concerns about its cybersecurity risks.
Asia Regulators Monitor Anthropic's Mythos for Banking Risks
Asian financial regulators are taking measures to address the risks posed by Anthropic's Mythos AI model.
Business AI adoption surges as NAB urges Australia to ‘get on the bus’
The AI chief of National Australia Bank has urged Australia to “get on the bus” and adopt the technology or risk being left behind, as new research shows about half of the country’s small businesses are using the technology to accelerate growth.
The Halo trade: a fad or the future?
Some commentators believe Heavy Assets, Low Obsolescence companies could be an investment antidote to markets ravaged by AI
Short Sells Fight for Edge Over AI: Masters in Business with Carson Block
In this live version of Masters In Business from Future Proof, Barry speaks with Carson Block, Founder and CEO of Muddy Waters Capital. They discuss the importance of fundamentals vs. technicals when it comes to short selling. They also discuss the downsides of the AI boom and what indicators may cause panic. (Source: Bloomberg)
The Reality of AI Investing | Five Lessons from Tom Hancock
AI will create meaningful economic change, but the distribution of that value remains uncertain. Revenues at one level depend on spending at another, and that spending ultimately depends on applications that are still taking shape.
Andreessen Horowitz Invests in AI-Platform, Rillet
Rillet CEO Nicolas Kopp & Andreessen Horowitz General Partner Alex Rampell discuss how Rillet helps firms optimize their finances and accounting using AI.
Stocks Extend Rally as Tensions Ease Over War in Iran
The S&P 500’s rise on Friday caps a striking three-week streak, powered by investors’ optimism about the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and strong corporate earnings.
Finance leaders warn over Mythos as UK banks prepare to use powerful Anthropic AI tool
Release of new Claude model, so far limited to US firms, will expand to British institutions in coming days. British banks will be given access in the next week to a powerful AI tool that was deemed to.
r/worldnews on Reddit: Finance ministers and top bankers raise serious concerns about Mythos AI model
The entire AI bubble has completely failed to consider the obvious problem: an AGI that is genuinely super intelligent and open to anyone who's prepared to pay $10/month is - well, it's open.
Latest AI models could threaten world banking system, financial officials warn
Anthropic’s new Claude Mythos Preview model could expose vulnerabilities in lenders’ cyber defences.
AI Adoption Accelerates in Finance But Capabilities Are Lagging Behind
Half (50%) of business leaders from the financial services sector report that AI is deployed in their organisations but limited to selected departments or functions, while a combined 20% are either st.
AI Dominates ETF Flows
Investors are getting picky, and ETFs reveal exactly where the money is going. Seana Smith, Senior Investment Strategist at Global X, joins Bloomberg Open Interest to break down why AI still dominates, how defense stocks are surging on global tensions, and why only a handful of companies will truly win the AI race. (Source: Bloomberg)
What is Claude Mythos and what risks does it pose?
The company's claim the AI tool can outperform humans at some hacking and cyber-security tasks has sparked fears in the financial world.
Data Engineering Patterns for Cross-System Reconciliation in Regulated Enterprises: Architecture, Anomaly Detection, and Governance
arXiv:2604.15108v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Regulated enterprises in the United States--banks, telecommunications providers, large technology companies--operate across heterogeneous systems that were rarely designed to interoperate. ERP platforms, billing engines, supply chain tools, and financial reporting infrastructure coexist within the same organization, but they do not talk to each other well. The resulting fragmentation produces familiar problems: transactions recorded in one system but unreconciled in another, asset inventories drifting from their systems of record, and audit-readiness that depends on manual effort. The PCAOB's 2024 inspection cycle put a number on the consequences: a 39% aggregate Part I.A deficiency rate across all inspected firms. This paper introduces the GERA Framework (Governed Enterprise Reconciliation Architecture)--a vendor-neutral, four-layer data architecture that integrates deterministic cross-system reconciliation, statistical anomaly detection (baseline Z-Score with robust alternatives), governed semantic standardization, and NIST CSF 2.0-aligned security controls into a single methodology. The architecture spans four layers (ingestion, staging, core models, and semantic serving), following the multi-layer pattern now common in modern data platforms. The patterns are demonstrated through U.S. broadband operations--where billing reconciliation, inventory aging, and governance are tightly coupled--and draw on the author's implementation experience across three regulated enterprise environments: a regional bank, a national broadband provider, and a Fortune 500 technology company's central finance organization. This is a practitioner reference--an architectural framework paper documenting field-tested patterns--not a controlled experiment or benchmark study. No proprietary systems, datasets, or internal implementations are disclosed.
Nervous Indian Fintechs Push Anthropic for Access to Mythos
India’s major financial technology firms are pushing Anthropic PBC to give them early access to Mythos, the artificial intelligence model that has sparked global fears about a new era of cyberattacks.
Mark Mobius, Pioneering Investor in Emerging Markets, Dies at 89
Gaining a reputation as the brilliant, risk-taking “Indiana Jones” of his field, he encouraged investors to take chances on Asia, Africa, Latin America and Eastern Europe.
Week Ahead for FX, Bonds: U.S. Retail Sales, PMI Data Due as Focus Remains on Middle East
U.S. retail sales data and provisional purchasing managers’ indexes from the U.S. and Europe will be watched to see how badly the Middle East war and the spike in energy prices have impacted consumer and business sentiment.
Iconiq, Go-To Wealth Adviser for Tech’s Elite, Is Putting Billions Into AI
Last year, Anthropic PBC chief Dario Amodei and a handful of executives traveled 8,000 miles from San Francisco to the Middle East. They were there to meet with some of the world’s most deep-pocketed investors, including Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund and Abu Dhabi-based MGX.
Financial Software Development In 2026: Top Trends & Innovations In Fintech
Explore the top financial software development trends in 2026, including AI, embedded finance, digital banking, and fintech innovations shaping the future of financial platforms.
PRA to focus on geopolitics, private market risks in business plan - Corporate Adviser
The Prudential Regulation Authority is to target emerging risks from geopolitical trends and stress tests focused on private markets.
ReSS: Learning Reasoning Models for Tabular Data Prediction via Symbolic Scaffold
arXiv:2604.13392v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Tabular data remains prevalent in high-stakes domains such as healthcare and finance, where predictive models are expected to provide both high accuracy and faithful, human-understandable reasoning. While symbolic models offer verifiable logic, they lack semantic expressiveness. Meanwhile, general-purpose LLMs often require specialized fine-tuning to master domain-specific tabular reasoning. To address the dual challenges of scalable data curation and reasoning consistency, we propose ReSS, a systematic framework that bridges symbolic and neural reasoning models. ReSS leverages a decision-tree model to extract instance-level decision paths as symbolic scaffolds. These scaffolds, alongside input features and labels, guide an LLM to generate grounded natural-language reasoning that strictly adheres to the underlying decision logic. The resulting high-quality dataset is used to fine-tune a pretrained LLM into a specialized tabular reasoning model, further enhanced by a scaffold-invariant data augmentation strategy to improve generalization and explainability. To rigorously assess faithfulness, we introduce quantitative metrics including hallucination rate, explanation necessity, and explanation sufficiency. Experimental results on medical and financial benchmarks demonstrate that ReSS-trained models improve traditional decision trees and standard fine-tuning approaches up to $10\%$ while producing faithful and consistent reasoning
European banks can withstand current shocks, watchdog head says | Reuters
European lenders are resilient enough to absorb current financial and geopolitical shocks but need to prepare for future uncertainties including cybersecurity risks from AI, François-Louis Michaud, the new head of the European Banking Authority, said.
AI’s Seed-Stage Squeeze Play: Advanced Machine Intelligence Leads $1B+ Valuation Tsunami
The current frenzy is priced "years ahead of traction," as investors compete for a share of the AI narrative. If the economic reality of building physical AI systems-requiring vast compute and long development cycles-begins to outweigh the hype, valuations could deflate. A cooling in the broader venture market, as seen in the slight dip for non-AI startups, could also pull capital away from the AI bubble. For now, the trend ...
These 3 Charts Show How Venture Capital Has Concentrated At The Top In 2026
In the first quarter of 2026, a handful of large, well-funded AI companies, almost all based in the U.S., captured the vast majority of venture dollars, even as global startup deal count fell, Crunchbase data shows.
European AI spending set to hit $290 billion by 2029 - Help Net Security
European AI spending will hit $290B by 2029, with banking leading investment and agentic AI accelerating enterprise adoption across the EU.
How the post-boom correction reshaped venture capital firms, now disrupted by AI — TFN
Artificial intelligence has breathed a new lease of life into an otherwise sluggish venture capital market, and investors are back to cutting cheques. UK firms have shed headcount, reflecting a post-boom correction, as the industry more broadly turns to AI to aid investing.
Goldman Sachs' Bordlemay on AI Investment and Inflation Caused by Market Uncertainty
Katherine Bordlemay, Goldman Sachs Asset Management Co-Head of Equity Client Portfolio Management, discussed the current equity market environment at all-time highs. She emphasized that equities are benefiting from upward earnings revisions, supported by significant and durable AI investment spending projected to reach $1 trillion over the next three to four years. (Source: Bloomberg)
AI-powered mainframe exits are a bubble set to pop
Analysts predict that 70 percent of AI-powered mainframe exit projects will fail and 75 percent of vendors in the field will disappear.
Crypto and AI Pacs raise $250mn ahead of US midterm elections
Investors Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz gave $25mn to pro-AI Super Pac in first quarter of year
Accel Raises $5 Billion to Amplify AI Investments, Targets Late-Stage Startups with $4 Billion Leaders Fund
Accel has secured a $5 billion funding round to enhance its investments in AI, with $4 billion dedicated to late-stage startups.
Scoop: BNY tests new OpenAI, Anthropic models
BNY has early access to OpenAI's and Anthropic's advanced cyber capability models, making the bank one of the few vetted enterprises with early access to these tools.
SolvaPay Raises €2.4M and Launches the World’s First Payment Layer Built for the Agentic Economy
Share this post: Share on LinkedIn Share on X (Twitter) Share on Facebook Share on Email Share on WhatsApp SolvaPay, an AI payments platform based in Stockholm, today announces €2.4 million ($2.8M) in pre-seed funding to build out its new payment infrastructure platform, built to power the emerging era of agentic commerce.The funding was led […]
New leaders, new fund: Sequoia has raised $7B to expand its AI bets
Sequoia Capital has successfully raised $7 billion to continue its aggressive investment strategy in the artificial intelligence sector.
UK financial regulators reject AI 'wait-and-see' criticism from lawmakers
UK financial regulators have defended their oversight of AI, rejecting lawmakers' criticism that they are taking a "wait and see" approach to managing emerging risks.
South Korea weighs Claude Mythos threat, finance-software phaseout
South Korea's National AI Strategy Committee is discussing security threats posed by Anthropic's Claude Mythos and plans to phase out installation-based security software in the financial sector.
Danish finance AI start-up Spektr raises $20m
The new funding will be used to expand the Copenhagen-based company’s AI platform for banks and fintech companies, and accelerate adoption across financial institutions globally. Read more: Danish finance AI start-up Spektr raises $20m
Swedish SolvaPay raises €2.4 million in a pre-seed to build infrastructure for autonomous digital commerce
– Advertisement – SolvaPay has raised €2.4 million in a pre-seed round to build what it positions as the first payment infrastructure layer for the emerging agentic economy, where AI agents can independently transact across digital services. The round was led by European fintech VC Redstone and Silicon Valley–based MS&AD Ventures, with participation from Antler […]
Aryza Acquires Umbrella Tech, advancing Collection Intelligence with voice-based Agentic AI for the global Collections & Recoveries industry
LONDON, April 15, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Aryza, a global provider of E2E AI-enabled automation software across the credit & debt lifecycle, has acquired Umbrella Tech, a Toronto based leader in voice-based agentic AI for the financial services industry. The acquisition significantly expands Aryza’s Agentic Collections & Recoveries intelligence, integrating human-like conversations into its existing […]
The Hidden Demand for AI Inside Your Company
This HBR case study explains how BBVA transformed unmanaged employee LLM use into a secure, governed ChatGPT Enterprise rollout, serving as a practical playbook for enterprise AI adoption.
AI in Finance: Balancing Innovation with Fairness
AI's role in finance could revolutionize efficiency and customer service, but poses risks that demand robust regulation, warns RBI Deputy Governor Swaminathan. He emphasizes responsible AI use with principles focusing on accountability, fairness, and inclusivity to prevent systemic risks and ensure financial stability.
Detecting Corporate AI-Washing via Cross-Modal Semantic Inconsistency Learning
arXiv:2604.09644v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Corporate AI-washing-the strategic misrepresentation of AI capabilities via exaggerated or fabricated cross-channel disclosures-has emerged as a systemic threat to capital market information integrity with the widespread adoption of generative AI. Existing detection methods rely on single-modal text frequency analysis, suffering from vulnerability t
Venture Capital Hits Record Highs In Q1 2026 As AI Dominance Continues : Analysis | Crowdfund Insider
Global venture funding surged to an unprecedented $285.5 billion in the first quarter of 2026, marking the highest quarterly total ever recorded, according to CB Insights. A single massive $122 billion round for OpenAI alone drove 43 percent of the total, underscoring the extreme concentration ...
AI in Finance: Balancing Innovation with Fairness and Accountability, Warns RBI Deputy Governor
AI's role in finance could revolutionize efficiency and customer service, but poses risks that demand robust regulation, warns RBI Deputy Governor Swaminathan.
Major Security Flaws in LLM Routers Expose Cryptocurrency Wallets to Theft, Researchers Warn
Researchers unveiled vulnerabilities in LLM routers allowing cryptocurrency theft via malicious commands during a live Ethereum transfer.
〔マーケットアイ〕株式：日経平均は高値もみ合い、ＡＩ・半導体関連が上昇を牽引 | ロイター
〔マーケットアイ〕株式：日経平均は高値もみ合い、ＡＩ・半導体関連が上昇を牽引 | ロイター [東京 １４日 ロイター] - ＜１０：２０＞ 日経平均は高値もみ合い、ＡＩ・半導体関連が上昇を牽引 日経平均はきょうの高値圏でもみ合いとなっている。米・イランの協議継続への思惑が株価を押し上げており、足元では約１４００円高の５万７９００円台付近で推移している。 トランプ米大統領は１３日、ホルムズ海峡を通過する船舶に対する封鎖措置を開始したと発表。一方、イラン側から１３日朝に「電話があった」とも述べ、イランは合意を望んでいるものの、米国はイランの核兵器保有を認めるいかなる合意にも応じないと改めて表明した。 アドバンテスト (6857.T), opens new tabや東京エレクトロン (8035.T), opens new tab、ソフトバンクグループ (9984.T), opens new tabといったＡＩ（人工知能）・半導体関連株が大幅高となっており、指数の押し上げに寄与している。米国市場では株価の主要3指数が揃って上昇し、ハイテク株比率の高いナスダック総合の上昇が目立った。フィラデルフィア半導体指数（ＳＯＸ）が連日で高値更新した。 一方、日経平均は前週からの急ピッチな上昇を経て、戻り待ちや利益確定の売りが上値を抑えているとみられる。業種別では情報・通信や非鉄金属、電気機器が上昇率の上位に並ぶ一方、下落率の上位は鉱業や石油・石炭製品となっている。 ＜０９：０６＞ 日経平均は反発で寄り付く、米・イラン協議進展期待が支え 寄り付きの東京株式市場で日経平均は、前営業日比５８２円８８銭高の５万７０８５円６５銭と、反発してスタートした。米国とイラ
Industries most exposed to AI are not only seeing productivity gains but jobs and wage growth too
Industries most exposed to AI are not only seeing productivity gains but jobs and wage growth too Financial analysis is an industry that is seeing job growth even as AI is increasingly used. Orientfootage/iStock via Getty Images Forecasts of the impact of artificial intelligence range from the apocalyptic to the utopian. An October 2025 report from Senate Democrats, for example, predicted AI will destroy milli
Insurers seek to exclude their risk-assessment models from EU's AI Act
The European Insurances and Occupational Pensions Authority has requested that insurers' risk-assessment models be excluded from the EU's AI Act, arguing they are not autonomous.
AI's threat to your money
AI's rapid advance is increasing risks of large-scale financial infrastructure attacks and targeted fraud. Experts suggest rethinking how money is stored, potentially using strategies like cold wallets.
FinTech bets big on AI agents, but deployment gaps persist
FinTech bets big on AI agents, but deployment gaps persist Cedar-IBSi FinTech Labs Analyst Briefings Get in touch IBSi Newsletter Back # FinTech bets big on AI agents, but deployment gaps persist ##### By Puja Sharma Today - IBSi Newsletter - agnetic ai - AI - AI enterprise ##### Share - Over 88% of UK enterprises are already deploying AI agents, but over half face barriers to further deployments – including skills gaps, business cases, and lack of quality data or technology partner - Speed and customer experience are seen as primary benefits of AI agent adoption - Around 73% of UK enterprises say the ability to deploy AI agents wi
Why AI is an operating model shift—Not a technology upgrade - Microsoft in Business Blogs
Why AI is an operating model shift—Not a technology upgrade - Microsoft in Business Blogs April 14, 2026 - Categories - Era of AI more Artificial intelligence isn’t arriving gently in financial services. It’s colliding with an industry defined by scale, trust, and real‑time decision‑making, where speed, security, and reliability are non‑negotiable. For Fiserv, that reality is existential. The comp
When AI Trading Works, You Won't Hear About It
The funds that do this well have built processes spanning alpha signal research, portfolio optimization, and transaction cost analysis. You can spend a career in just one of those areas. Comparing publicized LLM trading bots to these strategies is like comparing a vibe-coded app to Salesforce: AI can write the code that underpins a good strategy, but the attempts are massively underspecified.
Investors Brace for a New Hormuz Blockade Threat
President Trump’s plan to bar ships from entering or leaving Iranian ports has put markets on edge and added to global economic uncertainty.
London’s Round Treasury raises €5.1 million to build AI-powered finance automation platform for modern finance teams
Round Treasury, a London-based startup developing an AI-driven finance automation platform for modern finance teams, has secured €5. 1 million ($6 million) in Seed funding and introduced two new products: an Agentic Workflow Builder and Autonomous Payroll. The round was led by Alstin Capital, with participation from Backed VC and Love Ventures.
Palo Alto Networks Founder Agrees to Buy California Bank for AI Revamp
Nir Zuk plans to take the largest stake in the Liberty Bank acquisition.
US Urges Wall Street Banks to Test Anthropic’s Mythos AI for Vulnerabilities
US Urges Wall Street Banks to Test Anthropic’s Mythos AI for Vulnerabilities # US Urges Wall Street Banks to Test Anthropic’s Mythos AI for Vulnerabilities April 13, 2026 April 13, 2026 36 The U.S. Government is taking an unexpected approach to financial stability, with top officials reportedly encouraging the nation’s largest lenders to integrate a cutting-edge AI tool for security testing. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell held a meeting this week with bank executives, where they urged the institutions to test Anthropic’s new Mythos model to identify and mitigate systemic vulnerabilities. The push comes as Wall Street grapples with the dual challenge of adopting generative AI while defending against increasingly sophisticated cyber threats. While JPMorgan Chase was initially the only bank listed as a partner organization with early access to
Schroders warns AI bubble could burst in Q3 - Investor Daily
Schroders expects an AI-driven equity bubble could burst in the third quarter if the sector fails to meet elevated expectations, triggering a pullback in capital expenditure and a broader market sell-off. According to the firm’s Q2 CIO outlook, the resulting downturn if this occurred would ...
Mythos testing begins as governments raise cyber concerns
US, UK and Canadian authorities are raising concerns over the model's abilities. Read more: Mythos testing begins as governments raise cyber concerns
Fitch: AI Adoption Not a Near-Term Credit Driver for Wealth Firms
Fitch affirms stable ratings for wealth managers as AI tools grow.
OpenAI has bought AI personal finance startup Hiro
OpenAI has acquired Hiro, a startup specializing in AI-driven personal finance tools.
Private Equity Needs a Repeatable AI Advantage
Private Equity Needs a Repeatable AI Advantage # Unhyped AI SubscribeSign in # Private Equity Needs a Repeatable AI Advantage ### How PE turns AI portfolio activity into portfolio-level value Apr 13, 2026 4 Share Private equity is under growing pressure to say something credible about AI, not as a fashionable add-on, but as part of the next cycle of portfolio value creation and the case it will need to make to LPs about repeatable operating advantage. Spend enough time close to how PE organisations and portfolio companies are actually trying to make this real and the problem becomes impossible to miss. It is no longer enthusiasm, tooling, or even activity. It is whether any of that activity is turning into an advantage private equity can recognise, trust, scale, and defend. Too much portfolio AI still sits in the gap between impressive local motion and evidence strong enough to
AI Valuations Soar as Investors Eye Private Market Growth | StartupHub.ai
Baillie Gifford's Peter Singlehurst discusses the soaring valuations of AI companies like OpenAI and Anthropic, and why private market investors are benefiting
Anthropic Mythos AI: Cybersecurity's new frontier or hacker's dream?, ETCISO
Wall Street banks are testing Anthropic's powerful Mythos AI for cybersecurity, amid concerns it could be a weapon for hackers. The AI's ability to autonomously scan code for vulnerabilities at unprecedented speed and scale has prompted high-level meetings with financial regulators.
An AI-sized bump in VC secondaries’ rebound
AI-driven tech disruptions have raised questions over the sustainability of the recent pricing recovery in venture secondaries.
Goldman Sachs chief ‘hyper-aware’ of risks from Anthropic’s Mythos AI
US bank has the Claude model and is working closely with the tech firm to improve cyber protection Goldman Sachs’s chief executive, David Solomon, has said he is “hyper-aware” of the capabilities of Anthropic’s Mythos AI model and is working “closely” with the tech firm after it issued warnings about the cybersecurity risk it poses. The US bank had been monitoring the rapid advances in artificial intelligence, including large language models (LLMs), as part of wider efforts to protect itself from hackers. Continue reading...
AI-boosted hacks with Anthropic's Mythos could have dire ... - Reuters
AI-boosted hacks with Anthropic’s Mythos could have dire consequences for banks | Reuters Exclusive news, data and analytics for financial market professionalsLearn more aboutRefinitiv Anthropic logo is seen in this illustration taken March 1, 2026. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab - Summary - Companies - Experts warn Mythos could expose legacy ba
Beyond Retention: Why AI Governance in 2026 Is a Defensibility Problem – Unite.AI
Picture a regulated financial institution receiving a regulatory inquiry in early 2027. The regulator isn’t just asking whether the firm kept its records. Instead, the questions are more specific and considerably harder to answer: What did the AI system do?
You Can’t AI Your Way Out of a TILA Violation: Why Logic and Expertise Still Rule Compliance | Digital Dealer
The current atmosphere in consumer finance can be summed up by a single phrase: if you aren’t talking about Artificial Intelligence, you aren’t in the
EP 555 | Daily AI News | April 13, 2026: Intuit Demonstrates a Repeatable AI Playbook for Regulated Industries
Our analysts treated this as a meaningful Generative AI example for regulated industries because it shows how AI can accelerate legal and policy interpretation while still relying on deterministic validation and human verification where accuracy is mission-critical.
Is Bitcoin A Hedge Against Central Banking? Evidence from AI-Driven Monetary Policy Expectations
arXiv:2604.08825v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: This study investigates the transmission of monetary policy narratives to Bitcoin prices, distinguishing the impact of ex-ante expectations from ex-post interest rate implementation. We introduce a high-frequency Monetary Policy Expectations (MPE) index, using a Large Language Model (LLM)-based classification of 118,000+ market messages to achieve a precise hawkish/dovish decomposition. Results from a framework combining Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) networks with SHapley Additive exPlanations (SHAP) indicate that Bitcoin functions as a sensitive barometer of central bank signaling; specifically, hawkish narratives consistently trigger negative price responses independently of actual Federal Funds Rate adjustments. We demonstrate that the MPE index Granger-causes Bitcoin returns at short-to-medium horizons, establishing linear predictive causality, while the LSTM-SHAP framework reveals pronounced non-linear, macroeconomic regime-dependent interactions. These findings highlight Bitcoin's structural sensitivity to global monetary discourse, establishing LLM-derived sentiment as a potent leading macroeconomic indicator for the digital asset landscape.
UK Regulators Assess AI Cyber Risks to Banks and Financial Stability
UK Regulators Assess AI Cyber Risks to Banks and Financial Stability # UK Regulators Assess AI Cyber Risks to Banks and Financial Stability — by ## UK Regulators Rush to Assess AI Cyber Risks to Financial System UK financial regulators, including the Bank of England (BoE) and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), initiated urgent talks on Sunday, 12 April 2026, with the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and major banks. The talks were triggered by the capabilities of Anthropic’s unreleased Claude Mythos Preview AI model, which has identified ‘thousands’ of major software vulnerabilities. The move directly affects major UK banks like HSBC, Barclays, and Lloyds, whose IT systems underpin £10 trillion in annual payments. This matters now because regulators are acting pre-emptively to assess a potential new source of systemic risk to the UK’s financial stability and market infrastr
Trump Backs Anthropic Despite Pentagon Supply Warning
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RBI Deputy Governor Swaminathan calls for adequate safeguards, human accountability for AI adoption in finance - BusinessToday
RBI Deputy Governor Swaminathan calls for adequate safeguards, human accountability for AI adoption in finance - BusinessToday Follow Us On: Search Advertisement Menu RBI Deputy Governor Swaminathan calls for adequate safeguards, human accountability for AI adoption in finance ## Swaminathan said that adopting AI without adequate safeguards could create entirely new forms of harm. Join Our WhatsApp Channel - Updated Apr 13, 2026 6:01 PM IST RBI Deputy Governor Swaminathan Janakiraman. Any powerful technology is a double-edged sword, feels Swaminathan J., Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), who says that while artificial intelligence (AI) and its use in finance may have lots of promise, there will have to be adequate safeguards. “If AI is adopted without adequate safeguards, it can amplify existing wea
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British financial regulators are holding urgent talks with the government's cyber security agency and major banks to assess risks posed by the latest artificial intelligence model from Anthropic, the Financial Times reported on Sunday.
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Companies expand AI adoption while keeping control - AI News
Companies expand AI adoption while keeping control Governance, Regulation & Policy # Companies expand AI adoption while keeping control April 13, 2026 Share this story: Tags: ## aiautonomousfinancegovernance Categories: ## AI Business StrategyFeaturesFinance AIGovernance, Regulation & PolicyTechEx Events Many companies are taking a slower, more controlled approach to autonomous systems as AI adoption grows. Rather than deploying systems that act on their own, they are focusing on tools that assist human decision-making and keep control over outputs. This approach is especially clear in sectors where errors carry real financial or legal risk. One example comes from [S&P Global Market Intelligence](https://www.spglobal.com/market-intelligence/en/solutions/products/resources/c
UK financial regulators rush to assess risks of Anthropic’s latest AI model
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Powell, Bessent issue urgent AI warning to Wall Street
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Banks Are Warned About Anthropic’s New, Powerful A.I. Technology
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Intuit Compressed Months of Tax Code Implementation
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US Treasury and Fed Warn Bank Executives Over AI Cyberthreats
US Treasury and Fed Warn Bank Executives Over AI Cyberthreats # US Treasury and Fed Warn Bank Executives Over AI Cyberthreats April 11, 2026 April 11, 2026 11 In a rare coordinated effort to address emerging systemic risks, the U.S. Treasury Secretary and the Chair of the Federal Reserve recently convened a meeting with top banking executives to deliver a stark warning about the cyberthreats posed by artificial intelligence. The high-level gathering underscores a growing anxiety within the federal government that the rapid evolution of large language models could outpace the defensive capabilities of the global financial infrastructure. The urgency of the meeting centers on how banks are warned about Anthropic’s fresh, powerful A.I. Technology and similar frontier models that possess advanced reasoning and coding capabilities. While these tools offer immense productivity gains, reg
Bessent and Powell’s A.I. Anxiety
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Anthropic Model Scare Sparks Urgent Bessent, Powell Warning to Bank CEOs
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell summoned Wall Street leaders to an urgent meeting on concerns that the latest artificial intelligence model from Anthropic PBC will usher in an era of greater cyber risk.
Bessent, Powell Warned Bank CEOs About Anthropic Model Risks, Sources Say
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Prediction Arena: Benchmarking AI Models on Real-World Prediction Markets
arXiv:2604.07355v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: We introduce Prediction Arena, a benchmark for evaluating AI models' predictive accuracy and decision-making by enabling them to trade autonomously on live prediction markets with real capital. Unlike synthetic benchmarks, Prediction Arena tests models in environments where trades execute on actual exchanges (Kalshi and Polymarket), providing objective ground truth that cannot be gamed or overfitted. Each model operates as an independent agent starting with $10,000, making autonomous decisions every 15-45 minutes. Over a 57-day longitudinal evaluation (January 12 to March 9, 2026), we track two cohorts: six frontier models in live trading (Cohort 1, full period) and four next-generation models in paper trading (Cohort 2, 3-day preliminary). For Cohort 1, final Kalshi returns range from -16.0% to -30.8%. Our analysis identifies a clear performance hierarchy: initial prediction accuracy and the ability to capitalize on correct predictions are the main drivers, while research volume shows no correlation with outcomes. A striking cross-platform contrast emerges from parallel Polymarket live trading: Cohort 1 models averaged only -1.1% on Polymarket vs. -22.6% on Kalshi, with grok-4-20-checkpoint achieving a 71.4% settlement win rate - the highest across any platform or cohort. gemini-3.1-pro-preview (Cohort 2), which executed zero trades on Kalshi, achieved +6.02% on Polymarket in 3 days - the best return of any model across either cohort - demonstrating that platform design has a profound effect on which models succeed. Beyond performance, we analyze computational efficiency (token usage, cycle time), settlement accuracy, exit patterns, and market preferences, providing a comprehensive view of how frontier models behave under real financial pressure.
SoftBank Group Prices ¥418 Billion Retail Bonds at Record 4.97%
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r/ValueInvesting on Reddit: Exiting my hot AI stock ($FIX) and buying more CSU and BRK.B.
The AI trade is being largely subsidized and the economic viability remains fragile and unsustainable. As it stands, the current costs of AI compute cannot maintain the current prices hosts are asking. From a source, the $200/mo Claude subscription is giving something like $2,500 in compute costs of inference tokens.
Bank of Canada, Major Lenders Met on Anthropic AI Cyber Risk
The Bank of Canada and the country’s major banks and financial firms met Friday to discuss cybersecurity risks raised by Anthropic PBC’s latest artificial intelligence model.
The AI that found 27-year-old vulnerabilities no human ever caught before just forced an emergency meeting with every major Wall Street CEO
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Fed Chair Jerome Powell reportedly convened Wall Street leaders in an emergency meeting addressing Anthropic’s latest model release.
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Fed seeks details on U.S. banks’ exposure to private credit firms
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Bendigo, Adelaide Bank shares jump after plan to cut hundreds of jobs to be automated by AI | The Nightly
Bendigo, Adelaide Bank shares jump after plan to cut hundreds of jobs to be automated by AI | The Nightly Menu analysis # Bendigo, Adelaide Bank shares jump after plan to cut hundreds of jobs to be automated by AI Bendigo Bank shares jumped this week on its cost out plans linked to advances in AI, as banks jump and tech sinks in the fast unfolding world of new AI services. The Nightly 3 Min Read 23 hours ago Updated 16 hours ago Comments Play Video ### Will a ceasefire lower fuel prices? On Wednesday, US President Donald Trump announced he will suspend his threatened bombing campaign against Iran for two weeks, just 90 minutes before his self-imposed deadline was set to expire. Surging share prices for Australia’s banks signal investors will reward businesses that chart courses to use artificial intelligence to cut costs, raise productivity, and lift profits. Bendigo & Ade
The Statistical Profitability of Social Media Sports Betting Influencers: Evidence from the Nigerian Market
arXiv:2604.08251v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: This study examines whether following popular Nigerian sports betting influencers on social media is a financially sound strategy. To avoid the survivorship bias that occurs when influencers only share their winning bets, we tracked 5,467 pre-match betting slips from three prominent tipsters on X (formerly Twitter) and Telegram. We verified the outcomes against official Stake.com records, resulting in a final dataset covering approximately $4.8 million in tracked bets. We analyzed raw performance, assessed risk based on odds sizes, and applied four common staking strategies (Flat, Inverse, Square Root, and Fixed Return) to simulate realistic follower outcomes. The results show a sharp contrast between the wealth these influencers display online and the actual financial results. The influencers themselves collectively lost 25.24% on their promoted bets, while a follower who staked the same amount on every tip would lose 38.27% on their investment. Across all tested strategies, following these influencers consistently led to significant financial losses. These findings raise serious consumer protection concerns in Nigeria's expanding gambling market.
Bessent called in US bank CEOs to discuss Anthropic model’s cyber risks
Meeting with US Treasury secretary comes as latest AI system has detected decades-old vulnerabilities
US summons bank bosses over cyber risks from Anthropic’s latest AI model
Fed chair Jerome Powell reportedly attends meeting in Washington following release of Claude Mythos The US Treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, summoned major American bank chiefs to a meeting in Washington this week amid concerns over the cyber risks posed by Anthropic’s latest AI model, according to reports. Jerome Powell, chair of the Rederal Reserve, was said to have been among those gathered at
Austria’s Raiffeisen Offers to Buy Smaller Peer Addiko for $524 Million
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Bendigo and Adelaide Bank flags job cuts in AI push, posts Q3 earnings rise
Bendigo and Adelaide Bank flags job cuts in AI push, posts Q3 earnings rise | Reuters Exclusive news, data and analytics for financial market professionalsLearn more aboutRefinitiv April 9 (Reuters) - Australia's Bendigo and Adelaide Bank (BEN.AX), opens new tab reported a 12.8% jump in third-quarter cash earnings on Thursday, buoyed by wider margins and strong lending growth, and confirmed job cuts linked to new strategic partnerships with Infosys and Genpact. The regional lender, with strong presence on the east coast, posted cash earnings after tax of A$137.9 million ($97.1 million) for the quarter ended March 31, up from A$122.2 million reported a year ago and 12% above market consensus, as per UBS. Net interest margin rose 6 basis points from the previous quarter to 1.98%. Share
Why robust AI governance is key to building trust in agentic AI systems in FY2027
Australian businesses are set to boost AI spending in FY2027, but experts warn autonomous agents need strict controls to avoid legal and reputational risk.
AI Investment Growth Continues Despite Global Tensions
AI investment continues to surge despite geopolitical tensions, with investors urged to increase exposure across the broader AI ecosystem.
AI Doesn't Go to Jail - by Alec Crawford - AI Risk Reward
AI Doesn't Go to Jail - by Alec Crawford - AI Risk Reward SubscribeSign in # AI Doesn't Go to Jail ### Why is consumer AI amazing? YOU are the product. Again. Apr 09, 2026 2 1 Share If AI does something wrong at your financial institution, it's not going to jail. It's not in trouble with management, your board, your clients, or your regulators. You are.One thing that is becoming more apparent is that the ease of use of AI at the consumer level for a few dollars a month is incredible. Personally, awesome. As a leader of a financial institution, terrifying. Because at a financial institution, it is really hard, or expensive, or both, to get AI for everyone that is secure, private, connected to your data, and doing meaningful work across your entire team. Copilot can summarize your emails. But, it's not closing a loan for you. Or onboarding a new client. Please subscribe today for
AI Could Predict the Next Financial Crisis — But There’s a Catch | Stanford Graduate School of Business
How regulators could use the predictive power of AI without injecting new risks into the financial system
The white-collar jobs most exposed to AI, according to Anthropic’s own data - AOL
Updated Thu, April 9, 2026 at 12:47 PM UTC 0 (Getty Images) Good morning. Anthropic’s recent study mapping AI’s reach across hundreds of occupations continues to raise fresh concerns about the future of white-collar work. Economists Maxim Massenkoff and Peter McCrory analyzed millions of real Claude conversations, matched them against 800 occupations, and found a striking gap: AI can theoretically automate 94% of computer and math tasks but currently handles only about 33%. In business, finance, legal, and office administration roles, the story is similar. Financial and investment analysts are specifically identified as one of the most “exposed” roles. For more insight on what’s behind the research, my Fortune colleague Matt Heimer sat down with McCrory, head of economics at Anthropic. He [makes the case](https://fortune.com
B.AI officially launched: building the AI Agent financial underlying platform, driving the underlying logic of business in the AGI era - ChainCatcher
B.AI is officially launched, building a global AI Agent financial infrastructure to address challenges in AI model access, API calls, and payment trust. Through a permissionless LLM service gateway, the 8004 Protocol, and the x402 Payment Standard, B.AI provides AI Agents with autonomous payment ...
AI investment among top strategic priorities for CFOs: survey | CFO.com
AI investment among top strategic priorities for CFOs: survey | CFO.com Skip to main content CONTINUE TO SITE ➞ # Don't miss tomorrow's CFO.com industry news Let CFO.com's free newsletter keep you informed, straight from your inbox. By signing up to receive our newsletter, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. You can unsubscribe at anytime. Explore our brands An Informa TechTarget Publication An article from # AI investment among top strategic priorities for CFOs: survey From capital allocation to risk management, workforce design and compliance, AI is exerting strong influence over many key finance priorities, according to new research by tech vendor Coupa. Just_Super via Getty
Goldman Sachs Warns AI Cuts Could Slash Wages 10% Over Decade
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Geopolitical shock to execution risk: Why Gulf investors need human intelligence - ION Analytics
Now, the critical challenge for investors in the Gulf is distinguishing headline‑driven geopolitical noise from genuine operational risk.
Goldman Sachs warns AI job losses may dent earnings and career growth for years - Storyboard18
Goldman Sachs analysts said AI-driven job losses could depress wages and slow careers for years, warning displaced workers face long-term setbacks, though retraining may partly offset the damage.
AI and investment: a new approach to due diligence - Vaultinum
AI and investment: why due diligence needs to evolve by 2026 Vaultinum/ Blog/ AI and investment: a new approach to due diligence # AI and investment: a new approach to due diligence Reading time: 2 min Last Updated on 8 April 2026 The way investors evaluate technology companies is quickly changing. By 2026ⁱ, artificial intelligence will not only be transforming products. It will also be fundamentally altering decision-making criteria in private equity. Against this backdrop, traditional due diligence approaches are no longer sufficient to capture the real risks or the potential for value creation. AI and investment: a new approach to due diligence Table of contents Why investors are having more difficulty making decisions How AI is redefining risk in software Why execution capability is becoming key Key takeaways - Inves
How Nasdaq Is Driving Faster Insights and Smarter Investment Decisions with Scalable AI Innovation
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Exclusive research: Top AI spenders reap productivity gains | American Banker
American Banker data found that those who upped artificial intelligence spending by more than 25% in the last year saw major improvements in employee output.
Anthropic may have closed the revenue gap on OpenAI. ...
Anthropic may have closed the revenue gap on OpenAI. Here's what it means for their IPOs | Reuters Exclusive news, data and analytics for financial market professionalsLearn more aboutRefinitiv Item 1 of 2 Anthropic logo is seen in this illustration taken May 20, 2024. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo [1/2]Anthropic logo is seen in this illustration taken May 20, 2024. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab April 8 (Reuters) - The timing is starting to crystallize for a trio of mega-IPOs, and for those hoping to get some liquidity out of other AI companies going public, there may not be enough investor appetite to go aro
Exclusive research: Top AI spenders reap productivity gains | American Banker
Bankers deploying artificial ... employee productivity and enhanced departmental capabilities, according to new American Banker data. American Banker’s 2026 AI Talent Shift survey was fielded online during March of 2026 among 206 banking professionals who occupy a variety of positions across banks, credit unions, neobanks and payments firms. ... More than half of respondents said AI has had a positive impact on their ...
OpenAI will reserve portion of IPO shares for retail ...
OpenAI will reserve portion of IPO shares for retail investors, CFO tells CNBC | Reuters Exclusive news, data and analytics for financial market professionalsLearn more aboutRefinitiv OpenAI logo is seen in this illustration taken May 20, 2024. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab - Companies Follow April 8 (Reuters) - OpenAI plans to reserve a portion of its shares from an initial public offering for individual investors, CFO Sarah Friar told CNBC on Wednesday, as the ChatGPT maker gears up for a highly anticipated U.S. stock market listing. The AI startup is laying the groundwork for an IPO that coul
Goldman Sachs warns AI job loss: Long-term financial impact on workers, ETCIO
Goldman Sachs warns AI job losses will hurt workers for years. Displaced employees face lower pay and slower career growth. This impact could worsen during economic downturns. Retraining offers a path to better outcomes. AI is already affecting hiring trends.
Goldman Sachs warns AI job losses may dent earnings and career growth for years - Storyboard18
In a recent report, analysts at ... labour market data showed that workers displaced by technology tend to struggle well beyond the initial job loss. “Our analysis suggests that, similarly to previous waves of technological change, AI-driven displacement could impose lasting costs on affected workers, worsening labor market outcomes ...
Job Loss Due To AI: Losing job due to AI could have long-term financial impact, warns Goldman Sachs, ETHRWorld
In a new report, the Wall Street ... labour market data shows that workers displaced by technology often continue to face challenges long after losing their jobs. "Our analysis suggests that, similarly to previous waves of technological change, AI-driven displacement could impose lasting costs on affected workers, worsening labor market outcomes ...
Entering the era of the headless merchant - by Noah Levine
Entering the era of the headless merchant - by Noah Levine SubscribeSign in # Entering the era of the headless merchant ### Agent-native payment rails are live — and so are the merchants. Apr 08, 2026 45 1 1 Share In March a marketplace opened with over 60 services designed to be consumed not by humans but by AI agents. Among them: Full-text search across every SEC filing ever made, charged per query CAPTCHA solving for agents who hit verification walls designed for bots Physical letters printed and mailed from a document and an address Image generation from fal.ai across over 600 AI models at fractions of a cent per request The protocol powering this marketplace is the Machine Payments Protocol (MPP), from Stripe and Tempo, which lets agents pay using cards, stablecoins, or [Lightning](https://www.lightspa
AI funding boom pulls Big Four deeper into startup diligence | Mint
AI funding boom pulls Big Four deeper into startup diligence | Mint # AI funding boom pulls Big Four deeper into startup diligence 5 min read8 Apr 2026, 05:30 AM IST Increased diligence coincides with growing investor interest in AI startups, as the technology threatens to disrupt traditional models and the software-as-a-service model.(Reuters) Summary For investors, the founder's pedigree, market size, product, and financials do not suffice. They want to know how the data is sourced, how AI models were trained, how reliable the outputs are, and whether customers are seeing real value. When Raunak Bhinge first approached institutional investors seeking funding for Infinite Uptime, the pitch was straightforward: much of India’s factory equipment was still analogue, and digitising it could help manufacturers improve output. Over time, the venture pivoted from being seen as a software
Citigroup says AI helps speed account openings and systems ...
Citigroup says AI helps speed account openings and systems upgrades | Reuters Exclusive news, data and analytics for financial market professionalsLearn more aboutRefinitiv Citi Bank logo appears in this illustration taken December 1, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab - Summary - Companies - Citigroup is using AI to speed internal processes - Bank is sh
Klarna Fires 700 People Due to AI
Klarna fired 700 people for AI and then admitted they messed up and started rehiring.
Anthropic in Talks to Invest $200 Million in New Private-Equity Venture
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Forecasting financial distress in dynamic environments AI adoption signals and temporally pruned training windows
arXiv:2512.02510v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Forecasting corporate financial distress increasingly requires capturing firms' adoption of transformative technologies such as artificial intelligence, yet model performance remains vulnerable to temporal distribution shifts as these technologies diffuse. This study investigates whether firm-level artificial intelligence (AI) adoption proxies improve forecasting performance beyond standard accounting fundamentals. Using a panel of Chinese A-share non-financial firms from 2007 to 2023, we construct AI indicators from textual disclosures and patent data. We benchmark six machine learning classifiers under a strictly chronological design that fixes the final test year and progressively prunes the training history to capture temporal change. Results indicate that AI proxies consistently improve out-of-sample discrimination and reduce Type II errors, with the strongest gains in tree-based ensembles. Predictive performance is non-monotonic in training window length; models trained on recent data outperform those using full history, while single-year training proves unreliable. Explainability analyses reveal financial ratios as primary drivers, with AI adoption signals adding incremental forecasting content whose interpretation as a risk factor varies across training regimes. Our findings establish AI proxies as valuable predictors for distress screening and demonstrate that adaptive, temporally pruned forecasting windows are essential for robust early warning models in rapidly evolving technological and economic environments.
Federal Court Grants CFTC Sole Jurisdiction Over Kalshi, Boosting Prediction Markets Nationwide
A federal appeals court granted the CFTC exclusive jurisdiction over Kalshi’s event contracts, potentially reshaping the regulatory landscape for prediction markets.
Kazakh Financial Watchdog Urges Firms to Use Local Messenger
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Klarna fired 700 people for AI and then admitted they messed up and started rehiring
Klarna's attempt to replace staff with AI led to significant operational issues, forcing the company to begin rehiring.
UK considers testing AI models used by banks
Starling Bank executive proposed independent assessment to ensure minimum standards
AI is moving fast. CFOs have a narrow window to shape its value
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JPMorgan: $725 Billion AI Spending Surge Signals Opportunity As Dimon Warns On Inflation And Geopolitical Risks
JPMorgan has highlighted a projected $725 billion surge in artificial intelligence-driven capital spending as a key economic tailwind, according to CEO Jamie Dimon’s annual shareholder letter. The outlook underscores accelerating investment by hyperscalers and the growing importance of digital infrastructure, even as Dimon cautioned that inflation and geopolitical tensions could reshape global markets. The post JPMorgan: $725 Billion AI Spending Surge Signals Opportunity As Dimon Warns On Inflation And Geopolitical Risks appeared first on Pulse 2.0.
OpenAI veterans launch $100M VC fund Zero Shot, already flagging AI trends they say are technically unfeasible - Silicon Canals
Zero Shot, a new venture capital fund founded by former OpenAI engineers and product leaders, has closed its first funding toward a $100 million target. The
Cathay FHC advances AI Adoption across the group with OpenAI - The Korea Herald
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Oracle appoints new CFO amid restructuring, AI buildout
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Federal Court Grants CFTC Sole Jurisdiction Over Kalshi, Boosting Prediction Markets Nationwide
A federal appeals court granted the CFTC exclusive jurisdiction over Kalshi's event contracts, potentially reshaping the regulatory landscape for prediction markets.
Jamie Dimon Warns Investors Over Risks From War and Threat of Rising Inflation
In his annual letter to shareholders, Jamie Dimon, the chief executive of JPMorgan Chase, said investors and businesses faced a series of challenges.
Jamie Dimon Warns of Higher Inflation, Interest Rates From Iran War
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FinancialContent - The March Washout: Inside the Nasdaq 100’s 8% Correction and the End of the ‘AI Free Lunch’
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Private equity buyouts slump as AI fears and war dent dealmaking
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OpenAI alums have been quietly investing from a new, potentially $100M fund
Former OpenAI employees are reportedly managing a new investment fund with a target of up to $100 million.
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The investment management team at Bath Savings Trust Company puts client communication first in an increasingly AI-driven world.
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Zero Shot, a new VC fund founded by OpenAI alumni, is raising $100 million for its first fund according to TechCrunch ... The launch reflects a broader pattern of AI lab veterans transitioning into venture capital to back emerging AI startups
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American Banker's 2026 AI Talent Shift survey finds that most institutions upped spending on artificial intelligence by at least 10% over the last year.
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Who We Serve Solutions Capabilities Insights About Us Support How connected intelligence becomes the essential input for AI-powered risk decisions - Copy link Link Copied! - Share on X - Share on LinkedIn - Email ## AI has changed the speed of decisions, but not the cost of getting them wrong The world is entering an era
AI, Valuations and the U.S. Market - TD Bank
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The Rise Of AI In Investment Banking | Investment Banking Course Insights
Explore how AI is transforming investment banking, reshaping analyst roles, and why an investment banking course prepares you for future-ready careers in finance.
Here are the AI developments that finance pros should be tracking
Here are the AI developments that finance pros should be tracking | MIT Sloan AI at WorkResearch and insights powering the intersection of AI and business, delivered monthly. Yes, I’d also like to subscribe to the Thinking Forward newsletter Email Leave this field blank Artificial intelligence and machine learning are rapidly redefining the financial landscape, unlocking new opportunities but also introducing complex challenges for financial institutions, investors, and regulators. “This is definitely not business as usual,” said Andrew W. Lo, an MIT Sloan professor of finance and director of the MIT Laboratory for Financial Engineering. “We’re living through an inflection point in technology, but what exactly is that inflection point? And when and how will it impact specific business lines and companies?” Lo’s new executive education class — [Artificial Int
Yuzu Health: $35 Million Raised For Health Insurance Infrastructure Platform
Yuzu Health, a next-generation third-party administrator focused on modernizing the infrastructure behind health insurance plans, announced it has raised $35 million in Series A funding, bringing its total capital raised to $40 million. The round was led by General Catalyst and Chemistry, with participation from Anthropic’s Anthology Fund, Bain Future Back Ventures, Timeless Ventures, Lachy Groom, and Neo. As part of the investment, Alex Tran, Managing Director at General Catalyst, will join the company’s board of directors. The post Yuzu Health: $35 Million Raised For Health Insurance Infrastructure Platform appeared first on Pulse 2.0.
A new Goldman Sachs report analyzing past technology waves warns AI-displaced workers face potentially steep economic pain
Goldman Sachs looked at decades of worker displacement in fields hit by new technology.
‘Defining moment for global order’: JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon flags war, trade and AI risks - BusinessToday
Dimon placed particular emphasis on the potential economic consequences of fighting in Iran. Any escalation, he suggested, could disrupt energy supplies and commodity markets, potentially prolonging inflationary pressures that financial markets may not have fully priced in.
JPMorgan CEO Dimon warns of geopolitical, regulatory and AI risks | NYSE:JPM, XETRA:CMC
JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM, XETRA:CMC)’s CEO Jamie Dimon used his latest annual letter to shareholders to outline a range of risks facing the global...
The Ultimate Beginner’s Guide to AI Crypto Trading with Claude | by Kavindu Koralage | The Finance Edge | Apr, 2026 | Medium
Claude is an AI model built by Anthropic, and it’s quickly becoming the go-to AI tool for serious traders. Unlike basic chatbots, Claude goes far beyond answering questions.
Weekly|Funda AI Agent Platform Launched, Memory LTAs, SpaceX, and more
We skipped last week’s Weekly to focus on a major upgrade to our Agent platform. Now, our Funda AI Agent Platform is live and accessible to all Substack subscribers, with many useful financial research tools.
Polymarket took down wagers tied to rescue of downed Air Force officer
Polymarket removed betting markets related to the rescue of a downed Air Force officer following controversy.
The Fed Isn't Cutting Rates Anytime Soon. Here's What That Means for Your Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stocks in 2026. | The Motley Fool
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Musk Forces Banks to Use Grok, Ahead of SpaceX IPO
Many of the banks involved in SpaceX's potential $2 trillion IPO have allegedly agreed to spend 'tens of millions' on xAI's controversial chatbot. Elon Musk is reportedly forcing banks, auditors, and law firms working on the upcoming SpaceX IPO to subscribe to X’s controversial in-house chatbot Grok. As per reports by The New York Times, many of the banks involved in the offering, … Topic group: Economics & Markets
I'm a VC who bets on AI. What keeps me up at night isn't the idea of these companies failing—quite the opposite | Fortune
I've stopped asking, "which AI company should I back?" Instead, I've started asking which problems the major players are ignoring.
AI agents promise to 'run the business,' but who is liable if things go wrong?
Vendors tout the potential, but responsibility remains unclear "You can't blame it on the box," says the boss of a UK financial regulator. What about the people who sold you the box? Good luck with that, says a global tech analyst.…
Crypto x AI Updates
@chainalysis rolled out new AI Blockchain Intelligence Agents that automate investigations and compliance using natural language, integrating directly with their on-chain data stack for law enforcement and financial institutions.
Musk asks SpaceX IPO banks to buy Grok AI subscriptions, NYT reports
Elon Musk is requiring banks and other advisers working on SpaceX’s planned IPO to buy subscriptions to Grok, his artificial intelligence chatbot, the New York Times reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter.
Visa Unveils AI Tools for Credit Card Dispute Process
Visa is launching six AI-powered tools to revamp the credit-card dispute process, aiming to speed up decisions and reduce manual reviews.
Elon Musk Requires Banks Behind SpaceX IPO to Buy Grok Subscriptions
Elon Musk requires banks behind SpaceX's IPO to buy Grok subscriptions, highlighting the growing importance of AI in the financial sector.
Visa Unveils AI Tools to Revolutionize Credit Card Dispute Process Amid Rising Fraud
Visa is launching six AI-powered tools to revamp the credit-card dispute process, aiming to speed up decisions and reduce manual reviews. This initiative is part of Visa's broader strategy to integrate AI into its financial infrastructure, targeting a significant reduction in fraud-related losses and improved margins for banks and merchants. Topic group: Adoption & Impact
The Sequence Opinion #836: Insurance for AI Agents
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Numos: $4.25 Million Raised For AI Finance Platform Built For CFO Trust
Numos, an AI platform designed for enterprise finance teams, announced it has raised $4.25 million in seed funding led by General Catalyst, with participation from Operator Collective. The company is building a platform that integrates with existing finance systems to continuously analyze transactions across accounting tools, billing platforms, data warehouses, and spreadsheets, enabling faster and more strategic decision-making. The post Numos: $4.25 Million Raised For AI Finance Platform Built For CFO Trust appeared first on Pulse 2.0. Topic group: Adoption & Impact