Tagged: interview

June 18, 2025 @ 7:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Web3 still relies on centralized infrastructure to run applications and AI models, creating major challenges for users and developers. Chris Jenkins, Operations Lead at Pocket Network, shared insights with CI about how Web3 can improve dapps and AI products, and how open data frameworks will… Read More

June 3, 2025 @ 9:20 am By Omar Faridi  |  

As banks and payment processors look for new ways to attract and retain merchants, bundled services are becoming more common. U.S. Bank recently announced a bundled service that allows businesses to use mobile card readers and provides same-day funding and availability of funds. This setup,… Read More

May 26, 2025 @ 4:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Funding doesn’t turn a bad product into a good one. Yet for too long, the venture world has rewarded inflated hype and charismatic founders over real technical feasibility. Howard Lee Mosbacker, PhD, Co-founder and CEO of Columbus-based Cyrannus, a venture polling platform that provides accredited… Read More

May 21, 2025 @ 2:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

  Now that we’re into the T+1 settlement transition, the industry has gained enough experience to share meaningful observations about what this change has meant for market participants. Rich Robinson, chairman of ISITC, a securities industry standards group,  has been closely engaged with member firms… Read More

May 18, 2025 @ 11:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Pyth Network, the “universal” price layer powering the so-called next generation of finance, recently announced its partnership with Sygnum Bank, a global digital asset banking group and key player in institutional finance. By joining the Pyth ecosystem as a partner, Sygnum brings its price data… Read More

May 13, 2025 @ 9:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently caught up with Chris Connell, CEO of Quire, a cloud-based report-writing platform that streamlines workflows for environmental, engineering, and compliance professionals. Chris Connell of Quire shared insights with CI on how private equity is reshaping the AEC (Architecture, Engineering, and Construction) industry and… Read More

May 9, 2025 @ 8:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

  In February, a finance worker at a multinational firm in Hong Kong was tricked by a deepfake video call into transferring over $25 million to scammers. Weeks later, a French woman lost her inheritance to a deepfake dating scam. And the list keeps growing…. Read More

May 7, 2025 @ 10:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In a space plagued by wallet drainers, phishing kits, and seed phrase scams, Vultisig enters with a simple proposition: What if seed phrases themselves are the problem? Vultisig isn’t a browser extension. It’s not a hardware device. It’s a cryptographic vault system built around threshold… Read More

May 5, 2025 @ 10:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Tokenization is no longer just an emerging digital technology trend. It’s becoming more widely adopted, and its ecosystem is expanding steadily. Many more companies, including Polymath, are now focused on the regulated side of this transformative shift. We sat down with Vincent Kadar, CEO of… Read More

May 3, 2025 @ 11:03 am By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently connected with Alice Li, the Head of North America of Foresight Ventures, a crypto VC that bridges East and West. With a research-driven approach and offices in the US and Singapore, they claim to be a key player focused on crypto investment and incubation. During our… Read More

May 1, 2025 @ 11:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

  Bill Zielke, Chief Revenue Officer at BitPay, the world’s provider of Bitcoin and cryptocurrency payment services, has shared key insights with CI on how stablecoins are gaining traction and how they can be leveraged to enhance operations. While stablecoins are typically affiliated with the broader… Read More

April 27, 2025 @ 9:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bridging traditional finance or TradFi and decentralized finance or DeFi comes with great challenges, like regulation. SilentSwap, a cross-chain aggregator that sources liquidity from multiple decentralized platforms, is working to solve this challenge. On SilentSwap, institutional investors can engage with DeFi‘s products and services without… Read More

April 15, 2025 @ 10:15 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Gradient Labs is an AI company that has built (what they claim to be) the only safe AI customer service agents for regulated industries, including financial services, fintech, and insurance. While AI-powered customer service isn’t new, regulated industries have been left behind due to strict… Read More

April 8, 2025 @ 8:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

  The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) recent shutdown caused a ripple across the industry and calls into question many regulations, including the status of the October open banking ruling. As the situation continues to evolve, CI caught up with Aaron Byrne, Head of Financial… Read More

April 4, 2025 @ 8:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Clearing House recently announced an update regarding their Real Time Payments (RTP) network transaction limit being raised from $1M to $10M. Bank of New York Mellon (BNY) has successfully leveraged this advancement and completed the largest instant payment in US history, a $10M inter-company… Read More

March 30, 2025 @ 7:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Rohan Misra, Head of GCC and Senior Executive Officer (SEO) of AMINA Bank in Abu Dhabi Global Market, has shared key insights with CI. As DeFi continues to reshape the financial landscape, numerous initiatives and hubs are emerging to harness the opportunities of this digital… Read More

March 28, 2025 @ 9:10 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Fake IDs are often associated with teenagers trying to buy alcohol or sneak into clubs. But beyond these everyday infractions lies a much more dangerous reality—one that threatens national security, financial systems, and even public health. As identity fraud becomes more sophisticated, so too must… Read More

March 25, 2025 @ 8:04 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ever faced frustrating wait times with your bank’s customer service or wished for 24/7, personalized financial support? The solution lies in the next innovative wave: Agentic AI. Agentic AI represents a leap in technology—an autonomous system that not only sets goals but also analyzes, decides,… Read More

March 20, 2025 @ 9:03 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Cainam Ventures is a Fintech startup that is focused on enhancing autonomous digital asset trading. Guided by its mission to support the onramp to agentic financial portfolio construction for digital asset investors, Cainam says that it leverages artificial intelligence (AI), large language models (LLMs), and… Read More

March 6, 2025 @ 12:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Following the recent updates on the surge in cryptocurrency ETFs, we recently caught up with Manthan Dave, Co-founder of Palisade, a digital assets custodian backed by enterprise blockchain firm Ripple. Manthan Dave from Palisade shared key insights on the potential for more crypto ETFs beyond… Read More