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A Tennessee grandmother who was falsely accused of bank theft crimes in North Dakota and detained for six months is suing for $10 million.
Read the original →Financial institutions are increasingly using AI in specialized workflows.
Read the original →Approved AI tools can be reused across markets. The first is a US quoting tool that speeds preliminary life underwriting.
Read the original →SimCorp's clients in the Nordics include Danske Bank Asset Management, Storebrand Asset Management and Sweden's AP funds.
Read the original →BlackRock has ended its longstanding overweight position in U.S. equities, downgrading stocks to neutral. It upgraded Treasurys for the first time in years.
Read the original →South Korean stocks opened higher Wednesday, despite overnight losses on Wall Street amid lingering concerns about artificial intelligence spending.
Read the original →Juspay, the Bengaluru-headquartered payments technology provider, is expanding its international payments business and investing in AI platforms. The company processed 400 million transactions per day and serves more than 500 enterprises and banks, with annualised total payment volume exceeding $1tn.
Read the original →US retail investors increased purchases of AI-related stocks and exchange-traded funds. Weekly net buying rose to the highest level in 15 weeks.
Read the original →European regulators are reportedly expecting AI-driven financial chaos sooner rather than later.
Read the original →Athena Technologies announced the pilot in a press release dated October 14, 2026, at 15:30. The pilot involves a sales-support AI that runs in a closed environment at Kiyo Bank.
Read the original →Toss Securities is strengthening an investment information service that uses AI to explain domestic and overseas market trends and key investment issues. The core changes are a newly introduced "Market" tab and upgraded AI features in the existing "Real-time Issues" service. The company announced the update on the 14th.
Read the original →Finatext has started a proof-of-concept trial with Medicare Life Insurance on using AI to detect fraud in insurance claims. The trial is being conducted jointly by the two companies.
Read the original →JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said during the bank's Q3 earnings call that it will not allow external AI agents to access its internal systems.
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