Rafael Ortiz

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BaFin AI monitoring to cover banks and insurers under EU rules

Germany’s BaFin will monitor how financial firms use AI, with high-risk systems such as credit scoring due for attention from 2027...

By Rafael Ortiz · 2 months ago

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ICE fixed income AI access opens through Model Context Protocol

ICE says licensed users can access its fixed income data and methodologies in AI workflows through the Model Context Protocol.

By Rafael Ortiz · 2 months ago

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Anthropic cryptography weaknesses raise bank security migration questions

Anthropic said frontier AI found weaknesses in HAWK and reduced-round AES, adding pressure on banks to map and replace embedded en...

By Rafael Ortiz · 2 months ago

Deals

Included Health Firefly acquisition set to close in third quarter 2026

Carlyle-backed Included Health agreed to buy Firefly Health, with financial terms undisclosed and closing expected in the third qu...

By Rafael Ortiz · 2 months ago

Deals

Xylem WaterFleet acquisition values EagleTree-backed firm at $200mn

Xylem has agreed to buy WaterFleet for about $200mn, adding a provider of mobile water and wastewater services for critical sites.

By Rafael Ortiz · 2 months ago

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Northrim selects Narmi for digital banking overhaul

Northrim Bank will use Narmi One to combine online account opening and digital banking for customers in Alaska and the Pacific Nor...

By Rafael Ortiz · 2 months ago

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InvestFi raises 20 million for credit union investing platform

InvestFi will use the funding to expand embedded investing for credit unions and community banks seeking to retain member deposits...

By Rafael Ortiz · 2 months ago

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Google DeepMind AlphaFold team reshuffled as AI strategy shifts

Google DeepMind has reportedly broken up the AlphaFold group as staff move to Gemini, science projects and Isomorphic Labs.

By Rafael Ortiz · 2 months ago

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American Paycheck report says behavior splits U.S. financial health

PYMNTS Intelligence found two-thirds of U.S. consumers lived paycheck to paycheck in January, with behavior widening gaps within a...

By Rafael Ortiz · 2 months ago

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ACI dLocal partnership opens Brazil and Mexico payment rails

ACI Worldwide and dLocal will give global merchants access to local payment methods in Brazil and Mexico through one integration.

By Rafael Ortiz · 2 months ago

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Wage to Wallet Index shows commuting costs reshaping hourly work

PYMNTS and WorkWhile say gas, distance and pay timing are changing which hourly shifts workers can afford to accept.

By Rafael Ortiz · 2 months ago

Deals

Big tech AI earnings face test as Nasdaq 100 nears correction

Meta, Microsoft and Amazon earnings arrive as oil rises, tech shares slide and investors question AI spending returns.

By Rafael Ortiz · 2 months ago