Day in the life: Rodrigo Suarez drives innovation at Piermont Bank

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Banks are giving AI agents more work while keeping a close eye on how far they can go

• Banks are giving AI agents more responsibility while keeping humans in control of key decisions.
• With regulatory guidance on AI still taking shape, banks are using their individual existing risk frameworks to keep agent autonomy in check.

10-Q, Member Exclusive

NVIDIA bought Hugging Face. What happens to banks when AI models become open?

• NVIDIA’s acquisition of Hugging Face could give banks greater control and flexibility over the AI models they use.
• But as AI models become more open, dependency could shift to the infrastructure powering them, creating new forms of vendor concentration and lock-in.

10-Q, Member Exclusive

Fifth Third is trying to make a bigger bank feel simpler

• Fifth Third is simplifying its lineup as it grows, giving customers clearer products built around specific financial needs.
• Its broader strategy is to expand what the bank can do while making the user experience feel increasingly simple.

Banking, Member Exclusive, Podcasts

Venture banking 3.0: How Stifel is rebuilding trust after Silicon Valley Bank

• Stifel's Katya Kohen explains how venture banking is being rebuilt into what she calls 3.0 after Silicon Valley Bank's collapse.
• She breaks down why bigger banks and neobanks each fell short of replacing SVB, and why venture debt has become essential capital for AI founders.

Member Exclusive, The Quarterly Review

The Quarterly Review: BNY’s Carl Slabicki is pushing toward practical innovation

• Carl Slabicki is Head of Commercial for Global Payments & Trade at BNY, where he leads client strategy across payments, liquidity, and trade for the firm's global commercial clients.
• This quarter, Slabicki is focused on connecting capabilities across BNY, driving practical modernization, and grounding conversations around digital assets and AI in client execution.