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Member Exclusive, Opinion

Who is building the modern bank?

Technology vendors are moving deeper into banks’ cores, workflows, and infrastructure, becoming part of how institutions operate.
That deeper integration creates new questions around dependency, differentiation, and how much control banks need to retain.

Sara Khairi | September 18, 2026

Finance Everywhere, Member Exclusive

SoFi Coach brings financial planning into everyday money decisions, connecting short-term choices to long-term goals.
Coach also shows how SoFi’s broader financial platform can turn those conversations into actions across saving, spending, borrowing, and investing.

Sara Khairi | September 17, 2026

AI Innovation, Banking, Member Exclusive

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.

Javarya Kamran | September 15, 2026

10-Q, Member Exclusive

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.

Sara Khairi | September 14, 2026

10-Q, Member Exclusive

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.

Sara Khairi | September 11, 2026