Banking,
Partner,
Podcasts
- Salient’s CEO Ari Malik bet everything on auto lending, relocated to sit next to a single customer, and now says the company has never lost a client among the roughly half of the top 20 lenders it serves.
- Malik breaks down, how AI voice agent grew into a full compliance and loss-recovery stack, why big banks are adopting AI faster than smaller fintechs, and the company got here without a sales team.
Rabab Ahsan | October 13, 2026
Business of Fintech,
Member Exclusive
- Can a bank absorb a fintech’s customers, technology, and talent without losing the product judgment and culture that made those assets valuable in the first place?
- Valley Bank’s acquisition of Bluevine puts that question into practice, with implications for product development, customer acquisition, and technology strategy.
Sara Khairi | October 13, 2026
10-Q
- This analysis tracks recent specific company developments and how markets responded, anchored to Thursday's close.
- This week’s prominent moves came from Wells Fargo, J.P. Morgan Chase, U.S. Bank, Block, and Coinbase.
Sara Khairi | October 09, 2026
Artificial Intelligence,
Banking
- At Temenos Regional Forum Americas, bankers set aside the case for modernization and focused on execution: how to modernize without disrupting critical systems, and where AI delivers measurable value.
- Launch speed, cost, and customer experience have become the yardsticks for transformation, as trust expands beyond reliability to include relevance.
Rabab Ahsan | October 08, 2026
