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The 30-Day AI-Native Challenge: a free/freemium roadmap to real AI skills
Most people still use AI like a search box. AI-native people use it like an operating system. This is a 30-day plan to close that gap — four phases, one row per day with its own direct course link, and ten portfolio artifacts that prove you can do the work.
Fenergo hires Finastra CRO to lead global revenue expansion
Lekshmi Nair joins Fenergo as chief revenue officer, overseeing go-to-market strategy for the AI-powered client lifecycle management vendor serving financial institutions.
Your AI compliance gap is wider than your governance framework
Theta Lake CPO Dan Nadir on why firms struggle with AI governance even as adoption accelerates. What auditable AI interaction trails must include and how compliance teams should rethink accountability.
UK banks have 18 months to map third-party risks under PS26/2
The FCA, PRA, and Bank of England are enforcing PS26/2 from March 2027, requiring firms to report operational incidents and maintain registers of material suppliers. Compliance means auditable processes, not checkbox exercises.
Compliance teams ditch spreadsheets for unified EDD software
Regulators now demand proof of enhanced due diligence: documentation, decision trails, and continuous monitoring. KYC360 integrates source-of-wealth verification, adverse media screening, and UBO identification into one auditable platform to cut onboarding time by up to 80%.
Quantifind Lands $200M to Scale AI-Native Financial Crime Detection
Summit Partners leads $200M growth round for risk intelligence platform serving six of the world's top 10 Tier 1 banks. The capital funds expansion of Graphyte, an agentic middleware system designed to cut false positive rates in AML and KYC screening.
Banks face 500% token bill spike as AI pricing shifts
Royal Bank of Canada's token costs jumped 500% in one year as AI providers switched from subscriptions to per-unit billing. Here's how banks are cutting costs without ditching AI.
AI's true cost emerges as vendors end subsidies, banks hunt cheaper options
Tech companies are switching from flat-rate AI pricing to per-token charges, forcing banks to confront real costs that far exceed what they budgeted. Some have burned through a year's spend in months.
Stop scripting your salespeople into silence
Bank trainer Dave Martin revisits a 20-year-old principle: overly detailed sales scripts kill employee judgment. Clear roles and permission to think work better.
Cannes Lions: Five Ad Giants Deploy Agent Infrastructure
Nvidia, Yahoo, Palantir, Pinterest, and Fox unveiled AI agent frameworks at Cannes Lions 2026 that let agents coordinate to handle ad creation, buying, and targeting. What this means for your marketing stack.
Omnicom cuts 10,000 jobs after IPG merger closes
Omnicom CEO John Wren closed the $13B acquisition of Interpublic Group in December, eliminating iconic agency brands and slashing headcount. What comes next for the ad industry's largest consolidation.
Cannes Lions Shows AI's Shift From Hype to Creative Tool
Cannes Lions added its first AI Craft category, but award winners reveal AI is now support for human creativity, not the main event. What the shift means for ad teams.