ING Completes Europe’s First Fully Agentic Transaction
An AI agent has completed what ING describes as Europe’s first end-to-end agentic payment transaction, making a milestone for the future of autonomous commerce. The demonstration, conducted at Money 20/20 with Worldline and Mastercard, showed that Europe’s existing payment rails are already capable of supporting AI-driven purchases. But questions around trust, security, and consumer adoption […]
As Cybersecurity Gets Smarter, Fraud Prevention Still Depends on Humans
The rise of advanced artificial intelligence has intensified concerns about cybersecurity worldwide. Yet amid warnings about sophisticated digital threats, financial institutions are also finding value in a decidedly human defense—frontline employees trained to spot the warning signs of fraud. The New York Times reported that many bank tellers have intervened when customers approached them with […]
As Crypto Challengers Emerge, Banks Turn to Tokenized Deposits
Digital assets have largely achieved the mainstream adoption the industry has long hoped for. However, this success has created a new challenge for banks, raising concerns that vital customer deposits could be siphoned off by crypto firms. That pressure has made modernization imperative. One of the central debates for banks is whether to leverage existing […]