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Insurers pivot AI strategy toward core risk underwriting

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AI investments by insurers are now expected to generate tangible business value beyond mere efficiency. According to findings in the 2026 Evident AI Index, insurers are now embedding AI technologies into workflows that directly influence underwriting discipline and capital allocation. Christian Preece, Insurance Director at Evident, says: “For years, insurers have competed on AI ambition, […]

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Coinbase for Agents: Automating portfolio trading with AI

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Coinbase for Agents connects AI to financial execution channels to automate trading and payments directly from user portfolios. Large language models process vast quantities of data but lack direct integration with active financial portfolios. Individuals frequently employ these models to evaluate market developments or research investment opportunities. These software tools possess the capacity for complex

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Visa ChatGPT integration enables AI agent retail purchasing

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Visa has linked its payment infrastructure to ChatGPT, enabling AI agents to recommend retail products and execute financial transactions. The deployment removes human intervention from the final stages of the retail funnel. Autonomous agents will now process user prompts, evaluate merchant catalogues, and complete the checkout process using Visa’s payment rails at any supporting merchant.

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Aviva deploys AI to stop £230M in sophisticated insurance fraud

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Aviva has uncovered a record £230 million in insurance fraud claims and is using AI tools to counter the growing problem. The battleground has changed, and the culprits are also coming armed with a new generation of tools. We’re now in an environment where AI is being used not just to defend against fraud, but

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How the Right Infrastructure Unlocks Better AML Engine Performance

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Many anti-money laundering (AML) engines underperform or generate excessive false positives because of the scale and complexity of modern financial data. These unsatisfactory results are typically not due to flawed detection logic but rather to insufficient supporting infrastructure. A variety of infrastructure limitations, such as weak data pipelines, limited compute scalability, poorly performing databases, and

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Google Pay preps for AI agents with Universal Commerce Protocol

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Google Pay is overhauling its payment infrastructure for an impending wave of transactions from AI agents. The latest updates introduce the Universal Commerce Protocol and a new server architecture, positioning Google Pay as a central clearinghouse for purchases executed by autonomous agents rather than human users. AI agents – designed to perform tasks like booking

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Proving the case on day two at TechEx North America

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The AI and Big Data programme on day two of TechEx North America referred at least once to the “AI graveyard,” meaning the large number of pilots that never become durable systems. That phrase set the tone. The question was proof. The Enterprise AI Implementation, ROI and Adoption track dealt with the hard middle of

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The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Massive Deals For Medical Devices, Futuristic AI Gadgets And Frontier Labs Lead  

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Want to keep track of the largest startup funding deals in 2026 with our curated list of $100 million-plus venture deals to U.S.-based companies? Check out The Crunchbase Megadeals Board. This is a weekly feature that runs down the week’s top 10 announced funding rounds in the U.S. Check out last week’s biggest funding deal

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The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Massive Deals For Medical Devices, Futuristic AI Gadgets And Frontier Labs Lead  

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Want to keep track of the largest startup funding deals in 2026 with our curated list of $100 million-plus venture deals to U.S.-based companies? Check out The Crunchbase Megadeals Board. This is a weekly feature that runs down the week’s top 10 announced funding rounds in the U.S. Check out last week’s biggest funding deal

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Digital Banking Startup Mercury Lands $200M At $5.2B Valuation Amid Fintech Funding Uptick

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Digital banking startup Mercury has raised $200 million in a Series D round at a $5.2 billion valuation, the company announced Wednesday. That’s up 49% from the $3.5 billion valuation it achieved when announcing its $300 million Series C — which included primary and secondary funding — in March of 2025. The latest capital infusion

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