

When Your AI Orders Coffee: Why Agentic Payments Are Finance's Most Thrilling Yet Terrifying Frontier
By Jeremy Rodgers, Founder of Contentifai Your phone pings at 8:47 on Tuesday morning. "Running late. Ordered your flat white from Costa on Church Street instead of Pret. Queue's shorter. Ready when you arrive. Charged to Mastercard ending 4782." You didn't open an app. You didn't tap anything. You didn't even ask. Your AI agent simply knew. And paid. This isn't speculation. As of this morning, it's reality. India launched the world's first national pilot integrating its UPI


DORA and the AI Act: Strengthening Europe’s Financial Resilience in the Digital Era
1.Introduction DORA By Pierre E. Berger, Guus Elsbeek, Delphine Goens - DLA Piper The increasing digitalization of the financial sector has led to a significant reliance on ICT systems, which in turn introduces new risks to the resilience, performance and stability of the European financial system. This development prompted the introduction of the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) in 2020, which entered into application on January 17, 2025.[1] As technology and (fin)


AI and Cybersecurity: The Twin Engines Driving Global Finance
By Tracy Lai - Partner Lystar Group  As fintech scales across borders, innovation and trust will depend on mastering both intelligence and defense. Two complementary technologies, AI and cybersecurity, are emerging as the twin engines of modern finance. AI fuels efficiency and personalization, while cybersecurity preserves resilience and trust. Artificial intelligence has become the defining technology of our time, reshaping industries worldwide. Nowhere is this more evident


Challenges and Opportunities for Insurance Practitioners in the age of AI
By Dr. Francois Fong - CEO of Neo-Health Group The rapid development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology has brought significant challenges and opportunities to the prospects of insurance practitioners. Here's an analysis of AI's impact on the insurance industry and how insurance practitioners’ roles are evolving. What are the Challenges for Insurance Practitioners? Here is a non-exhaustive list of where traditional insurance agents will face competition from AI. a. P
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