Had fun delivering my keynote on what I called "Explainable Fintech" at the Luxembourg Future Federated Fintech Conference (F3C2025).
I covered some of our joint research with ING Bank, the broader work on FinTech happening at the TU Delft Fintech Lab, and challenges related to reliability, security, and sustainability.
Slides: https://speakerdeck.com/avandeursen/explainable-fintech-a-transdisciplinary-perspective
Stifel hit with $132M penalty, vows to challenge ruling - published 13 Mar 2025 #NYSE #Tech #FinTech #Grafa #Investment
https://grafa.com/news/fintech-stifel-hit-with--132m-penalty--vows-to-challenge-ruling-397055?utm_source=us_news_en&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=397055
Lightspeed Venture Partners: Accelerating innovation 
Multi-stage VC firm backing global companies across key sectors
#LightspeedVP #VentureCapital #Enterprise #Fintech #Health
#innovation #business #earlystage
https://masonq.com/2025/03/13/vc-this-week-%f0%9f%9a%80-lightspeed-venture-partners/
I’m interested in meeting with leaders of member-owned/cooperative regulated financial institutions (such as credit unions) interested in zero-margin payments and an R&D grant to explore the idea.
Know someone? Please send them my way. Boosts appreciated.
How a Virginia credit union got onboard with sending real-time payments
Green Dot considers sale as CEO exits
The embedded finance company, which posted a loss last year, hired Citi to explore its strategic options and named an interim CEO.
https://www.paymentsdive.com/news/green-dot-citi-strategic-review-sale-ceo-exit-gresham/742096/
A centralized defense against payments fraud is essential, and urgent
Papaya Global adds Citi as partner
The payroll and payments services provider that has been working with JPMorgan Chase now calls Citibank a sponsor as well.
https://www.paymentsdive.com/news/papaya-global-Citibank-partnership-global-payments-payroll/741990/
Wells Fargo sues JPMorgan over $481M CRE loan
JPMorgan failed to conduct due diligence on the commercial real estate loan, then quickly offloaded the risk, “taking home millions of dollars of fees in the process,” Wells asserted.
https://www.bankingdive.com/news/wells-fargo-sues-jpmorgan-481m-cre-loan/742138/
Banks get a backup plan for quantum security
https://www.americanbanker.com/news/banks-get-a-backup-plan-for-quantum-security
Intuit rolls out phone tap, recurring payments
The financial software company says it’s focused on devising new methods for small business owners to be paid faster.
https://www.paymentsdive.com/news/intuit-phone-tap-card-recurring-payments-small-business/742064/
New paper online, open access:
‘AI, insurance, discrimination and unfair differentiation: an overview and research agenda’
By Marvin van Bekkum, Tom Heskes, and me.
Brazilian challenger Nubank has teamed up with #ChatGPT developer OpenAI to enhance “both customer experiences and internal efficiency”, according to a statement from OpenAI.
Crypto and VC firms led to SVB's failure, researchers say
https://www.americanbanker.com/news/new-paper-hangs-march-2023-failures-on-business-model-risks
Rocket Companies, a financial services and consumer lending firm based in Detroit, US, has agreed to acquire digital real estate brokerage Redfin for $1.75 billion in an all-stock deal.
'Fintechs need to be doing more': Nonbanks work on self-rule
https://www.americanbanker.com/news/fintechs-need-to-be-doing-more-nonbanks-work-on-self-rule
