Banking + Payments

NatWest opens applications for a 12-week 2026 fintech programme focused on AI-driven customer experience, agentic AI, smart devices and fraud prevention.

Lloyds Banking Group and Planna launch an AI Neighbourhood Guide that delivers hyper-local insights for mortgages. Strategic implications for banks, data and ROI.

A concise guide to AI in banking: use cases, risk controls, implementation priorities, and what leaders must plan for in 2025.

How DBS turned ‘AI with a Heart’ into SGD 750M-SGD 1B in value, balancing automation, ethics, privacy and large-scale employee reskilling.

Practical guide for banks on using AI for compliance: why adoption lags, what to prepare, how roles will change, and how to deploy responsibly.

Perfios unveils a Cognitive AI OS that unifies LLMs and vision models, delivering ~30% operating cost savings, faster capital deployment and RBI-aligned explainability.

Lloyds Banking Group has added Planna’s AI Neighbourhood Guide to Lloyds and Halifax apps. Read a concise analysis of the partnership and its implications for AI-driven banking services.

How BMO uses a bilingual, secure generative AI bot to speed employee access to policy, reduce compliance risk, and deliver faster, more informed customer service.

How AI agents are reshaping banking operations and customer experience. Practical foundations and first steps for banks to capture AI-driven value.

How AI delivers competitive advantage in banking: fraud defense, hyper-personalization, operational cost savings, and governance steps executives must take now.