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Article How Synchrony is Preparing for the Arrival of Agentic Commerce
August 3, 2026 | By Dawn Kawamoto, Contributing Writer
Remember the emergence of e-commerce in the 1990s? Keep an eye on the horizon for agentic commerce, says Carol Juel, executive vice president and CEO of Synchrony Financial’s Digital Platform.
Article Inside Look: How MetLife Built an AI Platform to be a ‘Force Multiplier’
January 30, 2026 | By Dawn Kawamoto, Contributing Writer
The new AI platform, MetIQ, allows the insurance giant to plug in emerging technologies such as generative AI and agentic AI, to help the company scale its capabilities and serve as a force multiplier in advancing its strategies. We talk to EVP Bill Pappas.
Article Pursuing Returns on AI Investment at T. Rowe Price
January 5, 2026 | By Nicole Lewis, Contributing Writer
We talk with the CTO of the global asset management firm about AI training, use cases, measuring return-on-investment, and more.
Article New Fidelity Labs Chief on Developing Products More Efficiently with AI
June 16, 2025 | By Rachel Curry, Contributing Writer
"Because we can move faster with AI tools, we can actually test ideas in market quite quickly," says Evan Schnidman. "That allows for that user feedback loop to accelerate." More from our interview inside...
Article AllianceBernstein’s CAIO is Shaping the Future of Investment Management with AI
May 6, 2025 | By Nicole Lewis, Contributing Writer
We talked to AllianceBernstein’s Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer Andrew Chin about how the firm is applying AI — from traditional machine learning to generative tools — to improve investment decisions and employee efficiency.
Article Inside Look: How Experian Built a GenAI Tool in Nine Months
March 25, 2025 | By Dawn Kawamoto, Contributing Writer
Experian Assistant is a GenAI-enabled tool that helps financial services companies explore Experian’s treasure trove of data, build and deploy analytical models, monitor their performance, and accelerate new product and service offerings to the market. Here's how it came to life...
Article How $8B Ally Financial is Advancing AI, Mobile, and Personalization
March 21, 2025 | By Rachel Curry, Contributing Writer
Consumers want you "to solve a problem for them, and money is the most personal thing they have," says Satish Muthukrishnan, Chief Information, Digital and Data Officer at Ally Financial. We talk with him about the company's mobile experience, AI, and hyper-personalization.
Article BMO Financial Group Chief AI Officer on Where AI is Being Deployed, and Quantum Opportunities
March 11, 2025 | By Nicole Lewis, Contributing Writer
Kristen Milchanowski joined BMO Financial Group as Chief Artificial Intelligence and Data Officer at the BMO Financial Group in October 2024. We spoke with Milchanowski recently about how the firm has been leveraging AI internally, as well as its recent decision to join IBM's Quantum Network to access quantum computing infrastructure.
Article Scaling Up Challenge-Based Ideation at TD Bank
January 8, 2025 | By Steven Melendez
In recent years, TD Bank has harnessed its iD8 internal innovation program to crowdsource tens of thousands of ideas—from simplifying customer transactions to improving back-end processes. We speak with Vlora Muslimi, Senior Manager and head of iD8, about how challenge-based ideation has become a game changer for the bank.
Article LPL Financial Exec: New Tech Needs to be Grounded in Use Cases
November 20, 2024 | By Daniel Pereira
For over 25 years, Uma Meyyappan has been a technology executive working in wealth management and financial services, and she is a pragmatist: Even in the era of generative AI, she says, "Do not speak too broadly about the impact of technology in generic terms...be really grounded in a use...
Article Mastercard R&D Chief on AI, Spatial Computing, and Quantum
November 13, 2024 | By Scott Kirsner
For our latest research report, we spoke with Mastercard's EVP and Global Head of Research and Development, Rahul Deshpande. Deshpande discussed topics like addressing cybersecurity issues, leveraging AI for fraud prevention, and exploring trends shaping the future of commerce.
Article Forcing a Return to Office Won’t Foster More Creativity
October 7, 2024 | By Daniel Seewald, Contributing Columnist and CEO, Deliberate Innovation
JPMorgan Chase’s CEO, Jamie Dimon, recently threw another dagger at the work-from-home (WFH) movement, claiming that remote work stifles spontaneous idea generation and hinders innovation. But remote work doesn't kill creativity, asserts columnist Daniel Seewald.
Article Payment Innovation at Scale: Inside Visa’s Global Innovation Network
August 8, 2024 | By Kate Katz
Valla Vakili, Visa's Senior Vice President and Global Head of Insights and Innovation, shares how Visa's Global Innovation Network pilots groundbreaking projects in digital payments, leveraging local insights to drive global solutions, all while aligning with Visa’s overarching mission to enhance and secure the payment ecosystem.
Resource Job Description: GenAI Analyst, Citigroup
April 8, 2024
From the description: "As a Gen AI Analyst, you will be at the forefront of developing and implementing innovative artificial intelligence solutions for our organization."
Resource Job Description: Director of Generative AI, Prudential Financial
April 8, 2024
From the description: "We are seeking an experienced and forward-thinking Director of AI to spearhead the development and implementation of artificial intelligence strategies within our marketing area to gain increased productivity and overall effectiveness of our organization."
Resource Job Description: Director of Generative AI, Capital One
April 8, 2024
From the description: "Capital One is searching for an enterprising Director of Generative AI capable of directing the development of the company's generative AI platform. If selected, the chosen candidate will lead a team of AI experts focused on optimizing training pipelines, deploying large ML models, and building scalable infrastructure...
Resource Job Description: Chief AI/ML Officer, U.S. Bank
April 8, 2024
The Chief Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML) Officer will be a key partner with the Vice Chairs, Chief Digital Officer, and other key leaders in setting the strategy and related performance outcomes for the AI/ML portfolio of U.S. Bank. As a report to the Chief Digital Officer of U.S....
Resource Fidelity Investments: GenAI Today and Tomorrow
January 6, 2024
This short PPT deck looks at the state of generative AI in 2023 and poses the questions of whether it might help facilitate better knowledge management across silos of a large organization, or change the way user interfaces are designed.
Article CSAA Insurance: Making Build-Buy-Partner Decisions for AI
July 21, 2023 | By Steven Melendez
"Insurance companies are one of the original, very data-centric industries," says Debbie Brackeen, CSAA's Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer. Brackeen describes how they're investing in, and deploying, AI technology.
Article WEX: A Spectrum of AI Experimentation
July 17, 2023 | By Steven Melendez
Karen Stroup joined the $2.4 billion company in 2022 as its first Chief Digital Officer. She explains how the company is using AI to assess creditworthiness and sniff out fraud, and some of the committees involved in encouraging experimentation — with guardrails.