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Ian Kar

Ian Kar

Benzinga Staff Writer

Articles by Ian Kar

Forget The Hoodie Hacker — Visa Says Today's Criminals Look More Like AI-Powered Startups
Forget The Hoodie Hacker — Visa Says Today's Criminals Look More Like AI-Powered Startups
Visa's Fall 2025 Threats Report reveals the rise of AI-powered financial crimes, as scammers use sophisticated tools and tactics to evade detection.
Why AI Agents Can Buy Your Groceries, But Not Much Else Yet
Why AI Agents Can Buy Your Groceries, But Not Much Else Yet
Major payment companies are in the merchant acceptance phase of agentic commerce, with platforms like Shopify and PayPal driving protocol adoption despite awareness and fraud challenges.
OpenAI CEO Warns Bankers Of A New Rise In Voice Fraud
OpenAI CEO Warns Bankers Of A New Rise In Voice Fraud
OpenAI CEO warns that AI voice cloning poses a huge threat to financial security. Regulators and banks must adapt to new authentication methods.
Why Xero Took A $2.5 Billion Bet On This B2B Payments Startup
Why Xero Took A $2.5 Billion Bet On This B2B Payments Startup
Xero's $2.5B Melio deal isn't just about scale—it's about buying a viral payments network, a rare fraud stack, and platform partnerships that could finally help Xero challenge Intuit in the U.S. SMB accounting wars.
Goldman Sachs Gave Every Employee An AI Assistant—Here's What It Does
Goldman Sachs Gave Every Employee An AI Assistant—Here's What It Does
Goldman Sachs has launched its in-house generative AI assistant across the entire firm, aiming to boost productivity and streamline workflows for thousands of employees. Here's how this move positions Goldman at the forefront of Wall Street's AI revolution.
The AI Quant Tool From Microsoft Everyone's Suddenly Talking About
The AI Quant Tool From Microsoft Everyone's Suddenly Talking About
Microsoft's open-source AI quant fund tech rockets up the charts as the platform turns quant investing into an autonomous, AI-driven, powerhouse.
BankGPT: Why Open-Source AI May Reshape Future Of Financial Services
BankGPT: Why Open-Source AI May Reshape Future Of Financial Services
Rise of open-source AI in financial institutions as Deepseek releases free state-of-the-art model. Banks can build their own AI for security, data value, and monetization opportunities.
Bank Of America Bets Big On AI With $4 Billion Investment—And It's Already Paying Off
Bank Of America Bets Big On AI With $4 Billion Investment—And It's Already Paying Off
Trump's Tariffs Just Slammed The IPO Window Shut For Fintech
Trump's Tariffs Just Slammed The IPO Window Shut For Fintech
It was shaping up to be a domino year—if one IPO popped, others like Stripe, Ramp, and Brex could follow. But now, the opposite seems likely.
ANALYSIS: Deepseek's AI Innovations Should Help Nvidia, Not Hurt It
ANALYSIS: Deepseek's AI Innovations Should Help Nvidia, Not Hurt It
US markets frenzy over Chinese AI company Deepseek's model, causing chipmakers' stocks to drop. But experts say it's a buying opportunity.
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