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From AI Experimentation to AI as Usual: What It Takes to Scale AI in Banking
It has become much easier to experiment with AI. Teams can test new tools quickly, build prototypes and explore applications that would have taken much longer to develop only a …
From AI Pilots to Responsible Adoption: What Financial Services Needs Next
Artificial intelligence has no shortage of attention in financial services. Across banks, fintechs, regulators and technology companies, organisations are experimenting with new tools, testing use cases and exploring what AI …
What Do Payments Professionals Need to Know About Agentic Payments?
There is already plenty of discussion about what AI agents may eventually be able to do. For someone working in payments, a more useful question is: What do I actually …
What Singapore Gets Right About Building an AI-Ready Workforce
Singapore’s approach to AI is compelling because it treats AI not simply as a technology agenda, but as a workforce and inclusion agenda. Its ambition to develop 100,000 “AI Bilingual” …
AI Agents Are Getting Wallets. What Does That Mean for Payments?
Much of the innovation in payments over the past decade has focused on making it easier for people to pay. Contactless cards reduced friction at the point of sale. Digital …
The EU AI Act’s August 2026 Milestone: Is Your Workforce AI Literate?
Why financial institutions need role-specific AI capability, not one-size-fits-all training On 2 August 2026, the EU AI Act enters another major phase of application. The EU AI Act is the …
Global Women in AI Launches Hong Kong Chapter at LEAP East 2026
KEY TAKEAWAYS Global Women in AI officially launched its Hong Kong chapter on 9 July 2026 at LEAP East, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. Only a small fraction of …
Agentic AI in Financial Services: Governance Has to Move From Policy to Operating Model
Today, CFTE hosted a webinar with Dr David R. Hardoon, PhD, CFTE Senior Advisor, Data and AI leader, and former Chief Data Officer at the Monetary Authority of Singapore, on …
AI Governance Is Not the Brake. It Is the Way Forward.
Reflections from CFTE’s conversation with Dr David R. Hardoon in Abu Dhabi There is a familiar problem inside many organisations trying to use AI. The business wants to move quickly.The …
UK Finance and CFTE Launch New Offering to Build AI Capability Across UK Financial Services
The offering brings together two distinct components: the AI Leadership Academy for senior leaders, and applied workshops for specific financial-services functions. Together, they are designed to help firms of all …
Building the Human Infrastructure for the UK’s Agentic AI Economy
By Tram Anh Nguyen, Co-founder, CFTE, and Chairwoman, Global Women in AI The UK’s AI objectives are changing. It is no longer only a question of ambition, innovation or adoption. …
Mythos Has Arrived: Why Financial Services Must Prepare for Exponential AI
Centre for Finance, Technology and Entrepreneurship | 9 June 2026 Today, Anthropic released Claude Fable 5 and Claude Mythos 5. This is not just another AI launch. It is one …
AI Governance in Finance: Why Responsible AI Is Now a Strategic Priority
Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping financial services. From credit scoring and insurance pricing to fraud detection, algorithmic trading, compliance and wealth management, AI is becoming embedded in the systems that …
Mythos Got the Headlines. Exponential AI Is the Real Story Reshaping Financial Services. How to Prepare Before the Next Mythos Moment.
Published by CFTE | 1 June 2026 Mythos alarmed regulators, central banks and bank leaders globally. The institutions treating it as a one-off event are misreading the situation. AI capability …
Exponential AI and Financial Services: A Free Course
In early 2026, Mythos sent alarm bells across central banks, regulators, and financial institutions worldwide. Not because of how it became known, but because of what it could do. Mythos …
AI Adoption Is Becoming an Operating Model Challenge
Last week, Tram Anh Nguyen, Co-Founder of CFTE and Founder of Global Women in AI, joined an important conversation hosted by 100 Women in Finance and the Barclays Innovation Hub …
CFTE Appoints Dr David R. Hardoon as Senior Advisor to Strengthen AI Governance and Capability Building in Financial Services
The appointment strengthens CFTE’s advisory expertise at the intersection of AI governance, responsible adoption and institutional capability building. London, 22 May 2026 CFTE, the Centre for Finance, Technology and Entrepreneurship, …
Women in AI Leadership and the Age of Reinvention: Reflections from the Women in Payments 2026 Symposium
By Tram Anh Nguyen Co-founder, CFTE (Centre for Finance, Technology and Entrepreneurship) | Chairwoman, Global Women in AI Closing keynote delivered at the 60th Women in Payments UK-EU Symposium, London, …
Carlos Valderrama: Building Legal AI That Works in Practice
At the Financial Conduct Authority AI Lab Supercharged Academy, delivered in collaboration with CFTE, Carlos Valderrama, Founder and CEO of Legal Paradox®, was recognised for his outstanding work in applying …
Simran Singh: AI Governance Is Now About Systems
AI governance is entering a new phase. For many years, conversations around artificial intelligence in financial services focused heavily on the performance of individual models. Institutions asked whether a model …