Reported by Steve Weisman (Excerpt shared below. To read full report, go to: https://www.forbes.com/sites/steveweisman/2026/01/25/from-mailbox-to-bank-fraud-check-theft-is-surging-and-how-to-stop-it/) While the crime may seem like something from another era, mail theft is big business. Financial‑crime analysts at the Treasury Department’s FINCEN estimate check fraud accounted for about $21 billion dollars in losses during 2023 with a substantial portion of that amount originating […]

Reported by NVIDIA (Summary shared below. To read full report, go to: https://resources.nvidia.com/en-us-2026-fsi-survey/finance-state-of-ai-report?mkt_tok=MTU2LU9GTi03NDIAAAGfkbLI9CunWi8aUHvIdIerIMHZj5K3s9PuNBVZOWZpyJVO7NU2bEMhbIgQ6-1555mXIhYM8E-0nTRKQ04ls-FztTSbaMSBde3oFrhYpCySQNto4NRI0YM-Rw) The State of AI in Financial Services: 2026 Trends survey shows that adoption of artificial intelligence in financial services is accelerating rapidly, moving well beyond experimental pilots into production use. Based on responses from more than 800 financial services professionals, 65% of […]