The Race to Fix Aging Computer Systems Heats Up With AI’s Help April 24, 2025 By Anna Irrera Kresimir Mudrovcic and his team of programmers spend months on end trawling through computer code that can be three times...
North Korean Hackers Stalk Crypto Startups Scrimping on Security March 25, 2024 By Anna Irrera and Olga Kharif It’s every cryptocurrency project’s nightmare: Well-resourced hackers — perhaps backed by a rogue state like North Korea — strike out...
Financial Services Firms Beware, Outsiders Are Cracking the Code September 17, 2021 By Anna Irrera and Iain Withers Anyone can be a banker these days, you just need the right code. Global brands from Mercedes and Amazon to...
Personal Finance Firm Credit Karma to Offer Checking Account in U.S. September 30, 2020 By Anna Irrera Personal-finance company Credit Karma said on Tuesday it would launch a checking account to U.S. members this year, making it...
Swiss Cryptocurrency Fundraiser to Pay Tezos Investors $25M to Settle Class Action September 2, 2020 By Anna Irrera and Steve Stecklow A three-year-long U.S. court battle over a cryptocurrency fundraiser, one of the largest initial coin offerings ever, has ended with...
Analysis: Fintech Funding Slides as Coronavirus Casts a Chill with Venture Capitalists July 29, 2020 By Iain Withers, Anna Irrera and Tom Wilson Aritra Chakravarty, founder of London-based online accounts and investments provider Dozens, admits it’s a tough time to be seeking up...
Financial World’s Blockchain Euphoria Gives Way to Pragmatism as Projects Stall July 17, 2019 By Anna Irrera and John McCrank Two years ago Nasdaq Inc. and Citigroup Inc. announced a new blockchain system they said would make payments of private...
Facebook Plans Global Cryptocurrency, Entry into Financial Services June 19, 2019 By Katie Paul and Anna Irrera Facebook Inc. announced ambitious plans on Tuesday to launch a new global cryptocurrency called Libra, part of an effort to...
Insurtech Lemonade Raises $300 Million; SoftBank, Allianz, Alphabet Among Investors April 11, 2019 By Anna Irrera Lemonade, the insurance company built around artificial intelligence and behavioral economics, announced the signing of a $300 million Series D...
Credit Karma Enters Auto Insurance Market October 3, 2018 By Anna Irrera Financial technology startup Credit Karma said on Tuesday it is expanding into insurance through a new service that makes it...