Just back from Finovate, Glen shares interviews with the founders of three standout first-timers: Goodbuy, FinZee AI and Doshi. Also- Best of Show winners, explainable friction, Chime banks up, and more AI than you can shake an agent at.

Links related to this episode:

Goodbuy: https://www.trygoodbuy.com/

FinZee AI: https://finzeeai.com/

Doshi: https://www.doshi.app/

Doshi's study of AI model error rates on financial queries (the top model was wrong 19% of the time!): https://www.conductbenchmark.com/

Tweezr episode: https://www.big-fintech.com/putting-an-accent-on-identity-code-modernization-and-fraud/

Finovate's announcement of Fall Best of Show winners: https://finovate.com/finovatefall-2026-best-of-show-winners-announced/

Banking Dive's take on Chime's acquisition of a bank: https://www.bankingdive.com/news/chime-buys-stride-bank-590m-acquisition-fintech/829857/

OpenAI's new financial services specific ChatGPT offering: https://openai.com/index/introducing-chatgpt-financial-services/


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