New year, new threats… Except some aren’t so new; they’ve been years in the making. As the future of financial services evolves from relying on traditional banking to other platforms, securing our future requires practitioners to be more strategic than the threat actors after our assets. Join Aleksandr Yampolskiy and Jeff Lunglhofer for their take on: SecurityScorecard monitors and scores over 12 million companies worldwide.

For most leadership teams, the question is no longer if they’ll use AI, but how to turn it into measurable business value. Success hinges on the APIs that feed, govern, and scale AI initiatives — and whether your strategy is built for speed, security, and cost efficiency. From accelerating product development to delivering real-time customer experiences, the business case for AI is clear. But without the right API strategy, AI initiatives risk falling short — driving up costs, creating compliance gaps, and limiting ROI.