Press & Insights
Recon Group AI progress and trends from the fintech world
PRESS JANUARY 2026
Hard finance
lessons of 2025
2025 showed the world that falling behind is no longer about size or resources. In a faster and more demanding economy, the winners are the ones who have control and visibility.
Hidden losses became material
Across banks, supply chains, public institutions and global enterprises, leakage and unnoticed discrepancies moved from background noise to balance-sheet reality. What had long been dismissed as “operational issues” became board-level risks.
AI adoption without thinking
2025 was the year businesses raced to adopt AI, without fully considering why and how. Organisations automated faster than they could fully justify in finance, logistics, procurement and compliance. But 2025 made one thing clear: speed without oversight isn’t efficiency; it’s exposure.
Public money entered the age of verification
Governments and international institutions began demanding proof rather than narratives. Across everything from sustainability funding to large-scale grants, the question “Where does the money go?” could no longer be avoided.
Reports and sources on risks, control and scaling in 2026
Forbes – governance och risk i 2026
PwC. Risk Agenda for Assurance Functions
What will matter 2026
The macro signals that will define the year ahead
Speed Isn’t the
advantage anymore
Financial systems will move even faster in 2026. Payments, procurement flows, settlement networks and supply chains all accelerate while the ability to oversee them does not. The gap between velocity and visibility will increase, with a corresponding decrease in margins and profits.
AI moves from helping,
to making
The organisations that win will be those that can govern the intelligence they deploy. 2026 becomes the year AI takes responsibility for decisions. Not just summarising, but validating, matching, allocating and explaining, leading to insights that can drive informed decisions.
From “show me the report”
to “show me the proof”
Regulators, investors, C-suites and governments will expect real-time evidence of how money moves, why decisions were made and whether flows match intent. Trust becomes measurable. Narratives lose value.
Financial speed + 20%
Oversight only + 5%
As financial flows accelerate faster than control systems can follow, the gap becomes a source of risk, not efficiency. 2026 will reward organisations that strengthen oversight as quickly as they scale activity.
If anything.
Rember this
The world will move faster, question more, trust less and reward only what can be proven.
