# Interview: Cross River's Chief AI Officer Pravesh Rijal [Exclusive]

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Published: 2026-07-03T12:59:00+00:00
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## Resource

In this episode, I had the chance to speak with Cross River Bank’s chief AI officer, Pravesh Rijal , following the bank’s announcement earlier this week of its expanded partnership with Stripe to support agentic commerce . Pravesh and I had the chance to talk about: * Cross River’s announcement this Wednesday of its expanded partnership with Stripe to support card issuing for agentic commerce * What agentic commerce actually looks like for the different stakeholders in a transaction * How Cross River and Stripe’s new capabilities address some of the risks of delegating transactions to agents * How frontier developments like the ones Cross River is working on impact everyday consumers and businesses * And more! A reminder, if you’re enjoying this show, please follow, rate & review on your preferred podcast platform, as it really helps others to find the show. And if you want to help support Fintech Business Weekly and independent journalism, upgrade to a paid subscription or reach more than 92,000+ listeners by sponsoring an episode. Get full access to Fintech Business Weekly at fintechbusinessweekly.substack.com/subscribe

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