9fin hired former JPMorgan digital chief Huw Richards to lead client strategy, aiming to embed its AI platform into bank workflows.
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9fin hired former JPMorgan digital banking chief Huw Richards to lead its institutional client strategy, the company said.
The move signals a deliberate shift toward embedding 9fin's data platform directly into the workflows of large banks and asset managers. Richards had run digital transformation at JPMorgan. He understands the procurement cycles and integration constraints that determine whether an external platform gains adoption or stays peripheral, the company said.
9fin said more than 350 banks, asset managers, law firms and advisers use its platform daily. The company has positioned its proprietary data as the layer that makes its AI outputs more reliable than general-purpose models trained on public information.
The debt markets data space has grown more competitive. Bloomberg and Refinitiv compete for the workflow of credit analysts and portfolio managers. A set of specialist credit intelligence providers also competes, and AI-native firms like 9fin have built on large language models rather than retrofitting them onto legacy systems.
Richards's experience at JPMorgan positions him to address governance and vendor-concentration risks that financial institutions face under DORA and FCA operational resilience rules, the company said.
“In over 30 years in debt capital markets, I've not seen a moment as pivotal as this one for unlocking data-led insight,” Richards said. “AI's potential is only fully unlocked when it's grounded in trusted, proprietary data. 9fin has both. The opportunity now is to connect that data directly to the AI-driven workflows of the world's largest institutions.”
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