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Digital transformation: is NatWest leading the way or going a step too far?
A bold new move that could shake up the banking industry.
Fintech funding round-up: 27 February 2018
From the US to Brazil – stars Pagaya Investments, C2FO and RecargaPay.
ID Finance brings behavioural biometrics to fraud fight
Barcelona-based firm incorporating biometrics into its AI-based fraud scoring engine.
Bazaarvoice acquires e-commerce app provider AddStructure
Addstructure offers search and discovery apps for e-commerce merchants.
GreenKey teams with IPC to develop AI-based speech recognition solution
Will convert real-time voice into useable data for financial market participants.
NatWest in AI driven “digital human” test
In advanced testing stage of a new AI prototype called Cora.
UK Investment Association unleashes fintech accelerator
Asset management industry to get generosity from VeloCity.
Onfido to provide digital ID verification tech to Bitstamp
Onfido has been selected by Bitcoin exchange Bitstamp to provide its ID verification during onboarding.
Clinc tops $4.5m in annual revenue
Conversational AI platform in the pink and hires a chief growth officer.
Personetics AI fuels Tandem’s digital insights
Bank will use Personetics’ Cognitive Banking Brain for new offerings within its digital banking.
Onfido to power KYC for Arro Money
Identity verification firm fuels know your customer checks.
Credit Union Australia feeling Rosie with Flamingo AI insurance chatbot
Provides a service for potential new members visiting its website.
TIA Technology acquires Danish insurtech start-up goBundl
TIA’s core insurance platform will be combined with goBundl’s self-service digital frontend.
CollectAI partners with Pay360 for UK launch
Accounts receivable and debt collection management company collectAI has made inroads into the UK.
Israel Discount Bank gets AI energetic with Personetics
Cognitive Banking Brain powers AI digital financial assistant Didi.
Alibaba Cloud brings big data programme to Malaysia
To get experts to collaborate and compete in developing tech solutions.
BehavioSec boosted by $17.5m funding
Behavioural biometrics company now has total funding of almost $26 million.
Softbank seeks to steal PayPal’s plunder
A rival digital payments system?
LenddoEFL psychometric scoring solution launches in Vietnam
Entrepreneurial Finance Lab has furthered its reach across Asia.
Wipro takes minority stake in Harte Hanks
Wipro is acquiring a $9.9 million minority stake in omnichannel marketing services firm Harte Hanks.
UK cybersecurity start-ups get royal touch at Pitch@Palace
Event will be hosted by the National Cyber Security Centre and the GCHQ Cyber Accelerator.
UK government plots cryptocurrency regulations
Amidst the drama and diatribes of Davos, two politicians open their mouths.
First Data to open new fintech centre in Ireland
US payments firm also aims to hire 150 staff from around the world.
SAP invests €2bn for French fintech innovation ASAP
Its areas of interest include cloud, machine learning, blockchain, IoT and SaaS.
Fintech funding round-up: 23 January 2018
From London to Asia. Stars Anorak Technologies, Funding Societies and Mekar.
Three steps to improving customer engagement with AI
What does 2018 have in store for AI, and how can companies get the most out of it?
Exactpro completes management buyout from London Stock Exchange
They’re still friends – LSE will remain a customer of Exactpro.
Citi plays Cupid for university talent search
Shoot that fintech arrow to my heart!
UK and France governments strike accord for fintech innovation
Tech sectors plan to get closer together with a digital conference to promote deeper integration.
Featurespace now features new CFO
Starting off the new year with a new chief financial officer – Jonathan Crossfield.
Amazon taps 20 locations as finalists for second HQ
It’s the hottest competition since “The Bachelor”.
Fintech funding round-up: 18 January 2018
Featuring BB&T Corporation, Solgari and Tinkoff Bank.
Workday acquires machine learning start-up SkipFlag
SkipFlag uses deep learning to help enterprises make sense of data they collect each day.
Microsoft and Alibaba officially have AI that’s smarter than humans
They beat humans using the Stanford Question Answering Dataset – aka SQuAD.
Widiba homes in on Artificial Solutions for VR banking launch
Enter a virtual branch to carry out transactions or talk to an advisor.
Fintech Lab launches insurtech accelerator in Moscow
Nine start-ups primed for action.
TD Bank deeper in AI mix with purchase of Layer 6
Ta-da! Making its intentions clear with acquisition of Toronto-based artificial intelligence (AI) company.
AI is on!
Implementation of first uses cases around real-time contextual added-value banking notifications and offers to make their appearance in 2018.
Interview: Pranshu Maheshwari, SimpleMoney – on track for investment tracking
SimpleMoney’s co-founder explains the problem he’s out to solve and why he isn’t in the robo-advisory game.
