Money20/20 Europe brings tokenisation, AI and digital transformation into focus
Day one’s proceedings took a specific focus on the topics of AI, tokenisation and digital modernisation journeys.
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Data unleashed – five ways COOs can equip their businesses to win the data race
As advances in AI open a new frontier for the investment industry, explore how COOs can capitalise on the advantages technology has to offer.
US paytech start-up Forward lands $16m seed round
Forward aims to collaborate with SaaS firms to increase their revenue by “two to three times”.
May 2024: Top five AI stories of the month
FinTech Futures takes a look back at five of the top AI stories from May.
AI as the new frontier: empowering credit unions for future growth
How can credit unions leverage AI to help boost deposits and improve loan growth?
May 2024: Top five fintech partnership stories of the month
FinTech Futures takes a look back at five of the top fintech partnership stories of the month.
Protecting against deepfakes in the era of LLMs
FinTech Futures speaks with FinVolution about how the financial sector can tackle the threat of deepfakes.
FinovateSpring 2024: GenAI and future fraud strategies in focus on day one
Industry leaders convened in San Francisco on Tuesday to kick off FinovateSpring 2024.
Demystify Podcast: The growth of fintech in the UAE – Dubai Fintech Summit special
Dave and Dharm speak with four financial services leaders at this year’s Dubai Fintech Summit.
Cartoon: Working at the edge
Can nature be a guide on how to improve intelligence at the edge of computing networks?
Financial admin platform Osome secures $17m in mix of debt and equity funding
The Singapore-based start-up plans to utilise AI to further develop its product offerings.
AYA Bank taps SmartStream for transaction lifecycle management solution
The bank has selected SmartStream’s TLM Reconciliations Premium Digital Payments Control solution.
Former Thomson Reuters exec David Larson named Feedzai’s new CFO
Larson previously spent over eight years at Canadian multinational information corporation Thomson Reuters.
State of play: the future of credit
Alternative data sources will be key to ensuring the future of credit is affordable, inclusive, and accessible.
Traydstream hires Microsoft’s Stephan Hufnagl as new CTO
Hufnagl boasts over 20 years of cloud architecture, business strategy and engineering experience.
Indian fintech Aurionpro bolsters AI portfolio with $16.5m takeover of Arya.ai
Arya.ai offers a cloud-based PaaS that enables enterprises to develop their own AI solutions.
UK regtech ComplyAdvantage snaps up Golden to strengthen financial crime intelligence offering
The deal will also see VC firm Andreessen Horowitz become a shareholder in ComplyAdvantage.
Cartoon: Spring fever
The market appears to be investing in anything that moves with the letters “AI” in it.
FinTech Founders Video: how to forge successful fintech partnerships
Three fintech founders discuss the best ways to assess a potential partner in financial services.
Google Cloud to develop quantitative research and genAI capabilities for three new industry takers
The deals were revealed during the Google Cloud Next event in Las Vegas this week.
Empower Finance strikes deal to buy Petal with Cashalo acquisition completed
The deal for Petal is expected to close later this quarter for an undisclosed sum.
US start-up Parafin lands $125m warehouse facility from SVB and Trinity Capital
Parafin previously raised $60 million in a Series B funding round led by Singapore’s GIC in 2022.
First Abu Dhabi Bank partners Microsoft to develop new AI-powered banking capabilities
Banking-as-a-Service and Risk-as-a-Service have been cited as two “potential areas of collaboration”.
Human connection in the age of AI
Even in the age of an AI arms race, we can still reclaim what is uniquely human: our empathy.
Video: Quinte at Fintech Meetup 2024 – Hyperautomation in banking
At Fintech Meetup, we spoke with Quinte Financial Technologies about the benefits of hyperautomation for banks.
Video: FinovateEurope 2024 – What’s hot and what’s not in fintech
We ask three industry professionals what’s hot and what’s not in the fintech sector this year.
What the FinTech? | S.5 Episode 4 | The future of digital identity
In this episode of the podcast, we’re joined by Pinar Alpay, Chief Product and Marketing Officer at Signicat.
Video: FinovateEurope 2024 – The top trends to watch in fintech
Three industry professionals discuss which fintech trends the industry should be keeping an eye on.
Anna Money acquires Aussie business spend management fintech GetCape
With the deal, Anna Money says it plans to introduce a “smart business current account and debit card”.
Video: Banking in 2024 – the key digital transformation trends shaping the industry
Industry experts take a deep dive into the biggest tech trends driving the banking industry in 2024.
Video: Kern AI at FinovateEurope 2024 – The importance of data-centric RAG
At FinovateEurope 2024, we spoke with Johannes Hötter, CEO and co-founder of Kern AI.
Going for gold: when fintech meets the Olympics
With the Paris Olympics on the horizon, we take a look at the relationship between the event and fintech.
What the FinTech? | S.5 Episode 3 | Quantum computing in financial services
In this episode of the podcast, we’re joined by Dr Philip Intallura, Head of Quantum Technologies at HSBC.
Finnish fintech Basware names new CIO and head of AI
Barrett Schiwitz joins as CIO and Anssi Ruokonen as director of AI research and enablement.
FinovateEurope 2024: Tech demos, AI and tokenisation dominate day one
Industry innovators and thought leaders gathered in London on Tuesday for the opening day of FinovateEurope.
Nottingham Building Society taps MQube for AI-powered mortgage origination platform
MQube claims its Origo solution can assess around 20,000 data points in real time.
AI wars: a new hope or the phantom menace?
A deep dive into the practical uses of AI through the lens of the FCA’s Consumer Duty.
Awards win for SmartStream: leading innovation in reconciliation (and more)
Combining the heritage of delivering trusted reconciliation solutions with being genuinely agile.
How the EU AI Act could transform financial services
Regulators are attempting to deliver first-of-its-kind regulation to bring AI into a more desirable scope.
Pagaya secures five-year $280m credit facility led by BlackRock
The new facility consists of a $255 million term loan and a $25 million revolver.
