Video: Top fintech stories this week – 08 November 2019
FinTech Future’s weekly news round-up.
Artificial Intelligence/AI
Money20/20 USA: In conversation with Haytham Kaddoura, CEO of SmartStream
Creating game-changers in the banking industry.
Backbase Connect 2019: Final round-up and key takeaways
How banks will survive the “neo-reality”.
Backbase Connect 2019: Backbase challenges Banco Santander’s €20bn digital spend
The digital banking firm says it will build a digital bank in one hour.
Why BNY Mellon didn’t hire ‘the perfect data scientist’ on paper
The head of digital share his top tips on how to get a job at BNY.
Case study on Bank of America: How robots help serve and protect the bank
In a bank of this size, there are many areas that would benefit from automation of repetitive tasks.
Video: Top fintech stories this week – 01 November 2019
FinTech Future’s weekly news round-up.
Banking Technology November 2019 issue out now
The identity challenge.
Israeli fintech Become secures $12.5m to help make SMBs more fundable
Become wants to “disrupt conventional and ‘alternative’ lending practices”.
SME lender Lidya aims for top spot in Nigeria, next stop Eastern Europe
Lidya expanded to Central Eastern Europe (CEE) earlier this month.
AI: unlocking all your business potential
The future of insurance is entwined with AI – find out what the experts at InsurTech Rising International had to say, plus much more!
DTCC appoints Lynn Bishop as chief information officer
Bishop also supports the advancement of women in STEM careers.
UCL graduate fintech TurinTech.ai raises £1m led by IQ Capital
The firm is now a resident at London’s Microsoft Reactor.
Bank of America unveils new mobile banking app with loan applications built in
The bank has 29 million mobile clients.
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Temenos picked by Danish challenger Lunar to fight financial crime
Temenos says it was chosen to “address stringent regulatory demands”.
Glue42 partners with RocketFin to bring behaviour mining to banks’ regtech suite
Glue42 works with the likes of JP Morgan Chase.
Luge Capital raises $85m to invest in Canada’s start-ups
Investments will range from $150,000 to $2 million.
Instabase raises $105m sent to unicorn status
The bank app has raised $132 million since it began in 2015.
Rise of the machines: when will AI and machine learning change finance?
FinTech Futures is researching the impact of AI on the industry.
Bank of England finds two-thirds of industry using machine learning
Firms would like to see more guidance around ML regulations.
eBook: 5 AI solutions every retail bank needs
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How to thrive in an ever changing market, a conversation with the COO of Qualco
Spyros Retzekas, COO at Qualco says agility is the key.
Cashforce solves forecasting challenge for treasuries, raises €5m funding
INKEF Capital and Citi Ventures led the Series A round.
DIS 2019: Lendtech OpenWrks says it can predict divorce and relationship breakdown
OpenWrks can determine when gambling will become a health issue too.
UK cybersecurity firm Sophos bought by America’s Thoma Bravo for $3.8bn
Sophos houses more than 3,400 staff and a turnover of $710.6 million.
OTP Bank welcomes “later-stage” start-ups to its partnership programme
Applications need to be made by 22 November 2019.
Intesa Sanpaolo invests €7m into vending machine digital wallet MatiPay
The fintech will expand its operations in Europe, Japan and the US.
HSBC takes on digital challengers with First Direct overhaul
The telephone-based brand is looking at AI and in-app technology.
FinovateFall 2019: PFM is making a comeback
The energy in the room was palpable, and all aspects of the financial technology community were on display.
AI: Understanding bias and opportunities in financial services
In this two-part series, Nadia Sood explores the issues with AI constructs.
Takeaways from FinovateFall 2019: shiny objects vs problem solvers
Bankers and tech experts share their views on the recent Finovate event in NY.
Consumer champion app Snoop goes live, founded by ex-Virgin Money execs
The UK-based fintech is accepting sign ups on its waiting list.
UK challenger bank Tide gets investment from Japan’s SBI
The Telegraph says the SBI splashed £44 million on the British fintech.
FinovateFall 2019: AI, ML, robotics and digital first
Three exciting days in New York witnessing the latest and greatest from over 70 fintechs.
eBook: 6 AI solutions every asset manager needs
Download the DataRobot eBook to discover six AI solutions for asset managers!
Banking Technology October 2019 issue out now
Lessons from Africa.
What you need to know before implementing artificial intelligence & machine learning
ML solutions should be trained in the three Cs of data visualisation: Correctness, context and category.
White paper: How to accelerate brilliant digital experience with low-code
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Danish fintechs partner to set new standards for accounting industry
Businesses can see transactions in seconds rather than days.
