Central 1 gives a voice to banking with Alexa
Canada’s first banks to add voice controls.
Artificial Intelligence/AI
TransferGo goes to Onfido for onboarding flow
Obligatory selfie shot included.
Are banks and bank branch offices headed to the toilet?
Are we seeing banks running out of fresh ideas for how they interact with their customers?
Sberbank spares $400k for six start-ups
First wave of Sber#Up in-house accelerator ends.
Feedzai brings machine learning to fraud fight
Turning the tedious and time consuming to dust?
UOB unleashes digital bank for ASEAN mobile advance
United Overseas Bank loves the overseas.
Big data start-up Quantexa raises $20m for big plans
Series B funding round led by Dawn Capital.
UK’s Nationwide invests in AI regtech Hazy
The second investment in its £50 million Venturing Fund.
Finra wants fintech feedback on US broker-dealer industry
US-based Financial Industry Regulatory Authority open to ideas.
Feedzai to help Credorax fight merchant fraud
Feedzai uses big data technology to stop payment fraud in real-time.
Figure Eight dates Google Cloud for machine learning
Figure Eight will serve as the data launch partner for Google Cloud AutoML.
India’s Zoomcar takes digital ID ride with Onfido
This marks Onfido’s sixth ridesharing partnership.
The rise of wealthtech
Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are revolutionising wealthtech.
StockViews fuelled by Fuel Ventures investment
Will invest in artificial intelligence technology and grow its team of analysts.
UOB invests in cognitive banking firm Personetics
UOB will also use Personetics’ tech to extend its own machine learning capabilities.
Interview: Ching Ching Tan, Ngee Ann Polytechnic
Ngee Ann Polytechnic and CFTE have launched a new “AI in Finance” course.
HSBC boosting cloud capabilities with Google
The expansion will improve big data, analytics and fraud detection.
Socure unveils digital identity bot Aida
Named after the world’s first computer scientist, Ada Lovelace.
Banca IFIS launches digital insurance platform Rendimax
Focused on customer service, without any intermediaries.
Ingenico turns to MapR for payments data consolidation
Data analytics firm will help Ingenico deal with too much to deal with.
Banco Sabadell’s hub chasing innovation in Israel with €7.5m investment
InnoCells has invested in Cardumen Capital.
Tradeteq takes in $6.3m funding
Trade finance distribution platform plans new apps and data services.
TD Ameritrade unveils $100k RIA innovation quest
Wants smart ideas for registered investment advisors.
Singapore goes AI: training, incentives and regulation
Banks in Singapore take the lead on artificial intelligence (AI) training.
Citi meets its payments Smart Match with HighRadius
Will match open invoices to payments received for Citi corporate clients.
Webinar: How can RegTech help your African financial services business stay compliant?
Learn how to efficiently overcome one of the biggest challenges that financial service organizations face.
Paytech firm ai Corporation secures $2.5m funding
Firm looks to expand its services in payments globally.
Nordnet rejects AI Amelia’s advances
Swedish digital bank says it’s not you. It’s me. (Sort of.)
IBM docks with Banca Carige for $500m American JV
Looking to help Italian bank with AI, big data, analytics and cognitive tools.
BeSmartee and LoanFuel make mortgages mobile
LoanFuel will integrate BeSmartee’s technology into its mobile app.
Meridian Credit Union rushes to BlueRush’s IndiVideo
Meridian will use Toronto-based company’s digital marketing solution.
Case study: DBS – the edge
DBS is shaping up to be a fintech innovator. What projects is it working on?
Podcast: AI for impact – delivering value in the near term
How to get the most out of your AI strategy now, not just in ten years time.
Fortytwo Data upgrades entity screening platform
Sanction Screening Augmentation platform gets augmented.
Banking Technology July/August 2018 issue out now
Deep minds. For fintech that matters.
Macro analytics firm Quant Insight feeling bright with funding
It has also expanded further into the US and Asia.
UK and France strengthen AI and data ties
Two nations sign a five-year accord.
Planck Re yanks in $12m for insurance plans
Israeli insurtech offers AI-powered commercial underwriting services.
Cyber solution provider ThetaRay gets $30m funding
Investment takes company’s total equity capital to more than $60 million.
Automation Anywhere scores $250m to globalise bot workforce
Its software robots can take over manual tasks such as insurance claims processing.
