The question of the morality of artificial intelligence (AI) was one of the hot topics discussed at an event run by US-based Teradata. At day four (25 October) of the Teradata Partners Conference 2017 (22-26 October), in Anaheim, California, Banking Technology pulled up a chair and listened to the thoughts of the great and their livelihoods. To get […]
Consumer analytics company SelfScore has rebranded as Deserve.
Citing the strong “alignment between car shopper and car dealer motivation”, Global Lending Services has forged a partnership with auto financing specialist AutoGravity.
The UK peer-to-peer (P2P) lending market has flourished in the last decade. Lending volumes among the major platforms are increasing rapidly, pushing the cumulative total above £7 billion for the first time, as the understanding of the investment model continues to grow.
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Customers trust financial firms with their details, so to protect the highly-sensitive information organisations must adhere to security and compliance standards. However, this can be challenging for employees as the processes can interfere with day-to-day operations.
International paytech firm First Data has partnered with UnionPay International to enable in-store and online transactions in the US allowing UnionPay card holders to shop at US retailers.
Data quality and critical thinking are imperative for the advance of artificial intelligence (AI), according to expert views from an event hosted by US-based Teradata. At day three (24 October) of the Teradata Partners Conference 2017 (22-26 October), in Anaheim, California, Banking Technology was there to gauge the zeitgeist in our data-drenched world. As a […]
Swedish fintech company Tink has signed with Nordic banks Nordea, Klarna and Nordnet. Integrating in 2018, the banks will use Tink’s payment technology and personal finance management (PFM) platform within their existing customer channels.
Sherpa Foundry and Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) have joined forces to launch Silicon Foundry, a membership-based corporate innovation platform.
Geoswift, a cross-border payments provider between China and the rest of the world, has unveiled its partnership with Bank of Shanghai to launch a new remittance service in 2017.
Bank of Asia, a start-up digital bank in the British Virgin Islands focused on companies that have ties to Asia, has signed for the Avaloq Banking Suite core platform.
US-based expense management solution provider Bento for Business has onboarded new partners and expanded its product line.
Artificial intelligence (AI) fintech start-up Clinc is making its chatbot Finie more widely available through a new partnership with Enacomm.
Behavioural biometrics and threat detection firm BioCatch is working with Samsung SDS America to combat fraud that occurs after a user has logged in.
Ledger, a France-based specialist in security solutions for cryptocurrency and blockchain applications, has partnered with Intel to bring greater protection for users of digital wallets.
Argentina-based fintech start-up Ualá has launched a mobile banking service app to champion financial inclusion in the country.
On the brink of tomorrow, US-based Teradata believes it’s in the right place to get ready for the future with its new range of data products and artificial intelligence (AI) inspired vision. At day two (23 October) of the Teradata Partners Conference 2017 (22-26 October), in Anaheim, California, attended by Banking Technology; the firm showed […]
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Canada’s ATB Financial says it has launched “the world’s first full-featured virtual banking assistant on Facebook Messenger” to the bank’s nearly 700,000 personal banking customers.
IBM says it has launched an “industry first” solution to support the full lifecycle of peer-to-peer (P2P) transactions, from the back office of financial institutions to the mobile device.
Paytech company Wirecard has launched mobile wallet integration with Apple Pay, Android Pay and Samsung Pay in the US.
SuperCharger, a fintech accelerator in Asia, has unveiled the opening of applications for its third programme in Hong Kong.
Mosaic Smart Data’s real-time data analytics platform, MSX, has been deployed by JP Morgan to optimise the productivity and profitability of its global fixed income sales and trading division.
US-based Teradata has unveiled Agile Analytics Factory – a programme providing data science and analytics expertise as a service. The launch coincides with its Teradata Partners Conference 2017 (22-26 October), attended by Banking Technology and held in Anaheim, California. At the same time, Teradata has released a new data analytics platform and revealed Danske Bank’s […]
Copenhagen-based Danske Bank has gone public on its deal with Think Big Analytics, the consulting arm of Teradata, to create and launch an artificial intelligence (AI) driven fraud detection platform. The announcement is all timed sweetly to be part of the Teradata Partners Conference 2017 (22-26 October), attended by Banking Technology and held in Anaheim, […]
US-based Teradata has got Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Azure in its sights with the launch of Teradata Analytics Platform, offering a choice of analytic engines to get round the issue of siloes. Oliver Ratzesberger, EVP and chief product officer at Teradata, says: “Many different users have many different analytic needs and this dynamic causes […]
Diebold Nixdorf’s IMS 2017 conference continued with Czech Republic based, Air Bank, and its chief marketing and product officer Jakub Petřina, with a presentation and a touch of déjà vu.
A new bank, Into the Future (ITF), is gearing up for launch in Hong Kong and Singapore. Among its investors is Jim Rogers, an American businessman based in Singapore and the co-founder of the Quantum Group of Funds (which he started with George Soros).
Analytics platform MapD has partnered with IBM Power Systems to enhance its analytical performance. California-based MapD has optimised its MapD Core database and MapD Immersive visual analytics client to take advantage of IBM Power Systems to target the speed at which SQL queries can be performed.
Alior Bank’s Romanian branch has teamed up with Deutsche Telekom Group’s Telekom Romania Mobile Communications to develop a new digital financial service. And providing the online exchange for this service is none other than Alior Bank’s long-time partner, Efigence.
Mobile-first investment platform Stash is about to go mobile-first in the field of online banking. The New York-based start-up plans to offer a variety of banking services for mobile-centric customers.
User authentication company Zighra has launched SensifyID, which provides continuous authentication and threat detection. SensifyID guards against account takeover, remote malware, social engineering, and bot attacks.
Prepaid International Forum (PIF) recently interviewed Suresh Vaghjiani, Managing Director of Global Processing Services (GPS), about the current state of the fintech sector.
Decision Builder, the latest solution from mortgage tech innovator Roostify, will give lenders the ability to provide loan applications with a clear, easy-to-understand view of all the borrower’s loan options – based on the lender’s actual product and pricing system.
Enterprise application and mobility solutions company Kony unveiled a new digital banking platform and suite of apps.
Psychometric credit scoring company Entrepreneurial Finance Lab (EFL) has merged with alternative credit score provider Lenddo.
One way to make a smart contract even smarter is to enhance document access and security. Digital currency exchange platform AlphaPoint has achieved that with today’s partnership with Intel.
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Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) will adopt Landmark Valuation Services’ (formerly Quest) valuation risk model (VRM) service for its mortgage valuation process for both RBS and NatWest. Using property analytics and land and environmental data, VRM helps the banks to apply an automated valuation where the risks are considered “low”. Where a physical inspection is […]
