UiPath raises $225m for AI and RPA solutions
Series C led by CapitalG and Sequoia Capital.
Artificial Intelligence/AI
Thinking Capital and National Bank to offer funding to Canada’s SMEs
Bank meets fintech. A love story for the 21st century.
Novo business banking launches in US
New bank offers a current account and debit card solutions for start-ups.
Onfido helps customer onboarding for paytech Volopa
Will use Onfido’s machine learning-based tech for its multi-currency prepaid card business.
Innovating and transforming the core credit and lending process globally
Spotlight on Austria, UK and US based Automated Financial Systems (AFS) and its lendtech.
JP Morgan hires ex-Google exec for AI ambitions
The war for talent rages on.
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US credit card firm Deserve raises $17m funding
Going for Generation Z with its “financial independence” offer.
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The vital role of actionable content
Retail investors are more informed and independent than ever before.
Cloud finance platform Consero gets $50m investment
Boston-based BV Investment Partners invests in Texan firm.
Crashmatics: a connected policy for the connected car
Has the insurance industry lost sight of what the “black-box” is for?
The case for conversational banking
Adopting AI is a way for banks to create much more engaging experiences and solve a number of customer problems.
Cardlytics hooks Wells Fargo as partner
Bank will launch Cardlytics Direct nationally and across all digital channels.
Central 1 gives a voice to banking with Alexa
Canada’s first banks to add voice controls.
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?
Feedzai brings machine learning to fraud fight
Turning the tedious and time consuming to dust?
Big data start-up Quantexa raises $20m for big plans
Series B funding round led by Dawn Capital.
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.
The rise of wealthtech
Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are revolutionising wealthtech.
Socure unveils digital identity bot Aida
Named after the world’s first computer scientist, Ada Lovelace.
Ingenico turns to MapR for payments data consolidation
Data analytics firm will help Ingenico deal with too much to deal with.
TD Ameritrade unveils $100k RIA innovation quest
Wants smart ideas for registered investment advisors.
Citi meets its payments Smart Match with HighRadius
Will match open invoices to payments received for Citi corporate clients.
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Paytech firm ai Corporation secures $2.5m funding
Firm looks to expand its services in payments globally.
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.
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Macro analytics firm Quant Insight feeling bright with funding
It has also expanded further into the US and Asia.
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.
Sensory’s biometric tech powers 24 banking apps
Banks iclude Alior, Axis, Banorte, ICICI, Maybank, Mizuho Bank, and Qatar Islamic Bank.
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