Paytech firm ai Corporation secures $2.5m funding
Firm looks to expand its services in payments globally.
Artificial Intelligence/AI
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.
Podcast: AI for impact – delivering value in the near term
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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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Banking Technology Awards 2018: celebrating most innovative projects of the year!
Enter the awards by 31 August.
SoftBank’s humanoid robot Pepper comes to HSBC USA
Robots relish retail banking.
Ping Identity acquires Elastic Beam
Identity security solutions provider buys API cybersecurity company.
JWG is a natural language fit for BMO
Tackling regulation head on.
AI is a buzzy word, but how can banks put it to work?
What is AI and how can financial services companies leverage it to their advantage?
Webinar: Banking reimagined – building an integrated digital ecosystem
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Luxoft smashes it with Smashing Ideas acquisition
Smashing, lovely, super. Purchase bolsters digital research, strategy and design.
Banking and financial services jobs: mobility at an all-time high
AI is a new corporate site selection driver
Webinar: kick-start your AI strategy
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Visa Canada puts finishing touch on Finn AI’s chatbot banking
“Where is the closest ATM?” or “Please cancel my card”.
White paper: Cloud-based credit origination solutions are not all the same
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Data insights firm Kinetica taps Dell for hardware
Will help clients gather actionable insights from raw data.
Luge Capital goes huge with $75m fintech funding
Canadian VC fund looking at fintech, financial services and AI.
Envestnet | Yodlee’s AI FinCheck takes financial wellness to a new level
Data aggregation and analytics firm Envestnet | Yodlee bolstering PFM capabilities.
Low-code development platform OutSystems reels in $360m funding
OutSystems’ valuation has now surpassed $1 billion.
Banking Technology June 2018 issue out now
A sublime eternal tune to the rhythms of fintech.
Personetics accommodates challenger banks
A new customisable, pre-packaged application lowering barriers for smaller banks.
Mobile banking case study: RBC – farewell friction
Royal Bank of Canada is moving with the times with a series of useful innovations and launches.
RPA specialist WorkFusion raises more funding
WorkFusion’s aggregate funding now exceeds $120 million.
Disruption on its way, are banks ready?
A disruption is typically an opportunity long before it becomes a threat.
Four key takeaways from FinovateSpring 2018
FinovateSpring is always one of our most fun events every year.
Women in fintech: every business leader needs to embody the values around equality
Why women in tech shouldn’t fall into the trap that your learning journey is ever over.
identitii teams with RPA firm Blue Prism
Will design tech to digitise and automate corporate payment and trade transaction processes.
CrowdFlower becomes Figure Eight for AI trait
US firm hunts out opportunities in artificial intelligence and machine learning.
Samsung opens AI centres in UK, Canada and Russia
To explore the potential of user-centric AI and IoT action.
Microsoft acquires Semantic Machines for conversational AI starter
Ambitions to make chatbots sound more human and less like robots.
Tavant and Freddie Mac team to simplify loan data submission
Digital mortgage tech vendor Tavant teams up with Freddie Mac.
Oracle buys US firm DataScience
Adds platform to its cloud for machine learning boost.
