The Turing test famously proposes that if a personcannot reliably distinguish between a machine and a human communicating with them in text, the computer can be said to be genuinely intelligent. The first software programme passed the test in 2014, doing a passable impression of a 13-year-old Ukrainian boy. 

Turnkey open banking platform provider, Token.io Limited, has been chosen by UK financial institution thinkmoney to deliver PSD2 compliance and open banking capabilities before the first Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) deadline in March.

As the open banking movement gathers momentum and the use of artificial intelligence (AI) continues to proliferate across the industry, 25% of financial institutions worldwide will be capable of processing transactions initiated by third-party digital personal assistants by 2022.

GlobalPlatform, the standard for secure digital services and devices, has announced its Board of Directors for fiscal year 2019. Six Board seats were open and after a close election, the following individuals were re-elected to serve a further two-year term:

Nasdaq First North-listed Crunchfish forms partnership with JoinPad – a global provider of Augmented Reality solutions for enterprises. Several field tests are initiated including use cases in logistics and warehouses as well as a marketing project using AR glasses for reading comics produced by one of the most successful Italian publishing houses. In a pilot for the international fashion house Marina Rinaldi, part of MaxMara holding, Epson Moverio BT-300 smartglasses are combined with Crunchfish’s gesture control and JoinPad’s software platform. 

SGG Group, a leading investor services firm, backed by Astorg, is pleased to announce that regulatory approvals have been received and the transaction to acquire Augentius has successfully completed.

This acquisition reinforces SGG Group’s position as the 4th largest independent investor services firm and one of the top 3 independent administrators to the alternative investment community in the world, with the deal growing its assets under administration to over USD 400 billion, and further strengthens its reach and footprint.

The Board of Directors of SIA, meeting today under the chairmanship of Giuliano Asperti, has appointed Nicola Cordone to the position of Chief Executive Officer of the Company, after having co-opted him as Director.

Cordone (52) has a degree cum laude in Electronic Engineering from Genoa University and a master’s degree in Business Administration from Bocconi University Business School.

corfinancial, a leading provider of specialist software and services to the financial services sector, announces the appointment of David Veal as Senior Executive – Client Solutions.