Piccadilly Group has launched NEURO, an AI business platform that will eradicate the need for one in four management consultants, saving businesses approximately $122.bn globally. Neuro can provide in real time, through simple voice command, better project insights than a typical team of highly paid consultants in a fraction of the time, and free of any managerial bias. Furthermore, using its machine learning capability NEURO can accurately predict problems before they occur or were even contemplated by a whole team of consultants.

Financial Services firms are making improvements but still behind retailers and travel providers on customer service, according to The Institute of Customer Service. Although banks featured in the top 10 places in the UK Customer Satisfaction Index (UKCSI), there is still a long way to go. 

Many organizations with significant exposures to natural and man-made catastrophes struggle to quickly and accurately assess the impact of those disasters on their business.

• 4most Europe will help FICO customers deploy and get rapid value from FICO^® Decision Central^™ software for analytic model governance.

• FICO has built Decision Central frameworks, in collaboration with 4most, for Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR), Internal Ratings-Based (IRB) Basel approach and the European’s Central Bank’s Target Review of Internal Models (TRIM).

bitFlyer, the Tokyo-based operator of the world’s largest* Bitcoin exchange, today announced its launch into Europe. Having been granted a Payment Institution (PI) license to operate in the European Union it has become the first Bitcoin exchange to be regulated in Japan, the US and Europe, making it the most compliant virtual currency exchange in the world.

Central Banking reveals its second group of winners from its 5^th annual industry awards, recognising excellence in the central banking community.

·         Initiative of the Year: Bank of England’s Fintech Accelerator

At its regional flagship thought leadership event, Finastra Universe Paris, Finastra today welcomed new companies to the FusionFabric.cloud open architecture. Among the early adopter Fintechs, consultants, banks and academics using the platform to develop and deploy innovative apps are Efficiency MC, Conpend and BankBI. In addition, Thomson Reuters joins Finastra’s innovation ecosystem as a data provider.

To cope with growing customer demand, Fidesmo has hired John P Campbell to spearhead its UK launch plans in 2018. 

Barracuda FX, the specialist provider of FX Order Management technology, today announced the signing of a new contract with Jyske Bank, the major Danish FX trading institution.

oBike, Singapore’s first homegrown station-less smart bike-sharing company, today announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Grab.