While consumer-facing applications of machine learning (ML) have gotten most of the attention (think Netflix movie recommendations, Amazon product selection and efficient driving routes in Waze), the back office deserves more Artificial Intelligence (AI) focus.
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Access to customer data has been a topic of conversation for many governments around the world in recent years, with many regimes around the world slowly moving towards legislation requiring data to be “opened up” to facilitate data sharing and portability.
According to a new report on behaviour and attitudes to cybersecurity among different age groups, employees over the age of 30 are more likely to adopt cybersecurity best practice than younger colleagues who have grown up around digital technology. The report – ‘Meeting the expectations of a new generation.
Riverbed®, The Digital Performance Company™, today announced that Rich McBee has been appointed President and CEO to drive continued momentum for the Company’s Digital Networking and Digital Experience Management businesses. McBee is the former President and CEO of Mitel, a global leader in business communications.
Volatility in the FX markets often hinges on uncertainty. With all the noise surrounding Brexit, which reached a crescendo over the weekend, it is therefore unsurprising that sterling has been subject to significant movements.
In the last 10 trading days, the pound has rallied from 1.11 against the euro to trade at 1.1650, a 5% gain. Meanwhile, against the US dollar we have seen sterling climb from 1.22 to 1.2950, a rally of 6%. This has been welcome news for UK importers as well as holidaymakers planning trips abroad.
CoinCorner’s CEO, Danny Scott, commented: “It's great to see a company like Opera getting involved in the cryptocurrency industry. It was actually my browser of choice back in the early 2000s and this innovation may encourage me to move back to them sooner rather than later. Having had a quick play with it, the user experience is fairly straightforward and looks nice. It gives great accessibility to your Bitcoin wallet when browsing the internet - making an online payment for a product with Bitcoin is made easy with just a few clicks.
The Supervisory Board of Solactive has appointed Timo Pfeiffer to Solactive’s Management Board. Timo Pfeiffer joins Steffen Scheuble (CEO), Dirk Urmoneit (CIO), and Christian Vollmuth (CRO) as part of the firm’s management body in the newly created role of Chief Markets Officer (CMO). In this new role, Timo Pfeiffer assumes responsibility for Solactive’s client-facing activities, research function, and wider distribution and communications strategy.
An interview with Nanda Kumar, CEO of SunTec at Sibos 2019, London. During the interview, Nanda Kumar mentioned the importance of Digital Transformation and how banks can thrive in today’s hyper connected world .
Flywire, a company that solves complex payment problems for leading businesses and institutions, today announced the general availability of a new offering for adventure travel. The solution targets the significant inefficiencies and points of friction that exist in the payment and disbursement process in the travel segment for offerings such as experiential activities and tours to exotic locales.
Global investors are increasingly looking to the Middle East and North Africa for the next unicorn and high return investments, delegates in Abu Dhabi heard as the third edition of FinTech Abu Dhabi opened with the Investor Forum.