UK Research: Unsecured Borrowers Favour Banks and Brands Amid Brexit Limbo
- 5 years 10 months ago
- Artificial Intelligence, Banking
Against a backdrop of political and economic uncertainty, UK borrowers turned to established and familiar lenders in 2019, according to a new research report* launched today by Equiniti Credit Services and Credit Kudos.
How Emerging Technological Trends Like AI, Machine Learning and Automation Are Reinventing An Entire Industry
- 5 years 10 months ago
- Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
More than two-thirds of insurance carriers will invest in predictive analytics and artificial intelligence over the next two years. Sixty percent of carriers will invest in automation, and more than half will invest in machine learning. The technological revolution in insurance isn’t just a thing of the future. It’s already here.
Mode selects Onfido to deliver highest degree of compliance and user experience
- 5 years 11 months ago
- Artificial Intelligence
Onfido and Mode, the UK’s new mobile banking app for everyday investors to buy, store and manage Bitcoin, have announced their partnership, empowering Mode’s mobile application to seamlessly verify and connect UK and European citizens to a thriving Bitcoin market.
Fintech Workforce to Expand 19% by 2030 Thanks to AI, Cambridge University Predicts
- 5 years 11 months ago
- Artificial Intelligence
In a recent report, the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF) and the World Economic Forum (WEF) found that rather than observing AI as a single instrument for blanket application across the industry, AI can be viewed as a toolkit that is being used to tinker and build services in an abundance of ways to achieve a variety of objectives.
Kasisto Raises a Further $22 Million for Conversational AI
- 5 years 11 months ago
- Artificial Intelligence
Chatbot developer Kasisto has closed a $22 million Series B extension financing, bringing the total amount raised by the New York-headquartered company in this funding round to $51 million. With a mission to 'humanise the digital banking experience' Kasisto's conversational AI has found favour with a crop of top tier institutions, including DBS Bank, JPMorgan Chase, Mastercard, Standard Chartered, TD, and Manulife Bank. The new funding comes at... more
Yseop launches Augmented Analyst, the next-generation AI NLG platform revolutionizing intelligent reporting automation
- 5 years 11 months ago
- Artificial Intelligence
New NLG Platform offers large financial and pharmaceutical firms a radically new approach to fast-track complex report automation and deliver significant ROI Yseop, the world-leading AI software company and pioneer in Natural Language Generation (NLG), today announced the launch of Augmented Analyst, a new enterprise-wide NLG automated report generation platform. Augmented Analyst is designed to help financial and pharmaceutical companies... more
Yseop Launches Augmented Analyst
- 5 years 11 months ago
- Artificial Intelligence
Yseop, the world-leading AI software company and pioneer in Natural Language Generation (NLG), today announced the launch of Augmented Analyst, a new enterprise-wide NLG automated report generation platform. Augmented Analyst is designed to help financial companies accelerate their digital transformation.
Encompass receives £1.97m grant to develop AI tool for the financial services sector
- 5 years 11 months ago
- Artificial Intelligence
Glasgow-based regulatory technology (regtech) firm Encompass has received a £1.97m research and development (R&D) grant from Scottish Enterprise to develop an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Platform for its financial services clients, it was announced by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon today. The funding is part of a project with a total value of £4.9m, which will create 33 new high-value RegTech jobs in the city.
Accenture Boosts Analytics Skills With Mudano Acquisition
- 5 years 11 months ago
- Artificial Intelligence
Accenture has agreed to buy Mudano, a data consultancy that works with UK financial services firms. Financial terms were not disclosed.
Scotiabank Gifts $750,000 to University of Ottawa to Support AI Research
- 5 years 11 months ago
- Artificial Intelligence
Today, Scotiabank announced a donation of $750,000 to the University of Ottawa to launch the Scotiabank Fund for the AI & Society Initiative.
Itiviti partners with AI innovator Imandra to integrate machine learning into client onboarding and testing tools
- 5 years 11 months ago
- Artificial Intelligence
Itiviti, a leading technology, and service provider to financial institutions worldwide, has signed an exclusive partnership agreement with Imandra Inc., the AI pioneer behind the Imandra automated reasoning engine. Imandra’s technology will initially be applied to improving the onboarding process for our clients to Itiviti’s Managed FIX global connectivity platform, with further plans to swiftly expand the AI capabilities across a... more
MarketAxess Deploys H20.ai Machine Learning Tech
- 5 years 11 months ago
- Artificial Intelligence
H2O.ai, the open source leader in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), today announced that its open source platform, H2O, provides critical machine learning capabilities to MarketAxess, the operator of a leading electronic trading platform for fixed-income securities and the provider of market data and post-trade services for the global fixed-income markets.
Intel Examines Whether AI Can Recognise Faces Using Thermal Imaging
- 5 years 11 months ago
- Artificial Intelligence
Researchers from Intel have published a study examining whether AI can recognise people’s faces using thermal imaging. Thermal imaging is often used to protect privacy because it obscures personally identifying details such as eye colour. In some places, like medical facilities, it’s often compulsory to use images which obscure such details. AI is opening up many new possibilities so Intel’s researchers set out to determine whether thermal... more
Google CEO Calls For AI Governance
- 5 years 12 months ago
- Artificial Intelligence
In a Sunday opinion column in The Financial Times (FT), Google and Alphabet chief executive officer (CEO) Sundar Pichai wrote about the importance of having government oversight regarding artificial technology (AI). “Growing up in India, I was fascinated by technology. Each new invention changed my family’s life in meaningful ways,” he wrote. Now that he is in the position to frame new tech advances, he said he believes that international... more
Appian Announces Partnership with Celonis
- 5 years 12 months ago
- Artificial Intelligence
Appian (APPN) today announced a technology partnership and integration initiatives with Celonis, the market leader in AI-enhanced Process Mining and Process Excellence software, to unite Appian’s low-code application development platform with the powerful process mining technology of the Celonis Intelligent Business Cloud (IBC). The partnership will accelerate digital business process transformation and continuous process improvement for joint... more
