Can AI Make Insurance Claims More Human?
- 7 years 3 months ago
- Insurance
Senior claims executives from leading insurance companies will participate in a live and free webinar hosted by Insurance Nexus, exploring whether AI can be the solution for efficient, hyper-personalized claims at scale.
Libra Internet Bank implemented Allevo’s PoC for PSD2
- 7 years 3 months ago
- Banking
Libra Internet Bank assessed Allevo’s FinTP-Connect solution, given the requirements of the revised Payment Services Directive – PSD2.
Travelex research reveals an “immovable 24%” of consumers that refuse to go cashless
- 7 years 3 months ago
- Money Transfers
Travelex, the leading global foreign exchange and money transfer specialist, today released its study into attitudes towards cash and other payment technologies: Do we really want a cashless society?
ONPEX Partners with SatchelPay to Bring Simplicity and Efficiency in Cross-border Payments and Banking
- 7 years 3 months ago
- Payments
ONPEX, a leading provider of multi-currency IBAN accounts, has partnered with the Lithuanian eMoney institution, SatchelPay. The partnership will see ONPEX provide SatchelPay with tailor-made banking and payment services it needs to boost SWIFT payment capabilities.
Biometric hacking and cloud attacks among top cyberthreats for 2019
- 7 years 3 months ago
- Data
What will the top cyberthreats be in 2019? Experian® today released its sixth annual Data Breach Industry Forecast, which includes predictions of the top five cyberthreats facing businesses next year. The report addresses new breach frontiers such as biometrics and gaming, along with susceptible breach targets such as the cloud and wireless networks.
Axyon AI completes funding round of €1.3m led by ING Ventures with participation of UniCredit
- 7 years 3 months ago
- Infrastructure
Axyon AI, Italian start-up that brings deep learning to finance, today announced it has completed a Series A round of funding with UniCredit and ING Ventures, the venture capital arm of ING Bank. Individual investors also participated. The investment will be used to accelerate growth and further develop the product offering. It will also be used to support additional investment in research and development.
LexisNexis® Risk Solutions secures win for technology solution at Compliance Register Platinum awards
- 7 years 3 months ago
- Risk Management
LexisNexis® Risk Solutions, the global information solutions provider, has, for the second consecutive year, retained the Best Regtech Solution in Financial Crime & Sanctions Compliance award at the Compliance Register Platinum Awards 2018.
BT ANNOUNCES NEW HEAD OF SECURITY BUSINESS
- 7 years 3 months ago
- People Moves
BT today announced the appointment of Kevin Brown as managing director of BT Security, where he will be responsible for the company’s physical and cyber security activity around the world. Kevin succeeds Mark Hughes, who is stepping down at the end of this year to take up a new position outside of BT.
Aquila Capital launches its first green bond with a volume of EUR 50m
- 7 years 3 months ago
- Investment Management
The alternative investment specialist Aquila Capital has launched a green bond with a volume of EUR 50m and a duration of five years via the Norwegian hydropower operator Småkraft AS to finance the company’s further growth. With over 100 hydropower-plants across Norway and an annual energy production of 1 TWh, Småkraft AS is already the biggest independent operator of small-scale hydropower plants in Europe. The additional financing is being...
New Report Reveals Asset Managers Are Failing to Optimize Corporate Action Decisions on a Global Scale
- 7 years 3 months ago
- Infrastructure
A new white paper published by Greenberg Traurig, LLP reveals that asset managers are failing to optimize corporate actions decisions on a massive scale. The paper highlights the costs to beneficial owners of suboptimal decisions in corporate actions as well as the regulatory and legal risks asset managers face for systematically failing to optimize corporate actions decisions.
Hartford InsurTech Hub announces 2019 cohort set to transform U.S. insurance capital into new InsurTech giant
- 7 years 3 months ago
- FinTech StartUps
Hartford InsurTech Hub, powered by Startupbootcamp, unveils the 2019 cohort of startups for its acceleration program. The chosen startups cover a wide range of abilities, from Property Insurance Claims to Peer-to-Peer Insurance (P2P). The selected ten companies exhibit a diverse range of technologies and insurance types.
Commerzbank Research: No ECB rate hike in 2019
- 7 years 3 months ago
- Banking, Infrastructure
The global decline in economic indicators is not a harbinger of a dangerous economic downturn, said Commerzbank chief economist Jörg Krämer on Friday in Frankfurt. “What we see here is just a slowdown of growth,” said Krämer.
Ant Financial’s Eric Jing Joins UN Task Force on Digital Financing
- 7 years 3 months ago
- People Moves
On November 29, 2018, Eric Jing, Executive Chairman and CEO of Ant Financial, was appointed to the United Nations’ newly launched Task Force on Digital Financing of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The global task force will recommend strategies for large-scale digital finance flows to SDGs.
US startup Lemonade launches in Europe
- 7 years 3 months ago
- FinTech StartUps, Insurance
Great digital brands transcend borders. Whether in Chicago, Paris, or Singapore, today’s consumers listen to music on Spotify, ride with Uber, and stay at Airbnb. Consumers are increasingly cosmopolitan, socially aware, and tech-native – everything Lemonade was built to be. That’s why going global feels natural for us. So we’re thrilled to announce that Lemonade is coming to Europe – our first major market outside of the United States.
MuchBetter reveals 'bank-in-a-box'
- 7 years 3 months ago
- Banking
Challenger payments company, MuchBetter, today announced the release of its ‘Bank-in-a-box’ fully managed solution. Bank-in-a-box enables organisations to launch branded production wallets quickly and easily, letting them take control of their users’ payments experience and get to market faster with a sophisticated, compliant and low-cost financial product.
