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ThetaRay partners Microsoft for GenAI financial crime detection suite

ThetaRay has integrated with Microsoft Azure OpenAI Service to develop a GenAI financial crime detection suite.

10 December 2024

Event/devops

On-Demand – Reaping the benefits of hyper-personalisation with AI and application modernisation

How can organisations effectively modernise to leverage hyper-personalisation?

Speakers from: Mastercard, Microsoft, MongoDB

28 November 2024 269

News/crypto

Chainlink consortium to test trade finance app using Brazil's digital Real

Microsoft Brazil, 7COMm and Chainlink are to work with Banco Inter on a trade finance application as part of the second phase of the central bank's trials of its digital currency, Drex.

21 November 2024

News/security

Banks and payments hit as faulty CrowdStrike update causes global Microsoft outage

Banks and card payment systems are among the victims of the worldwide tech outage on Microsoft platforms.

19 July 2024

Finextra TV/regulation

The Importance of ESG when Choosing a Technology Provider

Join FinextraTV at the Temenos Community Forum 2024 as Kalliopi Chioti, Chief ESG Officer, Temenos and Christian Sarafidis, Chief Executive, EMEA Financial Services, Microsoft, dive deep into how choosing the right provider and right partner is crucial for ESG. With increasing pressure coming to the fore from regulators, organisations have no choice but to consider their reputations. This journey cannot be completed alone, so partners are of paramount importance, in addition to technologies such as cloud and AI to drive sustainability efforts.

17 July 2024

Finextra TV/ai

AI's Role in Shaping the Bank of the Future

At EBAday 2024, Lilia Christofi, EMEA Banking Leader, Microsoft, explores the potential risks associated with implementing AI in the financial services industry, but also the role that the technology can play in shaping the bank of the future. Financial institutions need to ensure that they are leading across AI adoption to mitigate any potential risks that may emerge.

03 July 2024

Finextra TV/cloud

Cloud-based payments outsourcing: The strategic choice for banks

At EBAday 2024, Neil Clarke, Director of Payment Solutions at CGI, and Peter Hazou, Business Strategy Leader at Microsoft, discuss the transformative benefits of cloud-based payments outsourcing for banks. With regulators increasingly supportive of this approach, modernising payment systems with cloud-based solutions allows banks to do more with less. These services offer increased scalability, flexibility, and cost savings, enhancing data-driven insights and improving customer experiences.

25 June 2024

News/ai

EBAday 2024: Growing use cases for AI in banking and payments

During the last panel of EBAday 2024, Patricia Hines, head of banking and payments at Celent talked all things AI with Sara Amara, head of currency and clearing Europe at HSBC; Gurumurthy Palani, head of transaction banking at Gulf International Bank; Christian Sarafidis, chief executive EMEA financial services at Microsoft; and Andy Schmidt, vice president, global industry lead – banking at CGI.

20 June 2024

Finextra TV/ai

Cognizant, Rabobank, and Microsoft: Partnering to harness generative AI

Join FinextraTV as Gregory Verlinden, Vice President of Analytics & AI at Cognizant; Fred van Pouderoijen, IT Domain Manager for Payments at Rabobank; and Annette Harris, Head of Financial Services Netherlands at Microsoft, discuss the transformative impact of Generative AI on the financial services industry. Discover how engineers can leverage emerging technologies, how GenAI is reshaping the market for FSIs, and the benefits for SMEs. Learn about the role of strategic partnerships in navigating and responding to the complexities of the payments ecosystem.

05 June 2024