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The long life of AI

Kyle Thomas, Head of Worldwide Sales, Saffron Technology, Intel, talks at Sibos 2017 about why financial institutions should invest in artificial intelligence to stay in business, how it has transformed the industry, and whether it will become mainstream in banks in order to meet regulatory requirements.

05 December 2017

Company update/Artificial intelligence

Tora introduces AI-driven pre-trade analytics

TORA, provider of the industry’s most-advanced cloud-based order and execution management system (OEMS), today announced the launch of its artificial intelligence (AI)-driven pre-trade transaction cost analysis (TCA) solution designed to help firms meet the stricter best execution requirements imposed by MiFID II.

05 December 2017

News/Artificial intelligence

Swift Operations Forum Europe 2017, Amsterdam - Day 2 report

The innovation agenda has been top of mind for bankers attending Swift's operations forum in Amsterdam, with delegates sharing their experience of agile development practices, distributed ledger technology and IoT and AI deployment.

01 December 2017

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Finding the friction and moving forward

Paul Francis Walvik Joynt, Engagement Director, NETS, talks at NextGen Banking the use cases and impacts of Instant Payments, what this means in the context of digitalisation and whether there are opportunities arising from interoperability and the wide spread adoption of Instant Payments.

29 November 2017

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Three barriers to digitalisation

Mike Walker, Head of Solution Enablement, Transaction Banking, Finastra, talks at NextGen Banking Nordics about what the main barriers to digitalisation in transaction banking are, how they can be overcome and what impact these new technologies and market entrants are having on the relationship between corporates and their bank.

29 November 2017

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Customer buying power is increasing every day

Magnus Krusberg, Country Head Sweden and Financial Services Expert, PA Consulting Group, talks at NextGen Banking Nordics about why there is such a focus on insurtech and regtech in the new fintech report from Stockholm School of Economics, where there is significant development within regtech and how insurtech will affect the insurance industry for the future.

29 November 2017

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Brexit demands a ‘Match Fit Economy’

Jim Wadsworth, UK Product Director, Vocalink, a Mastercard company, talks about a ‘Match Fit Economy’, what it is and what it has to do with payments, why Brexit is such an important moment from a payments perspective and what the future looks like for the UK payments market.

29 November 2017

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Data is at the core of AI improvement

Mattias Fras, Group Head of AI Strategy & Innovation, Nordea, talks at NextGen Banking Nordics about the hype around AI, what the industry is doing around this new technology and what will be the main challenges ahead.

28 November 2017

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The promise of open banking

Gunnar Berger, Head of Open Banking, Nordea, talks at NextGen Banking Nordics about whether we will notice any difference in January 2018 around PSD2, what success in open banking will look like for banks, and how can they measure it, and whether customers will really benefit from open banking.

28 November 2017

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Cloud for banks

Jonathan Charley, General Manager, FSI EMEA North, SAP, talks at Sibos 2017 about whether the banking industry has been slow to understand the benefit of migrating processing to the cloud, what the barriers and benefits of moving to cloud based solutions are and how this area of the industry will evolve in the future.

27 November 2017

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High expectations in the corporate market

Falk Rieker, Global Head of Banking IBU, SAP and Oliver Bussmann, Founder and Managing Partner, Bussmann Advisory, talk at Sibos 2017 about the need for change in the world of corporate banking, what corporates can expect from their banks in the future, what will disrupt this sector and whether banks are doing enough to improve the services they offer.

24 November 2017

Company update/Artificial intelligence

Ontario Securities Commission seeks applicants for fintech advisory committee

The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) is seeking applications for membership on its Fintech Advisory Committee (FAC).

22 November 2017

News/Artificial intelligence

Robots outpacing back end number crunchers at OCBC

OCBC Bank is reporting astonishing productivity gains following the introduction of robotic process automation to handle number crunching tasks in its secured lending and sales reporting units.

22 November 2017

News/Artificial intelligence

Canadian banks rally round Montreal AI lab

BMO Financial group is to inject $2 million into a new AI lab in Montreal that will aim to help startups make the transition from science projects to high-growth companies.

22 November 2017

Company update/Artificial intelligence

AiX debuts AI broker to bridge cryptocurrencies and traditional financial market

AiX announces the first artificial intelligence broker to bridge the worlds of cryptocurrencies and traditional financial markets.

22 November 2017

Company update/Artificial intelligence

RBC unit Borealis AI to open artificial intelligence lab in Montreal

Continuing its investment in the Canadian artificial intelligence (AI) ecosystem, Borealis AI, an RBC Institute for Research, today announced that it will open a lab in Montreal, one of Canada’s most prominent AI hubs.

21 November 2017

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Spotting trends in the payments ecosystem

Bruno Mellado, Global Head of Payments and Receivables, BNP Paribas, and Christophe Vergne, Payments and World Payments Report Leader, Capgemini's Financial Services talk at Sibos 2017 about non-cash transaction volume worldwide, the impact of new key regulations and industry initiatives (KRIIs) and the emergence of a new payments ecosystem.

21 November 2017

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From strategy to implementation using process technology

Parviz Peiravi, CTO Financial Services, Intel, and Alessandro Petroni, Global Head of Strategy, Financial Services, Red Hat, talk at Sibos 2017 about how financial institutions can successfully make the move from strategy to implementation and what they see as the most influential technologies shaping the industry today, including blockchain, AI and cloud.

20 November 2017

Company update/Artificial intelligence

ForwardLane unveils AI APIs

ForwardLane, a FinTech start-up based in New York City, is a next generation artificial intelligence (AI) company using machine learning to aggregate and scale firm-specific content, market data news, investment research, product materials, and strategic analytics for financial professionals to deliver personalized stories for their clients.

16 November 2017

News/Artificial intelligence

Boardroom ignorance holding back bank's tech plans

Bank's IT departments are unable to pursue innovation with the latest digital technologies because they have lost influence in the boardroom with senior managers that do not properly understand new technology.

16 November 2017