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HSBC joins $20m funding round for financial crime specialist Quantexa

Big data and enterprise intelligence outfit Quantexa has raised $20 million in a Series B funding round led by Dawn Capital and backed by HSBC and Albion Capital.

03 August 2018

News/Big data

Nationwide venture fund makes second strategic startup investment

Nationwide Building Society has participated in a $1.8 million seed funding round for a GDPR-compliant data sharing startup spun out of University College London.

01 August 2018

Research/Big data

Exploiting Big Data, Analytics and Visualisation for Better Decisions and Business Growth

30 July 2018 539 downloads

News/Big data

Bloomberg curates Twitter feed for algo traders; State Street reads the news

Bloomberg is launching a real-time feed of curated Twitter data, sifting through the deluge of social media sentiment to pick out the most useful content for its algorithmic trading clients.

19 July 2018

News/Big data

The Big Data dilemma

How can we ensure that Big Data does not make us the prisoners of technology? That's the question posed by Charles Randall, chair of the Financial Conduct Authority and Payment System Regulator at a Reuters Newsmaker event in London.

11 July 2018

Research/Big data

Digital Transformation: The New Dawn Belongs to Data

09 July 2018 637 downloads

News/Big data

BBVA creates Next Technologies unit; tests selfie payments

BBVA is doubling down on its digital transformation programme, merging two units to create an engineering company that will be home to 1200 tech staffers working on everything from cloud computing to AI to blockchain.

22 June 2018

News/Big data

US Treasury fintech report to make regulatory recommendations

A much anticipated report from the US Treasury on regulatory reforms for the fintech sector is set to recommend the use of regulatory sandboxes and fintech charters at both a state and federal level.

22 June 2018

News/Big data

Collaboration in financial services is key in Latin America

Swift's Latin American Regional Conference in Miami had a clear focus on how new market entrants and developing technologies are dramatically changing the financial landscape in the region.

18 June 2018

News/Big data

Singapore to develop ethical code for AI and personal data use

Singapore's government has outlined plans to develop a governance programme around the use of artificial intelligence and personal data in its bid to become an international centre for new technology.

13 June 2018

News/Big data

Enterprise Ireland launches fintech fund

Ireland's state-owned economic development agency Enterprise Ireland has announced the launch of a €750,000 Competitive Start Fund for promising fintech startups.

12 June 2018

News/Big data

Live: Swift Latin American Regional Conference - day two

Welcome to Finextra's live coverage of the Swift Latin American Regional Conference 2018, in Miami. This event will focus on important issues affecting the financial industry in the region, and how the financial community can seize the opportunities that are emerging.

06 June 2018

News/Big data

Live: Swift Latin American Regional Conference - day one

Welcome to Finextra's live coverage of the Swift Latin American Regional Conference 2018, in Miami. This event will focus on important issues affecting the financial industry in the region, and how the financial community can seize the opportunities that are emerging.

05 June 2018

Company update/Big data

TDH retains Ian Green as lead data scientist and technology consultant

The Disruption House (TDH), the leading financial technology benchmarking and data analytics business, is delighted to announce Ian Green has been retained as Principle Consultant - Data Science and Technology.

05 June 2018

Research/Big data

Meeting EU Regulatory Requirements in A Post Data Breach Era

04 June 2018 719 downloads

News/Big data

350 jobs to go as Deutsche Bourse allocates investment in new tech

Deutsche Bourse plans to spend EUR270 million on blockchain, big data analytics, cloud computing, as well as robotics and artificial intelligence, as part of a 2020 roadmap that will see 350 jobs cut to increase scope for new tech investments.

30 May 2018

Company update/Big data

Big data firm QuantCube raises $5 million

QuantCube Technology, an AI start-up and provider of macroeconomic and financial predictive analytics based on alternative data, announced today that it has completed a Series A funding round of $5 million from Moody’s Corporation and Five Capital, the investment fund sponsored by CDC International Capital (Caisse des Dépôts Group) and Kingdom Holding Company.

30 May 2018

News/Big data

NextGen Banking London - live blog

Welcome to Finextra's live coverage of NextGen Banking London. The event promises to explore what the AI revolution means for banks - and what financial institutions need to do to benefit from AI, and ensure their customers do so as well.

17 May 2018

News/Big data

Irish bank caught in social media spying storm

Allied Irish Bank (AIB) has been accused of spying on its customers after it emerged that it monitors mortgage holders' social media accounts

14 May 2018

News/Big data

Hong Kong brings lending decisions into the digital age

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) is looking to bring lending into the digital age, allowing banks to forgo traditional credit checks on some personal loans in favour of big data analysis.

11 May 2018