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/covid-19

Equifax joins non-profit group in UK for Covid 19 response

Equifax UK has joined Emergent Alliance, a not for profit group of organisations specialising in data, analytics and technology, working together to help the UK’s recovery from COVID-19.

/regulation

UK consortium launches AI platform for regtech data

A new cross-sector consortium of major businesses and universities is set to provide the key to the suffocating challenge of data access for regulated industries through a Responsible AI powered industry-agnostic platform; the AIR Platform.

/sustainable

Coordinating ESG solution ideation for investment and asset management

In June 2020, Finextra Research welcomed industry experts to Sustainable Finance Live, the first virtual interactive workshop to discuss how financial services firms and technology companies can achieve the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030.

/markets

Sesamm sentiment and emotion data now accessible via Bloomberg

SESAMm disclosed today that its unique sentiment and emotion data on thousands of financial assets is now accessible to the financial industry through the Bloomberg Enterprise Access Point.

/security

HSBC and ABN Amro Ventures join $64.7 million round in Quantexa

Financial crime fighting platform Quantexa has raised $64.7 million in funding with support from HSBC and ABN Amro Ventures.

/wholesale

UBS Big Data tool tracks the risks to companies from activist investors

UBS has released a new Big Data tool to predict and quantify the probability of a company being targeted by activist investors.

/cloud

Deutsche Bank and Google Cloud agree multi-year deal

German banking giant Deutsche Bank has agreed a multi-year partnership with Google Cloud for the provision and joint development of cloud services.

/sustainable

Barclays drives impact investing through digital marketplace

In the wake of Finextra Research’s SustainableFinanceLive event, Richard Peers of ResponsibleRisk spoke with Damian Payiatakis, head of impact investing at Barclays and David Newman, co-founder of software fintech Delio, to dissect their new impact investing platform, Impact Agora.

/startups

HSBC invests $7m in data privacy firm Privitar

HSBC has invested $7 million in Privitar, topping up a recent $80 million Series C funding round for the UK-based data privacy startup.

/sustainable

Integrating ESG into capital allocation and investment strategy is ‘simply good investing’

With wildfires, the Covid-19 pandemic, the strengthening Black Lives Matter movement and the Yemen crisis dominating headlines in 2020, the sustainable investing space has seen demand despite the IMF’s projection that global growth will fall by 3% this year, resulting in the worst recession since the Great Depression and consequences far worse than the global financial crisis.

/markets

Microsoft acquires Big Data modeller ADRM

In advancing our mission to empower every person and organization on the planet to achieve more, Microsoft has been investing in the power of data and artificial intelligence (AI) to continuously innovate, influence and enhance customer experience and partner growth.

/people

Santander to hire 3000 techies this year

Spanish banking giant Santander has vowed to hire 3000 IT professionals worldwide this year as it pushes on with its digital transformation plan.

/markets

HSBC launches AI-powered equity index family

HSBC has teamed up with IBM Watson and artificial intelligence specialist EquBot to launch equity index products powered by AI and big data.

/startups

Data collaboration startup Cinchy raises $10m

Cinchy, the Data Collaboration company, secured $10M in Series A financing, led by Information Venture Partners (IVP) with additional funds coming from BDC, ScaleUp Ventures, Techstars, and Manulife Investment Management.

/cloud

Using governance to accelerate cloud migration in financial services

Financial institutions have the opportunity to enhance traditional governance processes by building a well-structured cloud service assessment from the ground up, to help demonstrate regulatory compliance when moving to the cloud.