Machine learning

News/sustainable

Davos 2020: Refinitiv launches sustainable data alliance

Announced at the World Economic Forum, Refinitiv will join forces with influential global bodies to create a first-of-its-kind alliance to monitor sustainable finance through data.

22 January 2020

News/cloud

Managing data beyond the tipping point of cloud

While 52% of asset management firms use the cloud for data management today, a further 28% plan to migrate data management to the cloud in the next 18 months.

20 January 2020

News/cloud

ML in the cloud enhances the financial data journey

While there are troves of financial data that have the potential to drive and inform critical business decisions, data remains siloed due to challenges associated with managing multiple data sources and aging infrastructure. Many financial institutions (FIs) face challenges – from limited storage and compute capacity to resource-intensive network deployments – that impede the ability to generate data-led insights powered by analytics.

13 January 2020

News/cloud

Cloud as the enabler of AI’s competitive advantage

Data is just the beginning. Financial institutions (FIs) are now hyper-focused on surfacing meaningful, timely, and actionable insights from proprietary and third-party data. Technologies such as the cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) are forming new partnerships between humans and machines.

13 January 2020

News/cloud

Natural language processing is the next step to automation

78% of institutional investors agree that technology has made financial markets ‘better and more efficient.’ This figure is staggering when compared to the 20% of participants who feel that technology has ‘made financial markets overly complicated.’ But where does the cloud fit in?

13 January 2020

Research/Machine learning

Smarter Humans. Smarter Machines.

13 January 2020 89 downloads

News/Machine learning

BMO joins $6m FlexPay funding round

FlexPay, a Montreal-based startup using AI to help merchants recover lost revenues from declined transactions, has raised $6 million in a funding round led by Impression Ventures and joined by BMO Capital Partners.

09 December 2019

News/retail

Deloitte predicts 'Japanification' of banking in 2020s

Leaders of banks need to look beyond banking in anticipation of disruption to their industry in the next decade, according to Deloitte.

05 December 2019

News/Machine learning

Swift Operations Forum Europe 2019, Amsterdam - Day 2 report

With the accelerating pace of transformation in financial services, day two of SOFE 2019 explored the direction of travel financial institutions should embark on in order to thrive in this new world.

29 November 2019

News/Machine learning

Co-operative Bank opens Loans Marketplace

The UK's Co-operative Bank has launched a loans marketplace, enabling users to sift through a panel of alternative lenders to find the best deals.

27 November 2019

News/sustainable

Standardised data reporting is the lynchpin for future of sustainable finance

In a recent survey by State Street Global Advisors, 52% of European investors cited regulation as the key driver toward ESG adoption. Yet, despite attempts to introduce regulatory requirements, a lack of standardisation in reporting obligations is proving a significant challenge towards achieving meaningful progress.

26 November 2019

News/Machine learning

The CIO’s blueprint for streamlining digital business agreements

80% of financial institutions will become irrelevant by 2030 due to their inability to compete with digitally-savvy rivals, according to research by Gartner.

13 November 2019

News/Machine learning

Gendered credit scoring increases women's chance of credit acceptance

Following news of the probe into Apple Card’s credit worthiness algorithm after sexism claims, University of Edinburgh Business School reveals that including gender in credit scoring models improves women’s chances of being granted credit.

12 November 2019

News/retail

HSBC claims hyper-personalised banking will be driven by digital ID

A new report from HSBC reveals that the traditional products-based approach in retail banking will be replaced by hyper-personalised services, where customer personal data will be collated to form a central digital ID.

12 November 2019

News/regulation

ING joins $19.3m funding round for regtech Ascent

Dutch banking giant ING has joined a $19.3 million Series B funding round for American AI-based regtech Ascent.

08 November 2019

News/startups

ID Finance raises £4.4m on Crowdcube

ID Finance, a digital lending platform that uses smart credit scoring technology to target the underbanked in Spain and Latin America, has raised a record £4.4 million on Crowdcube.

05 November 2019

News/ai

Money 20/20: AI is now a must-have in financial services

Today, artificial intelligence is so much more than an experiment for financial services institutions: it is a true competitive differentiator that can help banks deliver hyper-personalised customer experience, improve decision-making and boost operational efficiency.

01 November 2019

News/ai

AI will not be job killer - IBM research

Contrary to the conventional wisdom, new technologies such as AI will actually kill off few jobs, according to research from the MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab.

01 November 2019