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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

News/regulation

Regtech zooms in on the severe penalties of 6AMLD

The European Union’s Sixth Anti-Money Laundering Directive (6AMLD) is due to take effect on 3rd December 2020 and brings with it a suite of substantial penalties for non-compliance. Here’s what you need to be aware of in the run up to the fast-approaching deadline.

25 October 2019

Company update/Machine learning

Consortium formed to push machine-readable trade language

A new consortium with a focus on General-purpose Legal Mark-up Language (GLML) has been created to facilitate automation in financial markets.

23 October 2019

News/payments

AI will drive productivity in the payments industry

The payments industry is increasingly being exposed to the technological transformation that is occurring outside of the financial services sector. But is the space ready to drive productivity in payments with artificial intelligence?

22 October 2019

Company update/ai

IHS Markit to double the number of companies covered by its Dividend Forecasting service

IHS Markit (NYSE: INFO), a world leader in critical information, analytics and solutions, today announced that it is using advanced analytics to more than double the number of companies covered by its Dividend Forecasting service.

21 October 2019

Company update/ai

ZestFinance and MeridianLink team on ML credit decisioning

ZestFinance, the leader in artificial intelligence (AI) software for credit, announced today its integration with MeridianLink®, the financial industry's leading multichannel loan and new account origination platform.

17 October 2019

News/Machine learning

Machine learning advancing in financial sector - Bank of England

Machine learning tools are now in use at two-thirds of UK financial institutions, with the technology entering a new phase of maturity and more advanced stages of deployment, according to a survey conducted by the Bank of England.

17 October 2019

News/cloud

Old Mutual enlists AWS for cloud migration

African financial services giant Old Mutual is moving to the cloud, with Amazon Web Services (AWS) as its preferred provider.

16 October 2019

News/sustainable

Sberbank backs hackathon using AI to tackle wildfires

Sberbank is teaming up with the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations to host a hackathon where contestants will use machine learning and AI in the fight against wildfires.

16 October 2019

News/Machine learning

Where do incumbents look for game-changing innovation?

How can the established players in financial services deliver meaningful game-changing innovation? What are the challenges in building this from scratch and does the key lie in partnerships with fintechs and start-ups?

14 October 2019

News/ai

Can AI detangle the spaghetti of banking systems?

At Microsoft’s Future Decoded event in London, AI was the principal topic for discussion, with financial services no exception.

03 October 2019

News/ai

NatWest taps AI to simulate future market outcomes

UK bank NatWest is teaming up with Microsoft and AI specialist DreamQuark to simulate financial markets, transport networks and other environments and then use the information to spot risks and opportunities.

02 October 2019

News/ai

AI permeates capital markets - study

Nearly half of capital markets professionals around the world say their firms are already using AI in their trading processes, according to a Greenwich Associates report.

01 October 2019

Company update/Machine learning

LiquidityEdge to licence Mosaic MSX analytics platform

Electronic US Treasuries trading venue, LiquidityEdge, signs a multi-year deal to license Mosaic Smart Data’s award winning MSX platform to provide analytics across its innovative all-to-all marketplaces.

26 September 2019

News/ai

Kreditech targets India after EUR20m funding boost

Kreditech, a German-based online lender and POS financing provider focused on "near prime" borrowers, is looking to the Indian market after raising EUR20 million in funding.

25 September 2019

News/ai

ING invests in machine learning-based credit decisioning startup

Dutch bank ING has invested in Flowcast, a startup that uses machine learning algorithms to create predictive models that reduce risk and unlock credit to businesses.

25 September 2019

News/security

Sibos 2019: Cyber-attackers operate like serial killers

Riffing on the risks involved with thriving in a hyper-connected world, Sibos 2019 in London explores the dangers of cyber attacks and how they can have a contagion effect across broader financial systems and impact financial stability.

25 September 2019

News/cloud

Atom Bank transitions to Google Cloud

Atom bank announces today at Sibos in London that the mobile-only bank will be shifting from third-party data centres to Google Cloud in order to keep pace with digitally savvy customers and offer new services.

25 September 2019

News/cloud

Sibos 2019: Cloud, AI and privacy are the building blocks of a new digital world

How does an organisation decide if cloud and AI is right for them? This question was hotly debated at Sibos 2019 in London and discussions were also had around how IT leaders need to constantly assess the benefits of the cloud and AI in the context of the businesses they serve.

24 September 2019