Artificial Intelligence

April 5, 2020 @ 6:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Points Technology, an artificial intelligence (AI) and blockchain-focused firm, has reportedly acquired millions of dollars in funding through a Series A round. K2 Venture Partners, a Chinese venture capital firm, made the investment. Points Technology’s management said that the funds raised will be used to… Read More

April 2, 2020 @ 7:20 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Belgium-based InvestSuite, a business-to-business (B2B) wealth technology (Wealthtech) firm, has secured an additional €2 million in seed funding. The firm’s current and new angel investors took part in the round. InvestSuite’s management and employees also made contributions, bringing the company’s total funding since its launch… Read More

April 2, 2020 @ 1:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Finturi, a Netherlands-based startup that leverages blockchain to power invoice financing, has received regulatory approval by the Dutch Authority of Financial Markets (AFM), according to a note from the firm. Launched in September 2018, Finturi uses technologies like blockchain and artificial intelligence (AI) to make… Read More

April 1, 2020 @ 10:56 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Tavant, a U.S.-based AI-powered digital technologies provider, announced on Wednesday the launch of its new proptech business. Tavant claims that the platform implifies the home shopping and buying process and the company has leveraged its years of experience in Fintech, Digital Transformation, AI and Machine… Read More

March 31, 2020 @ 10:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ThetaRay, a provider of Big Data and artificial intelligence (AI)-enhanced analytics tools, has joined Microsoft’s (NASDAQ:MSFT) partner program, One Commercial Partner, which provides various cloud-powered solutions. ThetaRay’s anti-money laundering (AML) solution for correspondent banking can be accessed through Microsoft’s Azure Marketplace. A large US bank… Read More

March 31, 2020 @ 5:04 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Global payables platform Tipalti announced on Tuesday the launch of its artificial intelligence (AI) for accounts payable, Tipalti Pi. Acceding to Tipalti, the Tipalti Pi is a continuously-adaptive, integrated payables intelligence engine throughout the Tipalti platform that employs AI and machine learning to make the… Read More

March 29, 2020 @ 7:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Finantix, a technology products firm focused on banking, wealth management and insurance services, has published a report, which it authored in collaboration with WealthBriefing, a news, features and information source for the wealth management (Wealthtech) industry. The market research report, titled “Defining – and Delivering… Read More

March 24, 2020 @ 11:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Big Data and artificial intelligence firm ADVANCE.AI aims to assist businesses based in Asia with their digital transformation strategies. ADVANCE.AI is expanding its business operations into India by establishing business offices in Bangalore and New Delhi. The Singapore-headquartered firm also intends to open an office… Read More

March 20, 2020 @ 11:08 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Challenger bank Tandem recently announced the launch of its new AI system, Ada. According to Tandem, Ada is a self-learning platform that is designed to deliver insights to add value to the baning group customers’ lives. “We have lots of information about our customers, about… Read More

March 18, 2020 @ 9:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Sight Diagnostics, an OurCrowd portfolio company, is helping to lead the response to the Coronavirus pandemic. Sight’s OLO, a compact blood analyzer that can provide rapid, lab-grade CBC [complete blood count] results, has been installed in Sheba Tel Hashomer’s (Israel’s largest hospital that is supported… Read More

March 17, 2020 @ 11:51 am By JD Alois  |  

Funding London, an investment vehicle provided by the Mayor of London, has backed 26 female founders, according to a note from the fund. Founded in 2004 by Maggie Rodriguez Piza on behalf of the Mayor of London, since inception Funding London has backed 673 SMEs… Read More

March 17, 2020 @ 8:24 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Eden Amirav, CEO at Become (formerly Lending Express), a leading online platform that helps small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) find and optimize funding solutions, recently shared his views and insights with Crowdfund Insider. Become uses its proprietary technology to assist and nurture businesses throughout the… Read More

March 16, 2020 @ 11:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

India-based NBFC Clix Capital Services Pvt Ltd (Clix), an established online lending platform, has introduced an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered bot, called “Maya,” in order to improve customer experience. Maya will assist the lending service’s clients in acquiring quick loans by first checking their credit scores… Read More

March 16, 2020 @ 4:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Although there are many software tools to manage company expenses, the existing expense processing methods can be quite cumbersome and are also inefficient. Many firms depend on  manual processes to manage their spending. The founders of Expense Robot, a Switzerland-based Fintech firm that uses artificial… Read More

March 16, 2020 @ 9:02 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Two major Fintech companies, Aion Digital and Qarar, are teaming up in order to accelerate the growth and development of online lending platforms across the Middle East region. According to a press release, the collaboration between the two Fintechs aims to “revolutionize the credit market”… Read More

March 15, 2020 @ 12:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Paris-headquartered Akur8, a company that’s developing an artificial intelligence (AI)-enhanced insurance pricing platform, has secured €8 million via a Series A round from BlackFin Capital and MTech Capital. The funds raised will be used to expand the firm’s business operations across North and South America… Read More

March 13, 2020 @ 7:50 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) banking sector has become increasingly competitive due to the significant increase in the number of Fintech firms in the Middle Eastern country. The UAE has also established (for the most part) progressive regulatory guidelines and is in the process of… Read More

March 11, 2020 @ 6:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Finantix has reportedly signed an agreement for the acquisition of Zürich-based InCube Group AG, a company with a team of artificial intelligence (AI) specialists, quant and application developers and finance professionals that create data-driven, AI-powered products for wealth managers and insurers. Finantix’s acquisition of InCube… Read More

March 10, 2020 @ 4:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

A study recently published by Juniper Research has revealed that total spending on artificial intelligence (AI)-enhanced platforms and solutions will surpass $15 billion by 2024. Juniper Research’s latest study, titled AI Strategies for Network Operators: Key Use Cases & Monetisation Models 2020-2024, noted that only… Read More

February 12, 2020 @ 8:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The global artificial intelligence (AI) market size is projected to hit $390.9 billion by 2025. The market is expected to achieve a compound annual growth rate of 46.2% from 2019 to 2025. AI is a major technological innovation along with Big Data advancements, machine learning… Read More