Artificial Intelligence

February 22, 2024 @ 5:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Finastra’s Filogix team has unveiled new generative AI (Gen AI) capabilities in its Expert Pro Canadian Mortgage Point of Sale (POS) solution. The function automates the creation of borrower narratives (notes) that “aids in lender underwriting – streamlining processes, saving time and minimizing errors for… Read More

February 22, 2024 @ 9:29 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Lenders are increasingly frustrated with OCR (optical character recognition) solutions that are designed to read data off paystubs, but they’re only pulling text from the documents. They also aren’t an end-to-end solution helping lenders comply with ECOA and Fair Lending. Many OCR tools also focus… Read More

February 22, 2024 @ 7:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

KPMG UK and Blue J announced that they will launch a new generative AI powered product to answer challenging tax research questions in seconds. KPMG will have exclusive access “to the tool, Ask Blue J, among the big four accountancy firms in the UK for… Read More

February 21, 2024 @ 3:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Government leaders are increasingly pointing to a lack of infrastructure as a barrier to modernization, according to new EY survey The EY survey reportedly reveals “outdated IT, limited funding and an overwhelmed workforce are among top barriers to tech modernization at federal, state and local… Read More

February 21, 2024 @ 9:55 am By JD Alois  |  

SEI (NASDAQ:SEIC) has invested $10 million in TIFIN, a Wealthtech firm leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) to improve wealth management. Terms of the investment were not immediately available. SEIC currently has a market cap of around $8.9 billion. SEI is a tech firm providing services to… Read More

February 20, 2024 @ 7:51 am By JD Alois  |  

Clarity, a firm that aims to “immunize” businesses from Deepfakes and AI-generated “synthetic media,” has raised $16 million in Seed funding in a round led by Walden Catalyst and Bessemer Venture Partners. In a blog post, the company said they are addressing one of the… Read More

February 18, 2024 @ 8:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

PayPal Ventures reports that is co-leading Rasa’s $30 million Series C funding round. Rasa, the generative conversational AI platform, announced “the completion of its $30 million Series C funding round, co-led by StepStone Group and PayPal Ventures, with participation from Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Accel, and… Read More

February 17, 2024 @ 4:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Experian released its 2024 Future of Fraud Forecast, which identifies five fraud threats consumers and businesses should be cautious of this year. Today’s fraudsters are sophisticated and will “deploy the latest technology, such as generative artificial intelligence, to dupe consumers and businesses.” According to an… Read More

February 17, 2024 @ 4:26 am By Michael Wong  |  

Singapore has announced a major investment in artificial intelligence (AI), with more than $1 billion earmarked over the next five years to propel the city-state to new heights in AI development. Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, who also serves as the Minister for Finance, unveiled… Read More

February 14, 2024 @ 5:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Sibli (formerly Responsibi), a company that aims to change the investment research process using AI [artificial intelligence], has announced a $4.5millio Seed round led by Staircase Ventures, a firm overseen by Janet Bannister. The deal included participation by The Group Ventures, Burst Capital, MaRS IAF,… Read More

February 12, 2024 @ 11:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The UK government will invest £100 million in AI research and training regulators on the technology. A good portion of the cash infusion will be spent on new research hubs across the UK. Bridgewise, an AI financial intelligence platform, has shared insights following this announcement…. Read More

February 9, 2024 @ 8:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

NTT DATA, a global digital business and IT services leader, announced a new global banking research report entitled “The Digital Horizon: Banking’s Shift from Mainframe to AI-Driven Cloud Infrastructure.” The research has unveiled findings from “a survey of 650 global banking decision-makers, marking a definitive… Read More

February 5, 2024 @ 8:10 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Vault Hill, which is described as an AI-powered metaverse designed to enrich engagement & create new revenue channels, has acquired over £215,000 from 45 investors (at the time of writing) through its crowdfunding campaign, carried out via Seedrs. There are currently two days left in… Read More

February 2, 2024 @ 7:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The “explosion” of generative AI [artificial intelligence] saves the AI sector from the worst of the venture drought, according to an update from CBInsights. The CBInsights team notes that although AI venture activity slowed down in 2023, the sector — and particularly, generative AI —… Read More

February 1, 2024 @ 10:19 am By JD Alois  |  

Paytm, the operating name of One 97 Communications Limited (PAYTM.NS), shares cratered today as the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) decided to halt deposits in its digital wallet and accounts. Paytm describes itself as India’s most loved payments app. The company also operates Paytm Payments… Read More

February 1, 2024 @ 8:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Santosh Radhakrishnan, CCO at XYB, an end-to-end coreless banking platform, recently commented on the future of banking and the different challenges the financial services sector is facing. Santosh also talked about the key pain points that presently exist in the banking sector. XYB claims that… Read More

January 31, 2024 @ 7:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Nuant are pleased to announce their strategic partnership with Aisot Technologies, an AI-powered portfolio optimization specialist. This collaboration marks a significant advancement “in sophisticated financial tools, elevating risk assessment and strategy performance for institutional investors.” On one side, Nuant says they “elevate digital asset management… Read More

January 29, 2024 @ 11:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The global cybersecurity landscape is evolving at an unprecedented pace, presenting new challenges and opportunities for defenders and threat actors alike, especially with the rapid evolution of AI. In its latest industry findings global survey, EC-Council, inventor of the Certified Ethical Hacker (C|EH) and a… Read More

January 26, 2024 @ 11:29 am By Michael Wong  |  

Addlly AI, a Singapore-based Generative AI startup, announced the successful closure of its seed funding round, achieving a valuation cap of S$5 million. The fresh funding will be used for the strategic expansion of the company’s capabilities in AI-driven digital marketing, according to the announcement…. Read More

January 26, 2024 @ 11:26 am By JD Alois  |  

ieDigital is reporting that it has acquired ABAKA as part of a strategy to provide AI-powered Fintech to credit unions in the US. Typically, financial services firms like credit unions or smaller banks do not have the capacity to develop Fintech in house. Thus they… Read More