Artificial Intelligence

February 5, 2025 @ 6:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

A recent funding round has highlighted the growing demand for artificial intelligence (AI) solutions in the financial services industry.  The investment in Jump, a provider of AI tools for financial advisors, underscores the potential benefits of leveraging AI to streamline administrative tasks and enhance customer… Read More

February 5, 2025 @ 2:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

MongoDB, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDB) announced that Lombard Odier, a  Swiss private bank, partnered with MongoDB to enhance its banking tech systems. In collaboration with MongoDB, Lombard Odier has streamlined the modernization of its systems and apps with generative AI, “reducing technical complexity and accelerating the… Read More

February 5, 2025 @ 9:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Worldpay, a firm focused on payments tech and solutions, has announced that it entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Ravelin, an AI-native fraud prevention platform based in London, UK. The acquisition of Ravelin will complement and enhance Worldpay’s portfolio of solutions and enable merchants… Read More

February 5, 2025 @ 5:16 am By Omar Faridi  |  

PwC and Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) announced a collaboration aimed at transforming industries with the power of AI agents. This collab seeks to harness AI’s potential to drive business value, “enhance customer engagement and streamline operations across various sectors.” This initiative between PwC and Microsoft focuses on… Read More

February 4, 2025 @ 10:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

JPX Market Innovation & Research, (JPXI), a provider of Japan’s financial market data, and Snowflake, the AI Data Cloud company, announced a partnership in order to disseminate data over Snowflake’s platform. Data provision via Snowflake will enable market participants to get access to JPXI’s data… Read More

February 4, 2025 @ 10:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fuel Ventures, a UK venture capital firm, announced its investment of £2 million in Prosper, a wealth management platform targeting high net worth individuals that is shaking up the way wealth is managed by unlocking access to private markets and leveraging AI. The investment round… Read More

February 4, 2025 @ 5:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

As the threat of fraud rises with the increasing use of generative AI, traditional methods of verifying consumer information have become inadequate according to an update from Nova Credit. A study projects AI-driven fraud losses could reach “$40 billion by 2027, highlighting the urgent need… Read More

February 4, 2025 @ 1:29 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Preqin, the global firm focused on alternatives data and key industry insights, released its Venture Capital Q4 2024 (the Preqin Quarterly Update report). The research report highlights that global venture capital deal value was “up 61% quarter-on-quarter in Q4 2024, to $87.4bn from $54.2bn in… Read More

February 3, 2025 @ 4:12 pm By Michael Wong  |  

TeamSec, a company that claims to be the world’s first AI-powered securitization platform, has raised $7.6 million through a joint investment led by Deniz Ventures, the venture capital arm of DenizBank, and Doha-based Rasmal Ventures. The funding round, executed under the Emirates NBD Innovation Fund—the… Read More

February 3, 2025 @ 11:01 am By Omar Faridi  |  

NatWest Group has made a minority investment in Serene, an early-stage AI platform focused on addressing financial vulnerability. Through real-time customer insights driven by AI and behavioral science, the platform “detects early signs of financial distress and predicts risks to help financial institutions deliver personalized,… Read More

February 3, 2025 @ 8:10 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Lloyds Banking Group has announced important updates that focus on enhancing its artificial intelligence (AI) related capabilities. Lloyds Banking Group appointed Magdalena Lis as Head of Responsible Artificial Intelligence (AI), starting on 3 February 2025. This follows the appointment of Dr Rohit Dhawan as Director… Read More

February 2, 2025 @ 5:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Euroclear has announced a 7-year partnership with Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) to transform Euroclear clients’ experience and drive new opportunities for growth. The partnership strengthens Euroclear’s business ecosystem and technology infrastructure by leveraging Microsoft’s tech, expertise and cloud services. This will enhance Euroclear’s ability to create value… Read More

February 2, 2025 @ 5:44 pm By Michael Wong  |  

InfiniVAN Inc., a telecommunications arm of IPS, Inc., has joined forces with Maybank Philippines Inc. in a bid to upgrade the bank’s financial services and enhance its security framework through advanced internet solutions. The collaboration follows the successful completion of the Philippine Domestic Submarine Cable… Read More

February 1, 2025 @ 8:42 am By Omar Faridi  |  

A recent report from CBInsights highlights the significant growth and transformation in the artificial intelligence (AI) landscape in 2024. Key trends and findings from the research reports include: Record funding: Private AI companies raised a record $100.4B in 2024, with mega-rounds accounting for 69% of… Read More

January 31, 2025 @ 12:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

OKX has released a comprehensive report, “The State of DEXs 2025,” which provides an in-depth analysis of the evolving decentralized exchange (DEX) landscape and its role in shaping the on-chain economy. The report highlights the rapid growth of DEXs, driven by innovation, accessibility, and decentralization…. Read More

January 30, 2025 @ 5:08 am By Omar Faridi  |  

PitchBook noted in a new report that the infrastructure software as a service (SaaS) sector has experienced significant growth, driven by the increasing adoption of digital transformation, Big Data, and advanced technologies like large language models. The report from PitchBook explained that this sector encompasses… Read More

January 29, 2025 @ 9:46 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitcoin (BTC), the flagship cryptocurrency, is holding steady around the $100,000 mark as investors await the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting. After a modest 3-4% correction on Tuesday (January 28), the leading cryptocurrency rebounded, reflecting cautious optimism among investors ahead of key policy remarks…. Read More

January 27, 2025 @ 12:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

YZi Labs, formerly known as Binance Labs, has unveiled its rebranding, marking a significant expansion of its investment focus beyond crypto and blockchain to include Artificial Intelligence (AI) and biotechnology (biotech). Bianance describes the change as a natural progression as it has operated independently while… Read More

January 27, 2025 @ 10:20 am By JD Alois  |  

DeepSeek is cratering markets this morning as the alternative to ChatGPT, Grok, Gemini, etc.; it is said to provide better results, use fewer resources, and is (for the moment) open source and free for light usage and prices modest for more resource intense requests. Nvidia… Read More

January 26, 2025 @ 7:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CBInsights conducted a survey with 50 senior strategy professionals to examine their approaches to generative AI (genAI) implementation and understand why some teams are achieving better results than others. According to the findings, generative AI is the top technology priority for corporate strategy teams in… Read More