Artificial Intelligence

July 1, 2023 @ 6:13 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Lemonade (NYSE: LMND), the digital insurance company powered by AI and social impact, announced it has partnered with General Catalyst (GC), a venture firm and an early investor in Lemonade, in order “to create Synthetic Agents, a novel financial structure that unlocks growth without depleting… Read More

June 30, 2023 @ 10:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Salesforce launched Personalized Financial Engagement, a new solution to help financial institutions use AI, real-time data and CRM to manage customers’ financial plans and deliver intelligent, personalized financial insights at scale. And with Financial Services Cloud, Marketing GPT and Data Cloud, marketers at financial institutions… Read More

June 30, 2023 @ 10:29 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Confluence Technologies, Inc., a global technology solutions provider to the investment management industry, announced the first development out of its innovation lab that leverages AI technology to solve complex industry problems. As the first application, the Confluence innovation lab “applies Large Language Models (LLM) to… Read More

June 29, 2023 @ 12:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

FiVerity, the provider of Anti-Fraud Collaboration solutions, today announced new platform features designed to help the financial industry fight back against fraud. FiVerity also announced it is “opening the network to an initial 200 small and medium-sized financial institutions, providing approved businesses with free access… Read More

June 28, 2023 @ 5:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

AI technology is rapidly evolving and its applications even faster. Ramp says they are dedicated “to pushing the frontiers of AI to help businesses save time and money,” using GPT to deliver price intelligence, expense management, and more. As stated by the company’s management, they… Read More

June 28, 2023 @ 2:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Checkout.com, the global payments solution provider, launches Intelligent Acceptance, its latest product to help merchants optimise acceptance rates and grow revenues. Intelligent Acceptance is “an AI-powered optimization engine, trained on billions of transactional data points from Checkout.com‘s global network and insights from the business’ domain… Read More

June 28, 2023 @ 2:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Resistant AI, an artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning security company that protects financial services from financial crime, announced it has “expanded its Series A funding to $27.6 million, having raised an additional $11 million investment from Notion Capital.” This adds to the existing funding… Read More

June 28, 2023 @ 8:24 am By Omar Faridi  |  

With artificial intelligence (AI) being one of the most talked about technologies of 2023, consumers are gradually “growing their understanding of its role in the payments process.” Research among over 14,000 consumers commissioned by global payments platform Paysafe (NYSE: PSFE) highlights the extent of the… Read More

June 26, 2023 @ 7:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Cleareye.ai, Inc., which claims to be the provider of a “category-leading” digital trade finance solution ClearTrade, for digital automation of trade compliance and operations, today announced it has secured a strategic investment from J.P. Morgan. The ClearTrade Platform, “built to revolutionize trade finance, is a… Read More

June 25, 2023 @ 12:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Jack Henry (Nasdaq: JKHY) announced the launch of Payrailz Fraud Monitor, a cloud-native, AI-based feature of the Payrailz Digital Payments Platform that “provides real-time fraud detection when payment transactions are initiated.” This customizable, proprietary feature “supports person-to-person (P2P) payments, consumer and business bill payments, and… Read More

June 23, 2023 @ 12:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Provenir, which claims to be a global leader in data and AI-powered risk decisioning software, announced the appointment of Carol Hamilton as its Chief Product Officer. Based in Provenir’s London office, Hamilton will be “responsible for shaping the company’s global product strategy, overseeing product development… Read More

June 23, 2023 @ 8:54 am By JD Alois  |  

The news cycle is consumed with the debate about artificial intelligence (AI) and how it is going to transform the world. AI, machine learning has been integrated into various Fintech platforms for years now but the rise of ChatGPT has drawn more interest and scrutiny…. Read More

June 22, 2023 @ 9:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM) has reportedly appointed Teresa Heitsenrether to serve as the Head of a data and analytics division. This, according to a report from Bloomberg on Wednesday (June 21, 2023). This new appointment is part of the banking institution’s wider focus on artificial… Read More

June 21, 2023 @ 3:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

D3VC.ai, a new investment and funding platform founded by crowdfunding experts, says it has raised $775,000 in the first week of availability for its inaugural Fund I.  This first fund is looking to raise up to $5 million, which it will invest in approximately 200… Read More

June 20, 2023 @ 3:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fujitsu and Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. launched joint verification trials using Fujitsu’s generative AI technology to streamline development and maintenance operations of Mizuho’s system. The trials will “take place between June 19, 2023 and March 31, 2024.” Generative AI technologies “offer enormous potential to transform the… Read More

June 19, 2023 @ 11:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Blackbird.AI, which claims to be the leader in AI-driven Narrative and Risk Intelligence, announced the close of a $20M Series B round led by cybersecurity investor Ten Eleven Ventures, with follow-on support from existing investors Dorilton Capital, Generation Ventures, StartFast Ventures and Trousdale Ventures. Other… Read More

June 18, 2023 @ 7:09 pm By JD Alois  |  

Initial public offerings have hit the pause button in the past months – at least until recently. Last week, CAVA (NYSE:CAVA), a Mediterranean restaurant concept, successfully floated shares on the NYSE, seeing the shares rocket on the first day of trading. The strong showing in… Read More

June 18, 2023 @ 12:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The World Economic Forum (WEF) has launched the AI Governance Alliance, a dedicated initiative focused on responsible generative artificial intelligence (AI). This initiative expands “on the existing framework and builds on the recommendations from the Responsible AI Leadership: A Global Summit on Generative AI.” The… Read More

June 18, 2023 @ 12:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Paro, a Chicago-based startup disrupting the way companies access on-demand finance and accounting expertise, announced it raised $25 million in Series C funding to further “develop its platform supporting freelance experts and continue its expansion with enterprise clients.” The investment round was “led by Top… Read More

June 17, 2023 @ 4:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bybit, which claims to be the world’s “third-most visited” cryptocurrency exchange, is pleased to announce the release of its latest tool, ToolsGPT. This innovative platform “combines ChatGPT’s machine learning technology with Bybit’s robust market data, [enhancing] the way traders make informed and profitable decisions.” ToolsGPT… Read More