Artificial Intelligence

June 17, 2024 @ 8:20 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Brightwave, an AI-powered financial research assistant, this week announced $6 million in seed funding. The round was led by Decibel Partners, with backing from Point72 Ventures, Moonfire Ventures, and angel investors from OpenAI, Databricks, Uber, and LinkedIn. Founded by engineers with deep knowledge in AI… Read More

June 16, 2024 @ 5:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Further building on its GenAI focus in the fixed income market, LTX, an AI-powered corporate bond trading platform backed by global Fintech Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc. (NYSE:BR), announced GenAI-powered List Trading functionality. The new feature allows users “to leverage GPT technology to generate and execute… Read More

June 15, 2024 @ 10:08 am By Michael Wong  |  

Ant Group, the Fintech arm of Chinese tech major Alibaba, ramped up its research and development expenditures to a record 21.2 billion yuan ($3.05 billion) last year, according to its latest sustainability report. This move highlights the company’s increasing focus on technology innovations, including artificial… Read More

June 14, 2024 @ 5:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Remote working Fintech Deel has introduced a new AI tool for enhancing various tasks. Deel says that this Ai tool helps with double-checking compliance rules. It assists with digging into your global workforce data, and then “making smarter business decisions faster using AI.” As explained… Read More

June 13, 2024 @ 2:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance Labs, the venture capital and incubation arm of Binance, has invested in Zircuit, a zero-knowledge rollup with AI-enabled sequencer-level security. Zircuit is a new Layer 2 (L2) network that “introduces a novel approach to on-chain security.” The network safeguards users “with sequencer-level security and… Read More

June 13, 2024 @ 12:18 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

A report from Commonwealth highlights the ways AI can improve the financial lives of people with low to moderate incomes. It is the result of a three-year project supported by JPMorgan Chase. The firms said it is urgent to research and identify the ways in… Read More

June 12, 2024 @ 8:33 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Mistral AI is announcing €600M in Series B funding for their first year of operations. Mistral AI said the funding from the investment round will accelerate its roadmap as it continues to bring frontier AI into everyone’s hands. The company is developing various generative AI… Read More

June 11, 2024 @ 12:34 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

This past week, RegGenome, a University of Cambridge commercial spin-out, launched its enriched regulatory data repository powered by GenAI. The solution utilizes advanced AI technologies to power regulatory solutions and support sustainable business operations. The imbalance of regulatory turbulence and compliance capabilities is driving the need… Read More

June 11, 2024 @ 9:41 am By Nick Morgan  |  

Navigating the Future of Innovation with Lou Kerner: Insights from CryptoOracle Collective In a recent episode of Capital Ideas, hosts Nick Morgan and Dara Albright welcomed Lou Kerner, founder of the CryptoOracle Collective and Crypto Mondays. The discussion delved into the challenges and opportunities facing… Read More

June 11, 2024 @ 8:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

NatWest is announcing the launch of Cora+, an upgrade to its digital assistant, Cora, developed in collaboration with IBM. NatWest is to introduce the new version of Cora during London Tech Week and will “be one the first banks in the UK to deploy generative… Read More

June 11, 2024 @ 6:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Conversational AI provider boost.ai announced Credit Union of Colorado and Desert Financial Credit Union (DFCU) as new customers alongside a partnership with Pindrop, industry participants focused on voice security solutions. The news reinforces the company’s continued growth in “the US market, following its recent launch… Read More

June 10, 2024 @ 4:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Quantexa, the global enabler of Decision Intelligence (DI) solutions for the public and private sectors announced that it is partnering with Databricks, the data and artificial intelligence (AI) company, to enable customers “to deploy its Decision Intelligence Platform and Data Management, Customer Intelligence, Risk Management,… Read More

June 4, 2024 @ 9:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Research from Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA), conducted in partnership with YouGov, reveals 59 per cent of SMEs have invested or plan “to invest in AI in the next five years (25 per cent and 34 per cent respectively), with younger business leaders owners more… Read More

June 4, 2024 @ 12:31 pm By JD Alois  |  

Abrigo has announced a commercial loan origination tool for SME lending. Abrigo Small Business Lending is said to leverage AI to help banks and credit unions boost their small business loan portfolios. The automated loan processing is said to provide a transparent, AI-powered loan scoring… Read More

June 3, 2024 @ 3:45 pm By JD Alois  |  

Cyabra, a proactive artificial intelligence solution designed to sniff out fake news and other bogus information, such as fake profiles, has posted a report on the forthcoming Presidential election and the activity of fake campaigns targeting the Biden and Trump campaigns. According to the report,… Read More

June 3, 2024 @ 6:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Klarna, the AI-powered global payments network and shopping assistant, reported its Q1 2024 financial results, revealing another profitable quarter and continued growth outpacing ecommerce. Sebastian Siemiatkowski, CEO of Klarna, said: “Klarna continues its acceleration with 29% revenue growth year on year, coupled with the power… Read More

June 2, 2024 @ 1:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Billtrust, a B2B order-to-cash and digital payments market leader, announced new AI functionality within its accounts receivable software platform to empower finance professionals to better understand their business, make strategic decisions and engage customers more effectively. Billtrust has introduced a new generative AI tool, Billtrust… Read More

May 28, 2024 @ 12:19 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Sectors more exposed to AI are experiencing almost five times (4.8x) higher growth in labor productivity, according to PwC’s 2024 Global AI Jobs Barometer, released recently. The report, which analyzed “over half a billion job ads from 15 countries, suggests that AI could allow many… Read More

May 27, 2024 @ 9:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

As fraudsters seek new ways to exploit technology, Mastercard (NYSE: MA) is using generative AI to double the speed at which it can detect potentially compromised cards, further protecting cardholders and securing the ecosystem. Fraudsters steal millions of payment card numbers “through spyware, malware, and… Read More

May 25, 2024 @ 3:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

As generative AI continues to transform industries, Billtrust, a B2B order-to-cash and digital payments market leader, released a new report uncovering perspectives from U.S. CFOs on the adoption and impact of this disruptive technology. Billtrust‘s “Generative AI & The Office of the CFO” report surveyed… Read More