Tagged: ai

November 3, 2024 @ 4:09 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Warburg AI, a UAE-based artificial intelligence company specializing in financial services, has raised $250,000 in seed funding to accelerate the development of its AI-driven financial solutions, according to an announcement. Founded in September 2024 in Sharjah by entrepreneurs Ben Feaver, Lancelot de Brier, and Madiyar… Read More

November 2, 2024 @ 5:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Artificial intelligence is increasingly finding its way into the cloud, according to a report from KPMG which revealed that 97 per cent of companies in Germany that use cloud services obtain their AI (artificial intelligence) solutions from cloud providers. The research report noted that the… Read More

November 2, 2024 @ 4:18 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Listed firm CryptoBlox Technologies Inc. has announced its acquisition of Blockchain Fintech Unipessoal LDA, a Portuguese company specializing in blockchain-based financial technologies. The announcement was part of the amended agreement that revises the initial acquisition terms disclosed on March 5, 2024, reflecting the latest developments… Read More

October 31, 2024 @ 9:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Feedzai, the RiskOps platform, offering AI-powered solutions to protect people and payments against financial crime, reveals that 42% of French citizens will use fingerprint authentication to secure their payments, especially among the younger generation aged 18-34, where the rate is 56%. Although 32% of respondents… Read More

October 30, 2024 @ 3:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Lunar, the Nordic challenger bank, announces the launch of its AI Voice Assistant, marking a milestone as the European bank to introduce GenAI Native Voice tech. Powered by the GPT-4o model, the GenAI Native Voice Assistant will help make banking accessible to all demographics, offering… Read More

October 29, 2024 @ 4:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Novaprime, a mortgage technology company dedicated to making homeownership more affordable, has recently announced that it makes its public debut with the launch of its AI-powered Loan Quality Platform. The platform is designed to improve the mortgage process by quickly evaluating loan integrity, “reducing processing… Read More

October 27, 2024 @ 5:51 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

A new report from J.D. Power analyzes if mortgage customers are prepared for AI-powered chatbots. The signs are encouraging. Artificial intelligence (AI) is here to stay. Three-fourths of business leaders say they are planning to escalate their AI investments as they see its potential to redefine… Read More

October 22, 2024 @ 10:09 pm By Michael Wong  |  

DataCrunch, a European provider of artificial intelligence (AI) computing infrastructure, has secured €12 million in a seed funding round led by venture capital firm byFounders. The investment aims to bolster the company’s infrastructure as it strives to become Europe’s first hyperscaler, enhancing service delivery for… Read More

October 21, 2024 @ 9:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Three in four business professionals in the tech sector (74%) believe that the results of the upcoming US election will have a significant impact on the US tech industry’s ability to stay ahead or relevant when compare to their international competitors. Ernst & Young LLP… Read More

October 21, 2024 @ 3:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Herald, the digital infrastructure provider for commercial insurance, announced a $12 million Series A round co-led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and Brewer Lane Ventures with participation from Afore Capital and Underscore Venture Capital. The proceeds from the funding round will now aim to support Insurtech… Read More

October 19, 2024 @ 7:35 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Swift is planning to roll out new AI-enhanced fraud detection for the global payments industry. It will be available in January 2025. The new capability builds on Swift’s existing Payment Controls Service by drawing on pseudonymized data from the billions of transactions that flow over… Read More

October 18, 2024 @ 12:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The mood or overall sentiments among Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of Germany based firms regarding the economic situation remains tense. This, according to an extensive update from KPMG. Only a good three out of four (77%) company leaders still have “confidence in their firm’s overall… Read More

October 16, 2024 @ 9:50 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

FlexFactor, a provider of decline recovery solutions for e-commerce brands, has announced the completion of its $16.8 Series A funding round. The round was led by Bessemer Venture Partners, with additional participation from seed investors. Annual global e-commerce sales exceed $5 trillion, yet failed checkout payments… Read More

October 15, 2024 @ 11:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Cedric Iggiotti, VP Product, Screening at ThetaRay noted recently that in an era where financial institutions face growing pressure from regulators, Starling Bank’s enforcement action by the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) serves as an important reminder: a robust compliance framework isn’t just a regulatory… Read More

October 5, 2024 @ 6:22 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Funding for the generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) sector in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is projected to increase by 50 percent year-over-year in 2025, according to the latest report from GenAI Fund. The “ASEAN GenAI Startup Report 2024” attributes this anticipated growth to… Read More

October 4, 2024 @ 8:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at CBInsights has released their latest State of Venture Q3’24 report. As noted in the research report from CBInsights, AI startups have managed to acquire 1 in 3 VC dollars. The research study released by CBInsights pointed out that Silicon Valley is becoming… Read More

October 2, 2024 @ 7:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group), a global financial markets infrastructure and data provider, releases a report, The Future of Wealth: Why Consistency Matters, highlighting the impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in wealth management. AI continues to transform the wealth management sector with 62% of wealth… Read More

September 30, 2024 @ 10:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

BUSINESSNEXT, a global enabler of composable enterprise solutions for financial services, has partnered with MongoDB to support autonomous operations enhanced with predictive and generative AI for banking as well as insurance. Headquartered in New York, MongoDB enables industry participants to create, transform, and enhance various… Read More

September 30, 2024 @ 9:10 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Twill founder and CEO Michael Wright is using his payments background and technological breakthroughs to bring the benefits of AI [artificial intelligence] and data analytics, previously only available to large companies and small- and medium-sized businesses. By consolidating data and providing enhanced analytics, Twill will… Read More

September 30, 2024 @ 9:00 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Abrigo, a provider of commercial lending software and services for U.S. financial institutions, today announced that Abrigo Small Business Lending has emerged from beta and is commercially available. Recent data from the Abrigo Customer Lending survey reveals that many financial institutions are actively seeking to… Read More