Tagged: ai

June 27, 2020 @ 2:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

France-based AI company ubble has acquired more than €10 million (appr. $11.2 million) in capital through a round led Breega and Partech and Breega. The funds raised will reportedly be used to develop ubble’s remote onine ID verification product which will include biometric facial recognition…. Read More

June 26, 2020 @ 8:18 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The global AI in Fintech market was valued at about $6.67 billion last year and is now projected to reach $22.6 billion by 2025. As noted in ResearchAndMarket’s recent report, the AI Fintech sector is on track to expand at a CAGR of 23.37% from… Read More

June 24, 2020 @ 10:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

IPC, a global provider of communications and networking solutions for the financial markets, has teamed up with Digital Reasoning, an established AI solutions provider that aims to better interpret human communications and behaviors. As noted in a release shared with CI: “The strategic partnership will… Read More

June 23, 2020 @ 9:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Max Chuard, CEO at Temenos (SIX: TEMN), a Switzerland-based banking software company, notes that the COVID-19 outbreak has accelerated the demand for the latest banking technologies and other cost-cutting performance efficiencies. Chuard says Cloud technologies and AI could potentially help banks weather significant socio-economic changes… Read More

June 22, 2020 @ 1:14 am By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently caught up with Jay Nair, Senior Vice President of Financial Services at Infosys (NYSE: INFY), a global leader in digital services and consulting. The company has clients in 45 countries who use its services to develop their digital transformation strategies. The firm has… Read More

June 21, 2020 @ 9:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The global Fintech market is expected to grow at a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of about 20% and is projected to reach a market value of approximately $305 billion by 2025, according to a new report from ResearchAndMarkets. Last month, UBS published a report… Read More

June 17, 2020 @ 2:41 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

U.S.-based fintech Broadridge Financial Solutions announced on Wednesday it has created a new artificial intelligent (AI)-driven digital execution platform, LTX, to bring next-generation liquidity to corporate bonds. According to Broadridge, LTX combines AI with digital execution protocol that enables broker-dealers to significantly improve market liquidity,… Read More

June 6, 2020 @ 6:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Edinburgh-based Fintech Aveni is planning to improve how businesses interact with their clients by automating customer relations management (CRM), fact-checking, risk monitoring and assessment, and adviser prompts. The company has secured £520,000 in seed funding through a round led by the Tricapital angel syndicate. The… Read More

June 6, 2020 @ 11:39 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Fintech sector continues to attract significant investments across the Middle East and Europe. However, the world is currently trying to cope with the socio-economic challenges created by the deadly COVID-19 outbreak. Competition in the Fintech space has been increasing steadily, with many new startups… Read More

June 6, 2020 @ 11:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Securities Services division of France’s BNP Paribas, the 8th largest bank in the world in terms of total assets, is reportedly using Natural Language Generation (NLG) to prepare concise, one-page executive summaries for its custody customers. BNP Paribas explained that NLG helps it convert… Read More

June 5, 2020 @ 10:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The digital asset and blockchain space is still in its infancy or early stages of development. There are many companies working on developing key infrastructure needed to support emerging cryptocurrency businesses. Cybersecurity, ID verification, AML/KYC processes, and even cryptocurrency-related insurance services are already being developed… Read More

June 2, 2020 @ 7:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UK-based Longevity Card, a Fintech company that aims to introduce a new and better way to help users manage their finances while leading a healthy lifestyle via an easy-to-use app, recently revealed that it has received private investments from a Switzerland-based branch of Deep Knowledge… Read More

June 1, 2020 @ 4:29 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

HSBC recently announced it has teamed up with Equbot and IBM Watson to launch the artificial intelligence (AI)-Powered US Equity Index (AiPEX) family. The financial giant claims that the index is a market’s first in using AI as a method for equity investing. According to… Read More

May 29, 2020 @ 8:56 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Accern, a U.S.-based artificial Intelligence (AI) start-up, announced on Thursday it secured $13 million through its Series A funding round, which was led by Fusion Fund with participation from Mighty Capital, Allianz Life Ventures, Vectr Fintech Partners and Viaduct Ventures. Founded in 2014, Accern explained… Read More

May 28, 2020 @ 12:13 pm By JD Alois  |  

Skymind Global Ventures (SGV), the venture arm of Skymind, has announced its first spin-off – Konduit.  According to the company, Konduit offers a portfolio of open source tools that support machine learning practitioners. The company’s goal is to bridge the gap between research and enterprise… Read More

May 25, 2020 @ 12:59 am By Omar Faridi  |  

iCONECT CA Inc., a privately-held firm focused on legal technology (Legaltech) and eDiscovery, has teamed up with Big Four auditing firm PwC’s Canada division. PricewaterhouseCoopers has chosen the iCONECT document eDiscovery platform, in order to improve its ability to take care of legal, privacy, regulatory,… Read More

May 24, 2020 @ 1:16 am By Omar Faridi  |  

  Israel-based ThetaRay, a provider of Big Data and artificial intelligence (AI)-enhanced analytics tools, has launched FastStart, a product that aims to address the requirements of financial institutions during the COVID-19 crisis. As noted on ThetaRay’s official website: “Since the pandemic began, banks have seen… Read More

May 23, 2020 @ 9:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

  The Suseong University in South Korea will be working with the Korea Artificial Intelligence Association (KORAIA), in order to establish a blockchain or distributed ledger technology (DLT) and AI-focused campus in Daegu, a city located in the country’s North Gyeongsang province. Local media outlet… Read More

May 22, 2020 @ 3:36 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Digital brokerage solution provider DriveWealth announced on Thursday it is joining forces with INDmoney, an artificial intelligence (AI) and machine-learning-based wealth management platform in India, to bring U.S. stock investing technology and capability to INDmoney clients. DriveWealth reported that the collaboration with INDmoney is the latest… Read More

May 20, 2020 @ 11:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Artificial Intelligence firm, AnalytixInsight Inc. (TSX-V: ALY; OTCQB: ATIXF) recently revealed that it’s expecting its Fintech affiliate, MarketWall, to benefit from the new trend toward the increased use of digital channels, due to the COVID-19 outbreak. AnalytixInsight says that its analysis is based on Intesa… Read More