Tagged: ai

September 3, 2021 @ 8:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Hawk AI, Germany’s software provider of Transaction Monitoring for banking institutions, payment companies and Fintech firms, reveals that it has teamed up with Moss, a Berlin-headquartered expense and financial platform for comprehensive management of card payments, worker expenses, and invoices. Through the partnership, Hawk AI’s… Read More

September 2, 2021 @ 6:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Databricks, the data and AI firm, reveals that it has completed a $1.6 billion round in order to promote the innovation and adoption of the data lakehouse, as the data architecture’s utilization across data-oriented organizations keeps growing rapidly. The Series H investment round in Databricks… Read More

September 1, 2021 @ 9:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

LendingHome, one of the country’s largest lenders to real estate investors, reveals that it will change its name in “coming months” and rebrand as Kiavi. According to a release shared with CI, the new name, which comes from the phonetic representation of the Italian word… Read More

August 31, 2021 @ 8:17 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Investment in technology and data infrastructure sit at the top of asset managers’ priorities as they position themselves to deliver business growth in the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, a new report finds. Most, 56 per cent, say their investment will focus on these areas… Read More

August 24, 2021 @ 10:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Global AI-enhanced credit decision platform provider, Scienaptic AI, has revealed that Cooperative Teachers Credit Union (CTCU) has chosen its AI-based platform, allowing the credit union to make “stronger, faster” credit decisions and provide improved financial options for its members. As noted by Scienaptic AI‘s developers:… Read More

August 23, 2021 @ 11:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Overbond and IPC have announced a new partnership focused on accelerating the automation of fixed-income trading with voice-to-AI technology. Overbond is teaming up with IPC, a provider of secure, compliant communications and multi-Cloud connectivity services for the international financial markets, in order to integrate IPC’s… Read More

August 23, 2021 @ 10:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Arab Bank, one of the largest financial institutions in the Middle East, has launched its Fintech-focused corporate accelerator program, called “AB Accelerator,” in Egypt, after its successful launch in Jordan in 2018. The launch of this Fintech-related program in Egypt comes as part of… Read More

August 23, 2021 @ 5:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ojamu, which aims to bring AI-enhanced MarTech (marketing technology) to the blockchain by harnessing the power of DLT and NFTs, says it wants to help with “predicting” the “most effective” digital marketing strategy for major brands. Founded in 2019, Singapore-based Ojamu notes that they plan… Read More

August 22, 2021 @ 3:07 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Account-to-account payment tech GoCardless is partnering with Piano, a global analytics and activation platform, to help publishers and brands market, sell and fulfill premium content offerings. Piano’s commerce engine will be integrated with the GoCardless bank debit network, enabling subscription-based businesses to offer end users… Read More

August 15, 2021 @ 7:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In the fast-evolving digital economy, money laundering and financial crime have been increasing quite rapidly as regulation and banking processes struggle to address the rise in “criminal innovation.” Because of these developments, financial institutions have to respond quickly and effectively, by utilizing the appropriate tools… Read More

August 12, 2021 @ 8:15 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Tel Aviv-based Shield, an established Regtech firm, reveals that they’re introducing their powerful Alert Transparency capabilities, bringing “unmatched” understanding to compliance alerts and triggers via AI, Natural Language Processing (NLP), and various other backend technologies. As regulatory authorities throughout the world aim… Read More

August 10, 2021 @ 10:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Facteus, a provider of technology and services to access actionable insights within sensitive data, reveals that it’s now part of the Snowflake Partner Network, mainly focusing on supporting financial services organizations to securely access the scale, speed, and data services (available via the Snowflake Data… Read More

August 8, 2021 @ 7:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently connected with Yair Benyamini, CEO and Co-Founder of Lendai. Founded during the COVID-19 crisis, the disruptive digital-first lender allows foreign and non-resident investors to buy US properties through an online mortgage approval process that takes around one week. According to Lendai, this is… Read More

August 5, 2021 @ 10:53 pm By Priyanka Pani  |  

It’s raining Unicorns in India’s startup ecosystem. Mindtickle Inc., which provides an artificial intelligence-based tool to improve sales and product knowledge, has become the 20th Unicorn of the year by hitting a $1.2 billion valuation following a funding round led by SoftBank Group Corp.  The… Read More

August 5, 2021 @ 6:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

yellow.ai, a customer experience (CX) automation platform, “trusted” by over 700 enterprises internationally, reveals that it has acquired $78.15M through a Series C round, which was led by WestBridge Capital along with contributions from Sapphire Ventures, and Salesforce Ventures. As noted in a release shared… Read More

August 4, 2021 @ 11:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

FinAccel, the parent of Kredivo, an AI-powered digital consumer credit platform based in Southeast Asia, and VPC Impact Acquisition Holdings II (NASDAQ: VPCB), a special purpose acquisition company sponsored by Victory Park Capital, revealed on August 2, 2021 that they have finalized a definitive agreement… Read More

August 4, 2021 @ 4:13 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

AI-powered finance concierge Zeni has raised a $34 million Series B funding round led by Elevation Capital with participation from new investors Think Investments and Neeraj Arora. Existing investors Saama Capital, Amit Singhal, Sierra Ventures, Twin Ventures, Dragon Capital and Liquid 2 Ventures also participated… Read More

August 2, 2021 @ 8:05 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Fintech app Snoop has secured £15 million in capital in order to support its global expansion efforts. Established by ex- Virgin Money Chief Executive Jayne-Anne Gadhia, the smart money app Snoop closed its Series A round with contributions from US investment management company Paulson &… Read More

July 31, 2021 @ 3:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Kasisto, the developer of a conversational AI chatbot, has finalized a $15.5 million Series C round that has been co-led by new investors Naples Technology Vendors and NCR Corporation. Kasisto’s KAI digital experience platform is currently being used by major financial institutions such as JPMorgan,… Read More

July 24, 2021 @ 3:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

MPOWER Financing, a global education loan provider, recently secured an equity investment of $100 million. The new funding is in addition to the $60 million MPOWER raised earlier this year from Tilden Park Capital Management that also participated in the current round along with ETS… Read More