Tagged: artificial intelligence

June 20, 2022 @ 7:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

BOND.AI, a “human-centered” artificial intelligence firm, recently announced the creation of The BOND Network, a “first-of-its-kind” network of financial institutions and employers for “truly interconnected finance.” The network gives partners – like banks, credit unions, large enterprises, and small businesses – access to modern financial… Read More

June 14, 2022 @ 4:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CaixaBank and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) have established a joint innovation agreement with the aim of “promoting the application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in new financial solutions, as well as creating new innovative work environments located in the Metaverse.” The agreement involves the launch of an… Read More

June 7, 2022 @ 1:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Pennyworth, an AI-powered private bank for the “aspiring” affluent, has secured 103% (£619,023) of its £600,000 target from 241 investors (with 15 days left in the firm’s crowdfunding campaign) via Seedrs. Located in the United Kingdom, Pennyworth operates in the Finance & Payments sectors (Digital B2C)…. Read More

June 5, 2022 @ 2:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

AI and machine learning (ML) focused VC investment slumped in line or consistent with the market but retained “resilient valuations” as the market sorts through the fallout from the recent technology crash. As noted in an update shared by Pitchbook, funding “slumped 21.1% QoQ to… Read More

June 4, 2022 @ 11:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

TIFIN, a Fintech platform using artificial intelligence and “investment-driven” personalization to shape the future of investor experiences, recently announced the launch of their Magnifi+ platform. As noted in an update shared with CI, Magnifi + features investment intelligence “from leading financial pros through proprietary and… Read More

June 2, 2022 @ 11:01 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fidelity International has teamed up with Canadian Fintech company, Conquest, as the “exclusive” distributor of its financial planning software, ‘Conquest Planning’ to the UK independent advice market. ‘Conquest Planning’ uses data and AI “to provide advisers with greater insight into clients’ changing circumstances, allowing them… Read More

May 20, 2022 @ 2:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fraugster, an AI payment intelligence company, has announced the launch of their latest product, Alternative Credit Decisions, which allows Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) and Enterprise merchants “to approve more customers without increasing credit risk.” There is a pressing need for a new approach because… Read More

May 19, 2022 @ 8:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

ConsenSys, a blockchain tech firm, and LivePerson (NASDAQ: LPSN), a global firm focused on conversational AI, announced plans to create a “decentralized” customer care platform: VillageDAO. VillageDAO will focus on “empowering Web3 brands to self-service issue resolution by enhancing community engagement.” Community members will be… Read More

May 19, 2022 @ 5:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Humanitas Technologies, the impact data infrastructure startup that is building a universal diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) API or “Grammarly for DEI”, recently announced they’ve acquired $1.5 million in seed funding. As noted in an update shared with CI, investors include Francoise Brougher, Jeff Walker,… Read More

May 15, 2022 @ 4:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

MetaVerse Green Exchange (MVGX), a digital green exchange licensed and regulated by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and industrial AI pioneer Red Dot Analytics (RDA), a deep tech spin-off from Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, have announced a collaboration “to enable greater sustainability in… Read More

May 3, 2022 @ 12:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

BarRaiser, which claims to be a “groundbreaking” AI-enhanced smart interviewing platform, has announced that it acquired $4.2 million in seed financing. The firm’s investment round was “led by 021 Capital and Global Founders Capital, with participation from other angel investors.” As noted in an update… Read More

April 28, 2022 @ 3:14 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Danelfin, an AI-enhanced stock analytics platform with the objective “to help the +40k investors already using it every month to filter out the noise & make smart data-driven investment decisions,” has secured 75% (€212,797) of its €280,000 target via Crowdcube (at the time of writing)… Read More

April 18, 2022 @ 2:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CatapultX, the creator of the AI-powered On-Stream advertising and monetization platform, recently announced a “multimillion” dollar raise by the company and 1083 YoY% increase in revenue has “led to the ability to bring in top tier talent across the organization, including the appointment of four… Read More

April 11, 2022 @ 10:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Quantexa, the international data and analytics software company “pioneering” Contextual Decision Intelligence (CDI), recently announced that Dan Higgins has been “appointed as Quantexa’s new chief product officer, joining the rapidly growing global technology company’s executive leadership team.” In this role, Higgins will have executive responsibility… Read More

April 4, 2022 @ 10:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Brightflag, the AI-enhanced legal operations platform, recently released several updates designed “to address the complex and varied budgeting requirements of corporate legal departments.” In combination with existing department-level budgeting and forecasting features, Brightflag’s versatile new matter-level controls “afford in-house legal professionals complete visibility and proactive… Read More

April 3, 2022 @ 11:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Oceain Insights, a digital video interview platform that uses AI to offer Corporate Personality Assessments, has raised 78% (£156,617) of its £200,004 target from 27 investors (at the time of writing) via Seedrs with 24 days left in the firm’s crowdfunding campaign. Located in Haywards Heath,… Read More

April 1, 2022 @ 9:36 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Advantage Payment Services (APS), a key player in financial data management for top Fintech payments organizations, has received “a strategic investment from MetaBank®, N.A.” This issuer is investing in the development of the next-generation of APS solutions that “will up-level the industry standard for regulatory… Read More

March 25, 2022 @ 8:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

NICE Actimize, a NICE (NASDAQ: NICE) business, has announced the launch of its advanced, X-Sight Entity Risk SaaS solution, which is described as an innovative solution that “produces a single risk score that enables a financial institution to gain a greater understanding of their clients… Read More

March 22, 2022 @ 10:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

To properly address the stricter compliance rules resulting from extended sanctions and resulting increase in money laundering activity, ComplyAdvantage, an international data firm providing embedded counter risk intelligence to find, mitigate and stop financial crimes and Resistant AI, an AI and machine learning company providing… Read More

March 17, 2022 @ 1:59 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Refinitiv, an LSEG Business, recently revealed that it entered a strategic agreement with Vestorly, an AI-powered content curation, and marketing platform, in order to offer wealth management companies and advisors with personalized content and marketing tools “designed to foster a more-impactful digital customer engagement experience.”… Read More