Tagged: microsoft

July 11, 2023 @ 10:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Emirates NBD, a banking group in the MENA region and Turkey, has announced a transformation focused on harnessing the power of generative AI to change Emirates NBD’s operations and enhance productivity across various business functions supported by Microsoft. This collaboration aims “to unlock new opportunities… Read More

July 8, 2023 @ 9:02 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Singlife recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) to support high-growth insurance startups to adopt generative artificial intelligence (AI). Singlife is the first financial services partner “to collaborate with Microsoft for the Startups Programme in ASEAN for budding insurtech startups to scale… Read More

July 5, 2023 @ 10:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

VC activity ticked up in Q1 based on OpenAI’s unconventional corporate investment from Microsoft, according to an update from Pitchbook. Pitchbook has reportedly tracked $22.7 billion in investment during the quarter, “including $12.7 billion from generative AI investments including OpenAI.” If OpenAI’s deal is excluded,… Read More

June 7, 2023 @ 5:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) has reportedly appointed Theo Michalopoulos as General Manager, Financial Services for the United Kingdom. In his role, Theo will be responsible for leading “the Financial Services industry for the UK across banking, capital markets and insurance.” Theo will be joining the Microsoft… Read More

June 6, 2023 @ 6:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

ERP integrations are vital for organizations of any size, and they’re especially important for businesses that “have grown beyond a certain point in terms of complexity and scale.” Payhawk has recently “become an official Microsoft partner in order to bring you two direct ERP integrations:… Read More

May 31, 2023 @ 11:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Unqork, the Codeless as a Service platform, announced the availability of the Unqork platform on the Microsoft Azure Marketplace, which offers IT software applications and services built by technology companies, optimized to run on Azure. Unqork enables customers “to democratize technology and free themselves from… Read More

May 21, 2023 @ 12:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

GoCardless, a global firm focused on direct bank payments, has partnered with Bluefort, an independent software vendor and Microsoft solutions partner, in order “to offer a simple way for businesses to manage their billing, payments and accounting directly within Dynamics 365.” The newly launched GoCardless… Read More

May 15, 2023 @ 10:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

SkySparc, an independent solutions provider, has implemented its OmniFi solution for German energy company Uniper on a software-as-a-service (SaaS) basis, via Microsoft Azure. Under this new outsourced service model, SkySparc reportedly “provides clients with all aspects of OmniFi’s functionality and maintenance remotely via the cloud,… Read More

May 2, 2023 @ 11:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Stripe are launching a new feature on Microsoft Teams that will empower companies “to unlock new revenue streams and grow their business – all with the simple touch of a button.” Introducing Teams Payments, a solution that “enables meeting hosts to… Read More

April 20, 2023 @ 3:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Space and Time and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) announce that developers can now “deploy the Space and Time data warehouse directly from the Microsoft Azure Marketplace, an online store providing applications and services for use on Azure.” The one-click deployment provides customers “with an accelerated on-ramp… Read More

April 12, 2023 @ 10:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Paymerang, LLC, an innovator in accounts payable automation, announced the asset acquisition of KwikTag, an invoice automation provider for Microsoft Dynamics ERP systems, and the share acquisition of Sypht, an Australia-based AI data platform. The acquisition was completed on April 3, 2023. This is the… Read More

April 8, 2023 @ 10:36 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Banco Santander (NYSE: SAN) and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) are teaming up with Oxentia Foundation in order to launch a new global challenge for entrepreneurs from 11 countries. The challenge aims “to find innovative artificial intelligence solutions that will have a positive impact to address social… Read More

February 16, 2023 @ 4:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

American Express (NYSE: AXP) is expanding its relationship with Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) to develop a suite of solutions built on Microsoft Cloud and AI technologies “focused on reducing business travel friction for employees and businesses.” The first solution developed through this collaboration will “enhance the… Read More

October 21, 2022 @ 10:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UBS (SWX: UBSG) and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) announced a landmark expansion of their partnership “to accelerate UBS’s public cloud footprint over the next five years.” Through this transformational initiative, UBS plans “to have more than 50% of its applications, including critical workloads, running on Microsoft… Read More

October 20, 2022 @ 9:46 am By JD Alois  |  

The Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council (SBE Council) has issued a statement hammering the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) for its activity that will have “a chilling effect on America’s startup ecosystem.” This past week, the CMA claimed that the acquisition by Facebook (Meta)… Read More

August 18, 2022 @ 9:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Emirates NBD, a banking group in the MENA region an Turkey, has launched a global accelerator program for metaverse start-ups “to enhance customer experience for the new virtual economy, in partnership with the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) Fintech Hive, the largest financial technology hub… Read More

August 13, 2022 @ 12:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ANZ Bank New Zealand Ltd has selected financial technology platform FIS (NYSE: FIS) to enhance its core banking capabilities. ANZ New Zealand will be “the first bank outside the U.S. to utilize FIS’ Modern Banking Platform, which is deployed on Microsoft Azure.” FIS’ Modern Banking… Read More

August 11, 2022 @ 8:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Barclays Bank PLC and Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) announced Barclays has “deployed Microsoft Teams as its preferred collaboration platform, powering collaboration for more than 120,000 colleagues and service partners in key locations around the globe.” Under the agreement, Barclays is “streamlining its existing communications and… Read More

August 1, 2022 @ 9:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nexi announced a collaboration with Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) intended to innovate virtual payments services and assisting with the digitalization of SMEs, Corporates, Public Administrations and Financial Institutions across European markets via vertical value-added solutions in order to respond to specific requirements as easy to adopt… 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