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Citi Ventures has made an undisclosed 'multi-million pound' investment in AI-based fraud detection company Feedzai.
19 October 2016
Thinking Capital, a Canadian online lender for small businesses has launched an artificial intelligence chatbot that can help users qualify for financing on Facebook Messenger.
18 October 2016
By 2030, technology will have made banks and banking invisible to customers, hidden by Siri-like personal assistants that cull data from our connected lives to fulfil daily personal and financial obligations, claims KPMG.
Sandinavian tech firm Tieto has appointed an artificical intelligence agent to the leadership team of a new data-driven business unit, giving the bot the opportunity to participate in team meetings and cast a vote on business direction.
ComplyAdvantage, a London-based regtech startup which uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to help firms meet AML and terrorst financing rules, has raised $8.2 million in a Series A funding round led by Balderton Capital.
13 October 2016
Hundreds of BNP Paribas employees have taken part in a pilot that saw them wear Microsoft Band 2s that gathered biometric data to measure their stress levels.
Julia Krauwer, artificial intelligence expert at ABN Amro, discusses how advances in machine learning are increasingly being applied to an array of business-to-consumer interactions, including banking.
10 October 2016
SEB is to roll out a new artificial intelligence agent named Amelia as part of its customer support team.
06 October 2016
IBM is to acquire risk management and regulatory compliance consulting firm Promontory Capital and create a new subsidiary, Watson Financial Services, in which it will use artificial intelligence technology to keep pace with the rapidly changing financial reporting landscape.
29 September 2016
Wealth management firms are falling short of client expectations when it comes to their use of technology, but established players in the field are likely to respond well to the digital revolution and will not be displaced by fintech insurgents, new research from Roubini ThoughtLab suggests.
21 September 2016
German cooperative bank Volksbank eG Schwarzwald Baar Hegau has become the first client to install NCR's new 'innovation experience room', a space packed with the latest technology, such as virtual reality headsets and drones, that is designed to help build digital literacy among employees and customers.
18 August 2016
Singapore's DBS is rolling out conversational AI technology that will allow customers to manage their money and make payments in Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp.
17 August 2016
The founder of an Australian robo-advisor has accused the country's banks of hypocrisy over their cries of anti-competitive behaviour from Apple Pay
29 July 2016
Santander has doubled the size of its fintech investment fund, from $100 million to $200 million, in what the bank describes as a sign of commitment to its philosophy of collaborating with startups.
19 July 2016
The president of one of the world's largest hedge funds has told an audience of fund managers that he looks forward to the day when they will all be replaced by computers.
09 June 2016
Cylance, a cybersecurity startup that uses algorithms and artificial intelligence, has been valued at $1bn following a round of fundraising that secured more than $100m in private equity investment.
Retail investors may soon be able to buy and sell shares via Facebook's messenger platform after UK fund supermarket AJ Bell announced plans to launch a new trading service in the next three months.
08 June 2016
Japanese financial conglomerate SBI Holdings has set its stall out as a central player in the fintech ecosystem, promising to aggressively adopt new technology and build a network of startups through a $275 million venture fund.
12 May 2016
Deutsche Bank is "crowdstorming" ideas on how artificial intelligence can be used in the financial services industry, inviting people to submit their concepts for the chance to develop them at the German giant's innovation labs and win cash prizes.
09 May 2016
Barclays' South African subsidiary Absa is to embark on a trial of chatbots, using artificial intelligence to answer simple customer queries posted over popular smart messaging apps.
26 April 2016
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