Latest Artificial Intelligence News: Finextra Research

Monzo co-founder prepares for new era of AI-based self-driving startups

Imagine a company with no human staff, founded and run solely by an AI agent. It sounds like the stuff of sci-fi, but this is a vision of the future that former Monzo co-founder Jonas Templestein is now working to bring into existance.

08 January 2025

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Putin orders Russian bank to cooperate with China on AI

Sberbank, Russia’s largest financial institution, has been told to work with China on the development of AI-based services.

02 January 2025

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Finextra's year in review

With 2024 drawing to a close, we take a look back at our most popular news items and community engagement activities over the course of the past year.

23 December 2024

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Former UBS investment analyst unveils voice cloned AI education tool

Geoff Robinson, a former UBS investment analyst, has launched an educational app that uses his digitally cloned voice and AI-generated expertise to help self-directed investors lean on his experience.

19 December 2024

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Google Cloud predicts four ways that GenAI will transform financial services

The next year will see an industry tipping point for AI innovation in the financial sector, says Zac Maufe, global head of regulated industries at Google Cloud.

19 December 2024

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Thoughtworks partners with AWS to accelerate generative AI adoption

Thoughtworks, a global technology consultancy, has entered into a Strategic Collaboration Agreement (SCA) with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to help enterprises implement generative AI (GenAI) solutions and tackle industry challenges in Asia Pacific.

13 December 2024

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Why financial technology can make global payments a frictionless process

Both consumers and businesses, as technology has developed, have begun to rely on global payment services for a variety of uses. As the process becomes more and more digitised, fintech firms are focussed on better speeds and transparency whilst remaining just as, if not more, secure.

13 December 2024

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10 trends that will impact payments in 2025, according to Mastercard

In this preview of a Mastercard report being released in early 2025, leaders at the card processer say that generative AI is emerging as critical to boosting fraud protection rates by as much as 300%.

13 December 2024