ZestMoney goes zestier with $13.4m funding
Indian firm aiming to up its tech and product line.
Artificial Intelligence/AI
Popular AI and blockchain project – Project PAI – holds London launch event
Don’t miss Project PAI’s launch in London on 8 September 2018.
US credit card firm Deserve raises $17m funding
Going for Generation Z with its “financial independence” offer.
Indonesian lendtech KoinWorks collects $16.5m funding
Series A funding round led by Mandiri Capital.
Trading platform Infinox unveils free sentiment analysis tool
“Sentiment is more than just a mirror on the market.”
ML instinct fuels Aberdeen Standard Investments’ new fund
It will use machine learning to identify sources of potential returns.
Flipkart vies for voice-powered shopping with Liv.ai acquisition
Indian e-commerce firm thinks voice will become a preferred interface.
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Barclays seeks to boost e-trading innovation
Newly-created role will also look at AI and ML for improvements.
The vital role of actionable content
Retail investors are more informed and independent than ever before.
Cloud finance platform Consero gets $50m investment
Boston-based BV Investment Partners invests in Texan firm.
Crashmatics: a connected policy for the connected car
Has the insurance industry lost sight of what the “black-box” is for?
The case for conversational banking
Adopting AI is a way for banks to create much more engaging experiences and solve a number of customer problems.
UK needs skills revolution in response to AI
Bank of England chief economist warns against job displacements.
UK paytech Previse gets $7m funding prize
Round is led by Augmentum and Bessemer Venture Partners.
Cardlytics hooks Wells Fargo as partner
Bank will launch Cardlytics Direct nationally and across all digital channels.
Lendtech trio win £2m prize to create better UK renting realm
Bud, Credit Ladder and RentalStep in step for Rent Recognition Challenge.
Central 1 gives a voice to banking with Alexa
Canada’s first banks to add voice controls.
TransferGo goes to Onfido for onboarding flow
Obligatory selfie shot included.
Are banks and bank branch offices headed to the toilet?
Are we seeing banks running out of fresh ideas for how they interact with their customers?
Sberbank spares $400k for six start-ups
First wave of Sber#Up in-house accelerator ends.
Feedzai brings machine learning to fraud fight
Turning the tedious and time consuming to dust?
UOB unleashes digital bank for ASEAN mobile advance
United Overseas Bank loves the overseas.
Big data start-up Quantexa raises $20m for big plans
Series B funding round led by Dawn Capital.
UK’s Nationwide invests in AI regtech Hazy
The second investment in its £50 million Venturing Fund.
Finra wants fintech feedback on US broker-dealer industry
US-based Financial Industry Regulatory Authority open to ideas.
Feedzai to help Credorax fight merchant fraud
Feedzai uses big data technology to stop payment fraud in real-time.
Figure Eight dates Google Cloud for machine learning
Figure Eight will serve as the data launch partner for Google Cloud AutoML.
India’s Zoomcar takes digital ID ride with Onfido
This marks Onfido’s sixth ridesharing partnership.
The rise of wealthtech
Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are revolutionising wealthtech.
StockViews fuelled by Fuel Ventures investment
Will invest in artificial intelligence technology and grow its team of analysts.
UOB invests in cognitive banking firm Personetics
UOB will also use Personetics’ tech to extend its own machine learning capabilities.
Interview: Ching Ching Tan, Ngee Ann Polytechnic
Ngee Ann Polytechnic and CFTE have launched a new “AI in Finance” course.
HSBC boosting cloud capabilities with Google
The expansion will improve big data, analytics and fraud detection.
Socure unveils digital identity bot Aida
Named after the world’s first computer scientist, Ada Lovelace.
Banca IFIS launches digital insurance platform Rendimax
Focused on customer service, without any intermediaries.
Ingenico turns to MapR for payments data consolidation
Data analytics firm will help Ingenico deal with too much to deal with.
Banco Sabadell’s hub chasing innovation in Israel with €7.5m investment
InnoCells has invested in Cardumen Capital.
Tradeteq takes in $6.3m funding
Trade finance distribution platform plans new apps and data services.
TD Ameritrade unveils $100k RIA innovation quest
Wants smart ideas for registered investment advisors.
