Goldman Sachs acquires personal finance app Clarity Money
Brings over one million customers to its online lending platform Marcus.
Artificial Intelligence/AI
Interview: Cyril Cottu, BNP Paribas Global Markets – the Tesla effect
Artificial intelligence (AI), bots, the demise of email, investment in Symphony and more.
AI: the weapon of the insurtechs
How are insurtechs leveraging artificial intelligence to take on the insurance industry?
Is voice the next UI?
Theodora Lau discusses what the future might look like for fintech and brands.
HSBC spends $2.3bn on AI and digital innovation
Hey big spender, spend a little time with me.
GoodData ventures into insurtech
BI firm GoodData has expanded into the insurance industry to simplify claims and underwriting.
WorkFusion’s $50m funding to fuel robotic process automation plans
Series E investment round bags some serious money.
Banking marketeers Micronotes hits right notes with $3m funding
US firm focuses on helping banks strengthen customer relationships with PaaS.
Bambu goes global with new office and talent
In fintech, when the going is good, the good go global.
Five ways AI is disrupting financial services
Whether you realise it or not, artificial intelligence (AI) is taking over the world.
IoT gets chatty with DeepMind’s cloud text-to-speech
Will allow IoT devices to talk back to you.
The gift of the gab: three chatbots leading in insurtech
Chatbots can do more than just use a script to move customers through a sales funnel.
NICE Actimize brings AI tech to financial crime investigation
NICE Actimize has launched an artificial intelligence (AI) enabled investigation management system.
Robo-advice: the future is now
While we know that robo-advice is here to stay, who is actually using it?
BMO launches banking chatbot with Finn.ai
The new chatbot – BMO Bolt – is available via Facebook Messenger.
Clinc launches self-service AI platform, Spotlight
“Putting the power of world-class conversational design into the hands of banks for the first time.”
Beyond the hype: AI in financial services gets serious
Live from FinovateEurope, Rohit Talwar discusses AI and what the road to “super-intelligence” will look like.
Banpro launches Finn.ai’s first Spanish-speaking virtual banking assistant
Banpro’s new chatbot, created by Finn.ai, available via Facebook Messenger.
AI and ML curbing financial fraud
A never-ending cycle in the good guy vs bad, but good folk are now gaining ground.
Kapow! Kofax to power Spotcap’s credit assessment algorithm
SME financing provider Spotcap has implemented Kofax’s Kapow robotic process automation (RPA) software.
Will AI replace humans in the insurance industry?
Will you be one of the 800 million individuals ousted by AI?
Digital transformation: is NatWest leading the way or going a step too far?
A bold new move that could shake up the banking industry.
Fintech funding round-up: 27 February 2018
From the US to Brazil – stars Pagaya Investments, C2FO and RecargaPay.
ID Finance brings behavioural biometrics to fraud fight
Barcelona-based firm incorporating biometrics into its AI-based fraud scoring engine.
Bazaarvoice acquires e-commerce app provider AddStructure
Addstructure offers search and discovery apps for e-commerce merchants.
GreenKey teams with IPC to develop AI-based speech recognition solution
Will convert real-time voice into useable data for financial market participants.
BNP Paribas fires up new investment fund for start-ups
More help is on the way for the young guns of fintech and insurtech.
CBA and ING complete regtech pilot fling
To simplify information processing and regulation implementation using MiFID II as test case.
Onfido to provide digital ID verification tech to Bitstamp
Onfido has been selected by Bitcoin exchange Bitstamp to provide its ID verification during onboarding.
Clinc tops $4.5m in annual revenue
Conversational AI platform in the pink and hires a chief growth officer.
Glossary: what’s what in fintech
What’s what in fintech? Here is a glossary of the most commonly used terms.
LogMeIn goes for AI gold with Bold360 virtual assistant
A chatbot and virtual customer assistant to make service “more engaging and intuitive”.
Top fintech stories this week – 9 February 2018
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
Onfido to power KYC for Arro Money
Identity verification firm fuels know your customer checks.
Virtual agent Amelia answers Credit Suisse’s call for tech support
IPSoft’s virtual agent Amelia is not just smart, but also has human qualities such as emotional awareness.
Israel Discount Bank gets AI energetic with Personetics
Cognitive Banking Brain powers AI digital financial assistant Didi.
Wipro takes minority stake in Harte Hanks
Wipro is acquiring a $9.9 million minority stake in omnichannel marketing services firm Harte Hanks.
Tradeshift explores new Frontiers with innovation lab launch
To boldly go where many other fintech firms have been before.
Three steps to improving customer engagement with AI
What does 2018 have in store for AI, and how can companies get the most out of it?
IBM hits growth for first time in 23 quarters
Did it in style – exceeding analyst revenue expectations by almost $500 million.
