Validus Capital raises $15m for SME financing
Series B round led by Dutch public-private development bank FMO.
Machine Learning
Fun days for insurtech start-up Sunday with $10m funding
Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore are the next stops for the Thai firm.
Live Webinar: Account Takeover Fraud – How To Protect Your Business
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Wealthtech Pictet picks NetGuardians for fraud fight
Swiss wealth and asset manager seeks better protection.
TMRW dawns as UOB’s digital bank will debut in Thailand
New entity is designed for “mobile savvy” millennials.
AI-powered banking experiences
Machine learning can help banks restore the personalised service they were once noted for.
Sensors working overtime as AIStorm raises $13m funding
A storm is coming… a good one for IoT, biometrics and wearables.
Sberbank and 500 Startups IT Demo Day: blockchain cuts little ice in Moscow
They favour AI, ML and cybersecurity, which they believe hold greater appeal to investors.
BBVA psyched up for $5m DataSine investment
Bank’s Propel Venture Partners invests in psychology/ML tie-up business.
Digicro pulls in $300k funding for mobile microfinance in Cambodia
Round led by Japanese firm Showcase Capital.
School’s in with NatWest data academy
UK bank aims to train 1,000 workers in its first year.
Feedzai and DataRobot team up to tackle financial crime
“This is how we are democratising AI for our customers.”
Anti-financial crime firm Mimiro raises $30m
Mimiro’s machine learning platform analyses the risk of financial crime.
Data firm Collibra bags $100m funding
Following a great year in revenue and expansion.
Anti-fraud firm Featurespace gets £25m funding
To develop its AI capabilities.
Are you creating data assets or a data dump?
All the extra money firms have spent on big data – and yet most still do not have good quality information.
Webinar: The ROI of AI – Converting conversational AI into revenue for banks
Learn how to increase customer lifetime value, customer retention and reduce costs
Financial software provider Zafin secures $17m funding
Round led by Vistara Capital Partners, Beedie Capital, and Accenture Ventures.
Insurtech Setoo takes off with Invia Flights Germany
After its platform launch late last year, start-up now gets first customer.
Goldman Sachs leads $8m funding in cyber firm Immersive Labs
Aims to boost its enterprise IT and cybersecurity teams.
Featurespace fuels Everis’ payments fraud fight
Business consultancy selects ARIC platform.
US bank customers enter Glassbox’s digital world of pane
Clever customer management for JP Morgan Chase, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, and Citi.
eBook: Tomorrow’s world – how will AI transform banking?
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BBVA leads $12m funding in paytech Grabango
Busy bank shows more interest in invisible payments.
AI firm Dataiku gets £80m funding
Aiming at UK expansion.
YayPay celebrates $8.4m funding for data science drive
Start-up seeks growth in cash-flow and receivables markets.
Lending platform JUMO gets $12.5m funding
Takes total raised in excess of $103 million.
US challenger bank Envel emerges for auto-pilot action
Start-up goes ethical and offers “banking on autopilot”.
Data privacy provider Privitar picks up investment from Citi
UK firm plans to expand its US teams on the East Coast.
Money Dashboard brings ML magic to GoCompare
Scottish firm clearly not riled by GoCompare’s awful adverts.
Feedzai fighting financial crime with Risk Ledger
“Our goal has always been to make it harder and harder for fraudsters to hide.”
How technology and AI are set to transform compliance
A three-level structure: humans at the top, AI at the bottom, an automated decision support system in the middle.
White paper: Adaptive Authentication – Superior User Experience and Growth through Intelligent Security
White paper on the state of authentication and the evolving threat landscape.
Becoming a digital bank
Digital transformation must be a far-reaching and whole-hearted undertaking.
Technology for the new world
Business as usual is no longer an option. You can bank on that.
Standard Chartered teams with Instabase for clever KYC
As the fintech comes out of the bank’s eXellerator.
A two-speed journey: the impact AI and robotics will have on financial markets
Emerging technologies have the potential to revolutionise existing processes.
Experian launches Experian Credit 3D for insightful credit scoring
Offering a long-term view of a customer’s finances.
Quid raises $37.5m in funding round led by Lexis Nexis’ investment arm
Quid’s $37.5m round was led by REV Ventures, bringing the total funding to $108m.
Sibos 2018: separating the myth and reality of AI in financial services
Where can the artificial intelligence tech have the greatest impact?
