InsurTech Rising Live: Digital Week
Featuring industry leaders discussing the issues impacting insurtechs today.
Artificial Intelligence/AI
Microsoft and Alibaba officially have AI that’s smarter than humans
They beat humans using the Stanford Question Answering Dataset – aka SQuAD.
AI firm Savedroid launches ICO
German AI savings technology firm looks to raise capital – both crypto and conventional.
Widiba homes in on Artificial Solutions for VR banking launch
Enter a virtual branch to carry out transactions or talk to an advisor.
Is the insurance industry ready for autonomous cars?
Driverless cars; opportunity for the insurance sector or a challenge that could lead to its downfall?
Fintech Lab launches insurtech accelerator in Moscow
Nine start-ups primed for action.
FireEye to acquire big data start-up X15 Software for $20m
Plans to integrate X15 Software’s platform into its own security tools.
EU outlines €1bn supercomputer plan
A step forward in ambitions to be competitive and independent in the global data economy.
IBM proudly poses at patent peak
Its inventors received a record number of patents in 2017 – marking its 25th consecutive year of US leadership.
TD Bank deeper in AI mix with purchase of Layer 6
Ta-da! Making its intentions clear with acquisition of Toronto-based artificial intelligence (AI) company.
AI is on!
Implementation of first uses cases around real-time contextual added-value banking notifications and offers to make their appearance in 2018.
Interview: Pranshu Maheshwari, SimpleMoney – on track for investment tracking
SimpleMoney’s co-founder explains the problem he’s out to solve and why he isn’t in the robo-advisory game.
Don’t fear the rise of the robots
With wildly conflicting views from experts on the topic, and given that most of us had our first interaction with artificial intelligence whilst watching The Terminator, it isn’t hugely surprising that there is a fear of the rise of the robots.
“Don’t Fear the InsurTech Start-ups, Fear Other Incumbents”
In 2027, how will the insurance industry have changed?
MIT warns of ransomware in the cloud and weaponised AI
How secure will the cloud be in the coming 12 months?
Jordan Ahli Bank launches chatbot service, ahli bot
The first bank in Jordan to introduce a chatbot service. It is currently in beta version.
EBL launches Bangladesh’s first AI-based banking chatbot
EBL Digital Interactive Agent will communicate with customers via Facebook Messenger.
Top ten fintech opinion pieces in 2017
They thought for you.
A look back at 2017 and ringing in a new year for the payments industry
2017 has been another eventful year for the payments industry. From celebrities like 50 Cent getting involved (more on this later) to businesses neglecting the needs of pretty much every generation bar millennials, there hasn’t been a dull moment.
Virtual branching: how disruptive innovations are changing financial services
The ability to blend artificial intelligence (AI) and human interaction should resonate strongly with financial service organisations due to their need to be highly targeted and responsive. When you provide the right service to a consumer at the right time, you can affect their behaviour and give them the push needed to complete the purchase.
Fintech trends 2017: blockchain, big data… what’s next?
2017 ends with the Bitcoin having surpassed the $19,000 mark. Could this perhaps be a taste of our future?
SBDA Group closes Series A investment round
Banking personalisation firm SBDA landed investment from FinSight Ventures and Digital Space Ventures.
Schroders first in Singapore to launch asset manager chatbot
Beta version now online operating through Facebook Messenger.
Using artificial intelligence to keep criminal funds out of the financial system
Are you suspicious? This is a key question at the heart of efforts to tackle money laundering: if you work for a bank or other financial institution and have suspicions money laundering is happening, you have a legal duty to speak up.
AI will create 2.3m jobs by 2020 – report
With concerns that AI will make human employment obsolete, research firm Gartner is looking to counter that narrative.
Fortune 500 fuel IBM quantum computing quest
IBM has revealed the first clients to tap into its IBM Q early-access commercial quantum computing systems.
Emirates NBD appoints chief digital officer, seeks fintech partnerships
Emirates NBD’s new chief digital officer is on the lookout for partnerships with fintechs.
Google shows love for AI with new centre in China
Google has unveiled an AI centre in China as it searches out humans with ML talent.
ING cuts bond trading time with AI-powered Katana
The name’s bond. Tamed bond.
Microsoft releases quantum development kit for AI
Microsoft sets out ambitions to create a quantum computer that can be used to address complex issues such as AI.
Rise of the machines will be monitored
The Financial Stability Board has stated in its first report on AI that the risks they pose need monitoring.
Fintech funding round-up: 11 December 2017
This round-up features WorldRemit, PAIR Finance and an update on Sophia the AI robot and SingularityNET.
Fintech Connect Live 2017: the unleashing of AI and ML
Fintech Connect Live 2017 is a gathering of some of the biggest players in the fintech. With the looming rise of open banking and the cryptocurrency surge, it’s the smaller start-ups and innovators of smart technologies in banking that are making headway with use of artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML).
Jaywing the Archetype with new AI risk tech launch
Risk and data science firm Jaywing has unveiled Archetype, a new risk technology product that uses artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning and deep neural nets to help lenders generate statistical models.
IBM’s Power9-based AC922 system designed for AI workloads
IBM is ready to start shipping the first commercial server systems built around its recently released Power9 processor. Dubbed the AC922 Power Systems, these servers will ship by the end of December, and are specifically designed for artificial intelligence (AI) workloads.
Hartford InsurTech Hub hails hearty start-ups for 2018
Connecticut-based Hartford InsurTech Hub, powered by Startupbootcamp, has unveiled its 2018 cohort of start-ups for its inaugural insurance acceleration programme. The 11 selected firms comprise a mix from sectors such as artificial intelligence (AI), big data analytics and natural language processing (NLP) combined with cybersecurity, smart home and health insurance. According to the hub, over […]
Fintech funding round-up: 1 December 2017
Who doesn’t love a trilogy? Following on from the round-ups on Thursday (30 November) and Tuesday (28 November) here’s another slice of fintech funding action. Features Deposit Solutions, Hanson Robotics’ Sophia, and BNP Paribas Asset Management. Germany’s Deposit Solutions, an open banking platform for deposits, has closed an investment round of $20 million led by […]
Amazon brings machine learning to “everyday developers”
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is looking to bring machine learning (ML) to ordinary developers, launching the SageMaker service to simplify building applications, reports Enterprise Cloud News (Banking Technology’s sister publication). ML is too complicated for ordinary developers, AWS CEO Andy Jassy said at a keynote during the AWS re:Invent event. “If you want to enable most […]
The AI arms race might be a bit more dangerous than you think
In the tech world, an arms race usually a metaphor for two companies battling for supremacy, but McAfee thinks it might be a bit more literal for artificial intelligence (AI) as hackers upskill to make use of the breakthrough, reports Telecoms.com (Banking Technology‘s sister publication). As one of its predictions for 2018, security software vendor […]
PostFinance has crack at Swiss jackpot with new chatbot
Sprechen Sie Deutsch? Switzerland’s PostFinance has unveiled a German language virtual assistant on its website – generating automatic replies to customers’ most frequently asked questions. PostFinance, keen to tap into the fintech zeitgeist for artificial intelligence (AI), says it’s the “first Swiss financial institution” to launch such a chatbot. It was developed by the IT […]
