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Four factors businesses need to consider when it comes to automation and decisioning

As we enter a new decade, many financial providers plan to harness the power of automation and invest in advanced analytics such as Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence to help transform their...

10 Feb 2020
René Hendrikse

Curing the KYC compliance challenge with AI

Jokingly dubbed "deal prevention units" by some front-office staff, compliance teams now have the third most-stressful City jobs after that of an investment banker and a trader. Pre-crisis, ...

04 Feb 2020
Financial Services Regulation
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It’s hard to run if you can’t walk - laying the foundation for the future of finance

This is the second in a series of three blog posts which looks at how a digital finance transformation enables a future-ready finance department - one that can use data, technology and human talent to...

03 Feb 2020
Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation
Henry Iversen

Conversational AI and the future of financial advice

Co-authored with Ramtin Matin, Lead Technological Strategist, SpareBank 1 SR-Bank Artificial intelligence is one of the key components behind the digital revoluti

29 Jan 2020
Artificial Intelligence and Financial Services
A Finextra Member

Four DevOps Trends for 2020

Last year, I put together a few thoughts on what I saw as the emerging DevOps trends for 2019. As we enter a new year and decade, I thought it might be useful to do the same for 2020. A common theme ...

29 Jan 2020
Innovation in Financial Services
Steve Morgan

Intelligent Automation Is the Customer Service Differentiator For Banks

Artificial Intelligence, Robotic Process Automation, Intelligent Automation, Blockchain, Tokenisation, Machine Learning - banks are struggling to work out which technologies are most suitable for thei...

29 Jan 2020
Artificial Intelligence and Financial Services
A Finextra Member

What do AML-BSA-CTF Regulators think of Machine Learning?

Prior to 2018, regulators resisted recommending the use of Machine Learning (ML) based Artificial Intelligence (AI) for AML compliance. There was a mindset shift in mid 2018 indicating that proceeding...

25 Jan 2020
Innovation in Financial Services
A Finextra Member

How a focus on the customer can help you fight for a digital finance transformation

This is the first in a series of three blog posts which looks at how a digital finance transformation enables a future-ready finance department - one that can use data, technology and human talent to ...

23 Jan 2020
Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation
Yagneswara Sarma Bulusu

Transforming Custodian Banking Operations by Leveraging Intelligent Technologies

Abstract Custodian banks continue to grapple with cost pressures, operational challenges, and legacy infrastructure. The advent of disruptive technologies such as blockchain, robotic process automatio...

22 Jan 2020
Artificial Intelligence and Financial Services
Barley Laing

Time for a reality check with AI

When the debate in financial services turns to artificial intelligence (AI), reality often gets lost in the excitement, with enthusiastic talk about over ambitious uses of the technology rather than w...

21 Jan 2020
Artificial Intelligence and Financial Services
Harish Kumar

Redefining End of Term with Digital

When it comes to personal transportation, consumers are gradually preferring 'Usership' compared to 'Ownership' of cars. As a result, the dynamic choice of vehicles tends to make customers more demand...

21 Jan 2020
Artificial Intelligence and Financial Services
Steve Wilcockson

Financial Services Firms Must Contribute More Software Repos, to Retain Staff and Stay Relevant

I have for some time been aware of companies increasingly submitting code to open source repositories, some quite openly like the hedge funds Man AHL and Two Sigma Investments. Others have jumped on t...

11 Jan 2020
Innovation in Financial Services

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