One of the biggest impediments to using AI to lend is that credit decisions are made in a black box...
SenseTime has raised $60 million to support artificial intelligence technology development for the firm; SenseTime provides face recognition technology services to over 300 companies and also offers text, vehicle and image recognition; the firm's recent $60 million funding round was led by Shanghai-based Sailing Capital International. Source
U.S. Bank launches app to take pain out of filing expenses Bankers Expect AI To Make Your Financial Life More...
According to a 2019 study by Forrester about half of financial services and insurance firms around the world are already...
According to a new report from Accenture, nearly half of investment in insurtech startups globally is going towards artificial intelligence (AI) and internet of things (IoT) technology; the report, titled, "The Rise of InsurTech," includes analysis from CB Insights data on 450 insurtech deals over the last three years; the report was released with the launch of Accenture's Fintech Innovation Lab in London, which will include a focus on insurtech. Source
Open banking is facilitating innovation across the banking sector and ING has plans to use it for voice automated artificial intelligence services; the bank's vision includes voice automated banking services through devices such as Amazon Alexa and Google Home, where digital assistants can pay bills and provide personalized advice through voice prompts; the bank is seeking to utilize new concepts being developed in Europe and has invested EUR800 million ($945 million) in a digital transformation. Source
Artificial intelligence has been a hot term in finance the last few years and now global banks are making it...
Employment has always acted as a proxy for where society is headed. In 1900, 40% of the labor force lay...
Predictions in 2015 estimated that within 20 years half of the jobs in Japan could be done by robots; the Nomura Research Institute worked with Michael Osborne in 2015 to study 600 jobs in Japan reporting that 49% could be replaced by computer systems; since the 2015 predictions there has been a continued trend toward artificial intelligence with Japanese insurance company Fukoku Mutual Life Insurance releasing one of the first public announcements on artificial intelligence replacing a significant portion of workers in its payment processing department in January 2017. Source
A new report published by Backbase and IDC says the APAC region is set for a dramatic increase in adoption...