Tagged: data

August 2, 2023 @ 10:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Already a key player in the Data & AI market, Capgemini says it is well positioned to support clients through their next era of digital transformation thanks “to the breadth of its generative AI services, deep industry expertise, and its industrialized delivery assets.” As a… Read More

August 2, 2023 @ 11:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Plinqit, which claims to be the first platform that brings together automated savings, data-driven financial wellness content and virtual account management, has launched a pilot program with support from BMO in order “to help customers achieve financial wellness and savings goals.” BMO, the eighth largest… Read More

August 1, 2023 @ 10:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

France’s privacy-focused watchdog CNIL stated on Friday (July 28, 2023) that it is well aware of ChatGPT-founder Sam Altman‘s Worldcoin initiative and that the legality of its biometric data collection process appears to “questionable.” Worldcoin, which was officially introduced on Monday, requires clients to offer… Read More

August 1, 2023 @ 10:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Mollie, which claims to be one of the “fastest-growing” financial services providers in Europe, announces a new integration and joint marketing effort with Klaviyo, a marketing automation and customer data platform that “drives revenue growth for businesses of all sizes.” Through the new integration, merchants… Read More

August 1, 2023 @ 9:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

An improvement in jobs and sales growth across UK small businesses in June “has been largely offset by increasing late payments and a slowdown in wages growth,” according to the latest data from global small business platform Xero. Xero’s Small Business Index, based “on anonymized… Read More

July 30, 2023 @ 9:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

At Alpaca, they claim to be all about keeping your data safe and secure. This is why they’re pleased to announce the successful renewal of its SOC 2 Type 2 compliance. Alpaca says it takes pride in their commitment “to maintaining the highest standards of… Read More

July 29, 2023 @ 10:13 am By Omar Faridi  |  

PARSIQ is pleased to introduce their SDK, a toolkit “to harness the potential of Data Lakes for comprehensive blockchain data processing.” Data Lakes serve as “a custom, application-specific data layer for filtering, aggregation, and analysis of blockchain-scale data contained in the Tsunami data store.” This… Read More

July 29, 2023 @ 10:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

As a follow-up to the recent webinar Envestnet hosted with open banking experts around the world, we caught up with Lisa Novier, Head of Governance, Risk & Compliance at Envestnet Data and Analytics. Envestnet claims it has been at the forefront of open banking adoption… Read More

July 28, 2023 @ 1:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Rimes is pleased to announce that they have joined the United Nations Global Compact initiative (UNGC) — a voluntary leadership platform “for developing, implementing, and disclosing responsible business practices.” Following this announcement, Rimes is now “part of a growing group of thousands of companies globally… Read More

July 26, 2023 @ 7:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Thales (Euronext Paris: HO) announces that it has reached an agreement with Thoma Bravo, a major software investment firm, for the acquisition of 100% of Imperva, a US-based data and application cybersecurity company, for an enterprise value of $3.6 billion1. With this acquisition, Thales is… Read More

July 18, 2023 @ 10:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Earnest, a fintech company dedicated to making higher education accessible and affordable for everyone, and Nova Credit, a modern credit bureau bridging consumer credit data around the world, announced their partnership and the launch of International Private Student Loans. During the 2021/2022 school year, nearly… Read More

July 17, 2023 @ 5:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Propellant.digital, the analytics Fintech which captures and analyses global trading activity to drive business decisions, has secured a strategic investment led by Volta Ventures, the seed and early-stage venture capital firm focused on software startups. Since Propellant was launched in mid 2021 its analytics platform… Read More

July 17, 2023 @ 7:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitso, the crypto-powered financial services company in Latin America with more than 7 million customers, announced its business partnership with Mobile Streams plc (MOS), the intelligence company data specialist, next-gen content specialist, and creator of Heroes NFT CLUB . Thanks to this alliance, Bitso will… Read More

July 16, 2023 @ 12:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ZestyAI, the provider of climate and property risk analytics solutions powered by artificial intelligence (AI), announced an agreement with Coterie Insurance, a partnership-focused Managing General Agent (MGA), leveraging data and technology to provide instant quoting and issuing of small business insurance policies. Coterie will use… Read More

July 15, 2023 @ 8:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CFIT, the Centre for Finance, Innovation and Technology, announced that its initial ‘Open Finance Coalition’ will demonstrate the power of leveraging financial data to deliver better financial outcomes to consumers and SMEs. It also announced the first coalition partners who have “committed to progressing Open… Read More

July 11, 2023 @ 12:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nordic Capital has agreed to sell Macrobond, a global provider of software and macroeconomic and financial data, to Francisco Partners, a global investment firm that specialises in partnering with technology businesses. Since its initial investment in 2018, Nordic Capital has together “with the management and… Read More

July 10, 2023 @ 10:18 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Online trading platform moomoo, an “intuitive” investment and trading platform providing investors with pro-grade, easy-to-use tools, data, and insights, recently released results of its first Personal Finance Survey of US moomoo users. The survey has “discovered three key takeaways.” First, mooers are worried “about their… Read More

June 30, 2023 @ 10:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Salesforce launched Personalized Financial Engagement, a new solution to help financial institutions use AI, real-time data and CRM to manage customers’ financial plans and deliver intelligent, personalized financial insights at scale. And with Financial Services Cloud, Marketing GPT and Data Cloud, marketers at financial institutions… Read More

June 30, 2023 @ 11:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

ForwardAI, a fintech providing aggregated direct data access to accounting and ERP platforms, announced the launch of the Forwardly Partner Program, which offers rewards to accountants, bookkeepers and financial professionals who refer business to Forwardly, the first real-time payments solution for small businesses in the… Read More

June 27, 2023 @ 10:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

A total of 2,765 mergers and acquisitions (M&A) deals were announced in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region during January to May 2023, “a decline of 16.3% compared to the 3,304 M&A deals announced during the same period in the previous year,” finds GlobalData, a data and… Read More