African tech companies invited to partner Britain-led growth scheme
With its startups generating 50% more venture capital in 2017 than in 2016, Africa is witnessing an exponential growth in the technology industry...
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Apple acquires edge-based firm Xnor.ai for $200 million
Xnor.ai's software is likely to be adopted into forthcoming iPhones models...
Should Google and Facebook be venturing into banking?
A never-ending quest for more data and control over customers is forcing Google and Facebook to make a banking play – what could go wrong?...
Credit scoring: Keeping customer privacy at the forefront
A unique opportunity comes in the form of smartphone metadata as a means of developing credit scores for individuals and small business owners...
XAI is the future of AI in banking
If not handled well, AI-led customer disintermediation could plague banking; but that’s where XAI can help...
Emerging markets: Intelligently automating financial services
AI helps financial firms in Latin America and Africa compete on the basis of customer experience as opposed to labour arbitrage...
Technology talent: United Kingdom needs immigration reform
Brexit puts UK’s position as one of the world’s leading centres for fintech, finance, digital innovation, and AI under threat...
UAE leads AI-led digital transformation in the Middle East
AI is expected to contribute 14 percent of UAE’s 2030 GDP...
The importance of unified visibility to reduce the risk of IT outages
In the age of being “always-on, always connected,” financial institutions are expected to modernise services across the digital landscape....
Banks can navel-gaze at Silicon Valley—but won’t find answers to their tech problems
Investment bankers are seeking technology to troubleshoot real-time trading errors, like their counterparts. What do tech behemoths have to say?...