Artificial Intelligence (AI)

18 Oct 18 @ 18:06

New entrants to the banking market including challenger banks, non-bank payments institutions and big tech companies are amassing up to one-third of new revenue, which is challenging the competitiveness of... read more

11 Oct 18 @ 13:54

Mastercard, WorldPay and AmEx were among the payment processors who took part in a ‘cyber war game’, in a bid to test their systems amid rising IT security threats. The... read more

10 Oct 18 @ 10:24

It has recently been reported that a number of US technology heavyweights including Amazon and Apple have been hacked. According to Bloomberg, in 2015, Amazon.com began quietly evaluating a startup called Elemental Technologies,... read more

10 Oct 18 @ 08:28

Still dealing with the damage to consumer confidence after the crisis of 2008 and the new opportunities being seized by FinTech businesses the big banks are caught in a perfect... read more

05 Oct 18 @ 16:23

In the last couple of weeks two Challenger banks have hit the UK. N26 is a German direct bank, headquartered in Berlin, that offers its services throughout most of the... read more

04 Oct 18 @ 13:05

Argos has become the first retailer in the UK to offer a voice commerce and search shopping services via the Google Assistant platform. While the success is yet to be... read more

17 Sep 18 @ 16:32

The “SMART Payments” series will provide insights on the components that are essential for any organisation wishing to succeed in digital finance and some examples of best practice – i.e.... read more

07 Sep 18 @ 16:15

Artificial intelligence will face a backlash from the public unless researchers and companies make a much greater effort to engage society in its development, one of Britain’s leading scientists has... read more