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The Payments ecosystem is evolving at an unprecedented pace driven by mobile, cloud computing, start-up's challenging the behemoths, and new technologies. My personal collection of curated stories and blogs.
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Santander Consumer Bank rolls out new PFM app

Santander Consumer Bank rolls out new PFM app | Payments Ecosystem | Scoop.it
Santander's consumer bank in Norway has released a new PFM app using Open Banking tools from Nordic API Gateway.
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Open banking PFM app for Santander and other bank customers in Nordics .. marks the beginning of comparative differentiation of services and fees for customers.

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Feedzai achieves Unicorn status on $200 million fund raise

Feedzai achieves Unicorn status on $200 million fund raise | Payments Ecosystem | Scoop.it
AI-based financial crime detection platform Feedzai has joined the Unicorn club, raising
$200 million at a valuation of above $1 billion.
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Feedzai SeriesD raises values with 800MM customers and counting!

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Betterment acquires rival WealthSimple's US business

Betterment acquires rival WealthSimple's US business | Payments Ecosystem | Scoop.it
Digital wealth platform Betterment has acquired the US book of rival Canadian robo advisor WealthSimple.
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Wealthsimple's offloading of US book reflects strategic focus squarely on Canadian business

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Personetics raises $75m for AI-driven customer engagement platform

Personetics raises $75m for AI-driven customer engagement platform | Payments Ecosystem | Scoop.it
Personetics, a fintech that uses AI to help financial institutions boost customer personalisation and engagement, has secured a $75 million investment from Warburg Pincus.
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Hyper-personalization or smart personal engagement AI driven Personetics gets a $75MM investment. Banking use cases are gaining greater traction including consumer and wealth segments!

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Bank of America's Erica chatbot wins over customers

Bank of America's Erica chatbot wins over customers | Payments Ecosystem | Scoop.it
Bank of America says customers are warming to its AI-driven virtual financial assistant Erica, which has surpassed 6 million users and completed more than 35 million client requests.
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AI Erica to provide greater insights on spending patterns and alerts as customers warm up to chatbot with increased interactions. 

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Microsoft to build data warehouse, chatbot for NatWest-backed Esme...

Microsoft to build data warehouse, chatbot for NatWest-backed Esme... | Payments Ecosystem | Scoop.it
NatWest-backed Esme Loans has signed a tech deal with Microsoft to build a cloud-based data warehouse and AI-assisted customer support.
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AI based chatbot and data warehouse services to be provided by Microsoft for Esme lending! 

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Nationwide to roll out AI assistant

Nationwide to roll out AI assistant | Payments Ecosystem | Scoop.it
Nationwide Building Society is to launch a virtual assistant as a first line of support for first-time home buyers, responding to preliminar
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IBM Watson driven AI virtual assistant to offer chat responses to Nationwide queries from first-time home buyers. The assistant to learn on the 'job' and connect to a human agent for any escalated interventions. 

Bradesco is using IBM Watson for its chat services since 2016 and has hit close to 90 million interactions! 

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UBank launches 'digital human' home loan assistant

UBank launches 'digital human' home loan assistant | Payments Ecosystem | Scoop.it
Australian online bank UBank is set to debut the latest member of its home loan team, Mia, a digital assistant with a human face powered by artificial intelligence technology.
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Ubank digital assistant Mia goes live backed by AI chatbots

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TD integrates chatbot into app

TD integrates chatbot into app | Payments Ecosystem | Scoop.it
Canada's TD Bank has integrated an AI-powered chatbot called Clari into its mobile app to help users keep track of their spending.
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TD chatbot Clari introduced to mobile app undertaking basic tasks most AI chat-bots are supporting retail consumer. Will chat-bot gather traction in comparison to voice driven bots? Or will the two coexist even though demand for later is growing? 

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Citigroup: Big Bank, Big Spender on Tech - MoneyBeat

Citigroup: Big Bank, Big Spender on Tech - MoneyBeat | Payments Ecosystem | Scoop.it
Citigroup Inc. spent $8 billion on technology in 2017, easily more than was invested by venture capital across all U.S. financial technology startups last year.
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Tech spending in big bank continues to drive automation, digital, analytics creating a bridge for retaining and acquiring the mobile savvy customer as branches continue to close. $8 billion represents 20% of total expense base for Citi ! 

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Mitek buys AI and image analysis firm A2iA

Mitek buys AI and image analysis firm A2iA | Payments Ecosystem | Scoop.it
San Diego-based digital identity and verification firm Mitek Systems has bought French AI and image analysis specialist A2iA for EUR42.5 million i
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Mitek's acquisition of A2iA to expand geo presence outside of US whilst giving access to AI and ML technology! 

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Crédit Mutuel to deploy IBM Watson across business lines

Crédit Mutuel to deploy IBM Watson across business lines | Payments Ecosystem | Scoop.it
French bank Crédit Mutuel is doubling down on its use of IBM's Watson platform, committing to use the AI technology across all its business lines.
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IBM AI platform Watson extending its usage with Credit Mutuel in extending productivity gains and driving revenue opportunities! 

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Payment Industry leader passionate about Fintech, Innovation in Banking, Product Management & Strategy, driving revenue growth through client management, business development and P&L focus.