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How financial advice is changing through voice calls

How financial advice is changing through voice calls

As the world moves out of the pandemic and into the cost-of-living crisis, the future of financial advice is continuing to change.
Hawk AI joins the Visa Fintech Partner Connect program

Hawk AI joins the Visa Fintech Partner Connect program

Hawk AI, a software developer for issuers, banks, FinTechs and payment firms, has joined the Visa Fintech Partner Connect program.
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Akur8 teams up with FCCI Insurance Group to bolster underwriting and pricing

Akur8, a next generation insurance pricing solution, has partnered with FCCI Insurance Group to enhance and streamline underwriting processes and pricing.
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InsurTech Tractable to speed up disaster recovery in Fiji using AI

InsurTech Tractable, has partnered with The UN Capital Development Fund (UNCDF), to bring the speed and accuracy of artificial intelligence (AI) to disaster recovery in Fiji.
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InsurTech VisitorsCoverage launches embedded travel solution

Travel InsurTech VisitorsCoverage has launched an embedded software-as-a-service solution to meet growing travel insurance demand.
Airwallex partners with Atome to offer BNPL services in Asia

Airwallex partners with Atome to offer BNPL services in Asia

Payment and banking infrastructure developer Airwallex has partnered with Asian buy now, pay later (BNPL) company Atome.
Fraud complaints drop after pandemic, but are slowly rising

Fraud complaints drop after pandemic, but are slowly rising

Fraud complaints to the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) soared during the Covid-19 pandemic, 44% higher in 2020 compared to 2019.
Digital payments network iink Payments secures $3m

Digital payments network iink Payments secures $3m

Digital payments network iink Payments has secured $3m in its seed funding round, which was led by Grand Ventures.
Brokerage-as-a-service provider Bricknode partners with Tuum

Brokerage-as-a-service provider Bricknode partners with Tuum

Brokerage-as-a-service provider Bricknode is enabling core banking platform Tuum to add investments to its platform, as part of a new partnership.
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Klarna Australia reports disastrous losses

Buy now, pay later (BNPL) provider Klarna Australia has reportedly haemorrhaged $56m in losses last year.

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3 FinTech deals account for lion share of funding this week - See this week's 14 deals here

3 FinTech deals account for lion share of funding this week – See this...

The FinTech sector enjoyed another modest week in funding, with a total of $757m raised across 14 deals.  It was an almost identical week to...

How market turmoil is reshaping bank loan analytics

Rising volatility in leveraged loan and broadly syndicated loan (BSL) markets is forcing institutional investors to rethink how they manage and value their exposures. According...
AI financial advice boom exposes a dangerous advice gap

AI financial advice boom exposes a dangerous advice gap

Nearly four in ten Britons have turned to artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT and Google Gemini for personal financial guidance, according to 2025...
Norm Ai launches compliance agent for Microsoft 365

Norm Ai launches compliance agent for Microsoft 365

Norm Ai, a legal and compliance artificial intelligence firm, has launched a compliance agent integrated directly into Microsoft 365 Copilot, aimed at helping regulated...
Columbia Lloyds Insurance Company has selected ZestyAI’s Risk and Decision Intelligence platform as the regional insurer looks to strengthen underwriting accuracy and property risk visibility across its homeowners portfolio in Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas.

Columbia Lloyds adopts ZestyAI for property risk analysis

Columbia Lloyds Insurance Company has selected ZestyAI’s Risk and Decision Intelligence platform as the regional insurer looks to strengthen underwriting accuracy and property risk...

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