Tag: data science

The hybrid actuarial role reshaping insurance pricing

Insurers face a growing dilemma: machine learning promises sharper pricing, yet models must remain explainable, compliant and commercially viable. According to Akur8, the answer...

Why strong pricing models fail before they reach market

A technically brilliant pricing model can still destroy value if it stalls on the way to production, according to InsurTech pricing specialist Akur8. In a...

Akur8: closing the gap between pricing and production

Insurance pricing has a delivery problem. Actuaries can build technically robust models, but before those models generate any real business value, they must navigate...

AI supervision: Cutting false positives the right way

AI-driven supervision tools are now central to modern RegTech strategies, particularly in communications surveillance and misconduct detection. Yet as firms invest in AI to...

Numerai lands $30m to scale AI-powered hedge fund

Numerai, an investment firm that builds its portfolio using machine learning models and crowdsourced data science, has secured fresh capital of $30m.  The investment was...

Why PRAUC is the true test of AML model performance

Determining how effective an anti-money laundering (AML) model truly is has become a major challenge for financial institutions. Research from PwC shows that 90–95% of...

Napier AI joins FCA Supercharged Sandbox

London-based RegTech Napier AI has been selected to join the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) new Supercharged Sandbox, created in partnership with NVIDIA and NayaOne...

US FinTech funding dropped by 13% QoQ in Q1 2025 as...

Key US FinTech investment stats in Q1 2025: US FinTech investments dropped by 13% QoQ in Q1 2025 Average deal value dropped to $27.3m...

Turbine unveils $121m funding to transform liquidity access for private equity...

Turbine Finance, commonly referred to as Turbine, has recently announced a significant financial milestone.

Sift revolutionizes fraud detection with innovative ThreatClusters technology

In its most recent product update, Sift has introduced ThreatClusters, a pioneering data science innovation designed to enhance fraud detection.

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