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AUSTRAC launches tool to help advisers fight terrorism

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2017
Financial intelligence agency AUSTRAC is releasing a guide to help financial advisers combat serious financial crimes, including financing for terrorism. The guide follows on from the report AUSTRAC released in December last year which determined there ...

Global bank tests customer service 'bot'

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2017
Global bank Wells Fargo is launching an artificial intelligence-driven customer service 'chat' experience within Facebook's Messenger application. Wells Fargo customers who frequently use Messenger will be able to save time using the chat bot functionality ...

Trump versus Kim

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2017
... and South Korea and Japan are on high alert. Japan's Yomiuri Shimbun reports that China and Russia had "dispatched intelligence-gathering vessels from their navies to chase the USS Carl Vinson" and that these ships are "strengthening warning and surveillance ...

BlackRock's Fink commends Aussie infrastructure

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 11 APR 2017
... opportunities for technology to simplify these challenges. Last month BlackRock announced plans to introduce artificial intelligence, embracing the power of machines to enhance its active equities capabilities. "We are using machine learning, artificial ...

Not our job to protect big insurers: APRA

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAR 2017
... the sector, Summerhayes noted that smaller players are engaging with consumers in entirely new ways: via artificial intelligence, wearable technology and, as above, peer-to-peer services. "We welcome the opportunity to engage with insurance tech companies. ...

BlackRock moves to machine stock picking

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2017
... review BlackRock has restructured its active equities product offering and affirmed its plans to integrate artificial intelligence, hinting that future jobs will be aligned with robots. In positioning itself for the future, the world's largest fund manager ...

Former QBE chief joins NSW insurance fund

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2017
... implementation of new customer-centric fintech and healthtech strategies, including machine learning and artificial intelligence. icare chief executive Vivek Bhatia said the position was created because of a need to "bring person-centred and empathetic ...

Kaplan buys artificial intelligence regtech

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAR 2017
Following a partnership to develop a digital solution for advisers, Kaplan acquired an artificial intelligence-based regtech provider. The education provider has been working with Red Marker to develop Artemis, a solution for financial advisers to create ...

Australia winning silver in APAC fintech race

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2017
... start-ups. Of that group, 87% said digital transformation - that is, investing in cloud-based technology, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and digital customer engagement - is important for the future of their organisations. Actual implementation ...

ASIC watching SMSF advice closely

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2017
... space. "I don't have any sense of the numbers of people not complying with the new regime. I would appreciate any intelligence on that, though we have heard anecdotally that there are some that are thinking they'll just keep on doing what they've always ...