News Topic: Analytics

Tech sprints that bring regulators together with bank officials, data scientists and software companies originated in the U.K. and have crossed the pond into the U.S. ... Read full article

The payments company is working with nonprofit organizations, law enforcement authorities, victims and others to make it harder for the criminals behind the modern slave trade to move money. ... Read full article

Kaustav Das was part of Kabbage’s effort to transform small-business lending by using new data analytics, and the CEO of Petal wants him to help it do the same in consumer credit cards. ... Read full article

The financial wellness fintech focused initially on building an app that helped people understand their financial picture, CEO Jon Schlossberg says. ... Read full article

The acquisition will vastly expand Visa's platform, giving it nearly Amazon-like influence. ... Read full article

New data analytics could help provide more comfort to banks in doing business with the cannabis industry, despite restrictive federal laws. ... Read full article

Jack Henry's acquisition of Geezeo and NCR's purchase of D3 Technology are fueling predictions that more small-business data firms will be takeover targets for legacy techs trying to court small bank and credit union customers. ... Read full article

The fast-growing fintech, which says its mission is helping banks be better consumer advocates, will use its cash infusion for hiring, software development and new partnerships. ... Read full article

Citigroup has hired Murli Buluswar as head of analytics and information management in its U.S. consumer banking segment. It also has promoted Tracey Warson from head of Citi Private Bank, North America, to chairman of the unit. ... Read full article

The new cloud-based solution is intended to help financial institutions make quicker credit decisions by integrating consumers’ histories with advanced software. ... Read full article

Software startups say bringing borrowers, builders and lenders onto one digital platform can remove some of the risks lenders faced during the crisis. ... Read full article

Bank of America, MX and Carolina Fintech Hub are training refugees and nontechies to become developers while at the same time showing corporate citizenship. ... Read full article

ComplyAdvantage, Cinnamon and Zoovu recently raised millions of dollars to fuel expansion of their automated risk management, data-scanning and customer service products geared toward financial services companies. ... Read full article

Citigroup's venture capital arm is investing in technology that provides real-time analysis of millions of consumers' card transactions. ... Read full article

Una Fox will be in charge of using AI and other data-driven technology to figure out what customers want from digital banking and how they want it. ... Read full article

Data scientists from NASA, Google and hundreds of other places are working for financial firms in their spare time. Is this a good idea? ... Read full article

Envestnet|Yodlee wants accessing data to be as simple as selecting a song to play, while bringing institutional analytic power to the bank branch level. ... Read full article

A big investment in data and analytics is paying off for KeyCorp, says Chief Information Officer Amy Brady. ... Read full article