JPMorgan will soon be using robot technology to execute trades across its global equities algorithms business; the artificial intelligence, also known as LOXM, will be launched across Asia and the US in the fourth quarter; LOXM's job is to execute client orders with maximum speed at the best price, by using lessons it has learned from billions of past trades; one possible evolution of LOXM is teaching the machine how to get to know individual clients, so that it could consider their behavior and reaction as it decides how to trade. Source
The average American checks their phone 47 times a day according to this study by Deloitte. The number is much...
According to Kai-Fu Lee, founder of venture capital firm Sinovation Ventures, robots could replace 50% of all jobs in the next decade; artificial intelligence capabilities such as rapidly dispersing loans or recognizing millions of faces at the same time can make businesses much more efficient; while humans will still represent a significant portion of the labor market, specifically in service jobs, the efficiencies of artificial intelligence solutions make them hard to overlook. Source
SenseTime has raised $60 million to support artificial intelligence technology development for the firm; SenseTime provides face recognition technology services to over 300 companies and also offers text, vehicle and image recognition; the firm's recent $60 million funding round was led by Shanghai-based Sailing Capital International. Source
CB Insights has released a market report on artificial intelligence; the report includes the market landscape, market statistics and an outlook for future growth; in the first quarter of 2017 the sector reported 30 artificial intelligence deals in fintech and insurtech with 48% of the deals by seed or angel investors; other highlights include $14.9 billion in equity funding from 2,250 deals since 2012, over 200 artificial intelligence acquisitions since 2012 and 11 artificial intelligence acquisitions by Google. Source
Editor’s Note: This is a guest post from Marc Stein, CEO at Underwrite.ai and Principal at Artificial Intelligence Capital Management....
In Austin last week American Banker hosted their annual Digital Banking Conference where banks of all sizes gathered to discuss...
The LendIt team is excited to return to China for our second annual Lang Di Fintech conference on July 15...
41 fintech artificial intelligence deals occurred in the first quarter of 2017; other top industries for investment in the first quarter included sales and client relationship management and health care; overall, there have been 2,320 total deals from the first quarter of 2012 through the first quarter of 2017 accounting for investment of $15.4 billion. Source
CB Insights has provided a market map of artificial intelligence (AI) companies in fintech; the map is grouped by nine categories; top companies using innovative AI solutions for credit scoring and direct lending include Affirm and ZestFinance; the analysis also provides insight on each of the firm's investors. Source