Financial firms

News on software quality engineering and testing at banks, capital markets forms and insurance companies.

Richard Bishop, Lead Quality Engineer at Lloyds Banking Group, was one of the key speakers

QA panel: GenAI is changing quality engineering at unprecedented speed

Panelists discussed during a QA Financial webinar how GenAI is rapidly changing software testing...
Kim Watson

Canada’s Desjardins turns to Wipro for digital upgrade of banking services

Wipro's Kim Watson confirmed her company has won a major contract with Desjardins...
Andrew Jones told QA Financial about CGI's new AI platform

Allianz and Howden among insurers to integrate AI-powered CGI tool

Andrew Jones told QA Financial the new AI platform allows brokers and insurers to settle accounts...
Tiago Paiva, Talkdesk’s founder and CEO

Talkdesk chases banking space with new GenAI autopilot

CEO Tiago Paiva calls it the first industry-specific, GenAI-driven virtual agent of its kind'...
One Zero Bank CEO Gal Bar Dea

One Zero Bank sprints ahead in AI race with new real-time tool

The service was piloted in June and has now been fully integrated into the bank’s services...
Banks and other financial firms are rolling out AI solutions at unprecedented speed

Akto rolls out LLM testing tool as banks rush to embrace AI

CTO Ankush Jain claims it is 'the world’s first proactive GenAI security testing platform'...
Citi's NYC-based Promiti Dutta

Citi warns AI puts banks’ customer support at risk: ‘can quickly go wrong’

Citi's head of innovation Promiti Dutta said it is 'too risky' to launch an external, AI-powered bot...
(Source: ESCO)

World’s most extensive AI rules greenlit by EU Parliament

The AI Act singles out public services such as banking and insurance as high-risk AI sectors...
Expleo CEO Rajesh Krishnamurthy looks back on a profitable year

Expleo to add 6,000 new staff this year amid growing AI demand

The hiring spree means a major expansion of Expleo’s workforce, which stands at 19,000 employees...
Cloudflare founder and CEO Matthew Prince

Cloudflare launches firewall tool to protect LLMs at banks’ AI apps

CEO Matthew Prince told QA Financial protecting LLMs can be 'extremely challenging'...
Milan-based Fabio Colombo

Accenture: Banks need to embrace change ahead of DORA

Fabio Colombo warned banks and other finance firms should not underestimate DORA...
Mistral's Arthur Mensch

Snowflake invests in rising star Mistal amid multi-year AI deal

The agreement comes as Snowflake revealed it has allocated capital to the French startup...