Financial firms

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

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...
Rami Cassis

ABAKA sold to Rami Cassis following Connect FSS buy

The family office of fintech investor Rami Cassis has acquired AI-based financial platform ABAKA...
Richard Bishop of Lloyds Banking Group will join next week

Industry insiders to discuss how banks can embed AI to improve testing

Reps from OpenText and Lloyds Banking Group will scrutinise opportunities to leverage AI...

Revenir launches AI-powered VAT reimburse tool for UK and EU banks

CEO Shawn Du told QA Financial the new tool enables banks to process returns within 48 hours...