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CMA outlines competition concerns with AI Foundation Models

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has identified key risks to fair competition in AI Foundation Models (FMs), growing concerns as AI rapidly develops in the financial industry.

12 April 2024

News/cloud

Google Cloud wins major FS deals

Google Cloud has used its annual Las Vegas event to unveil details of deals with big name financial services firms Citadel, Discover and Scotiabank.

09 April 2024

Company announcement/cloud

Silvr taps Google Cloud for AI-powered SME financing

Google Cloud and Silvr, a French startup specialising in short-term financing for SMEs, today announce a technological partnership, leveraging AI to facilitate entrepreneurs' solvency calculation and access to financing.

09 April 2024

Company announcement/retail

GFT taps Google for GenAI assistant

Projections show that the global AI adoption rate could grow as much as 40% between 2023 and 2030.

08 April 2024

News/crime

Google sues crypto scammers using Play Store to lure victims

Google is suing two app developers who lured victims into downloading fraudulent investment apps on the Google Play Store.

05 April 2024

Company announcement/cloud

TD Bank inks cloud deal with Google

TD Bank Group (TD) and Google Cloud today announced a multi-year strategic relationship. TD will add Google Cloud services to its portfolio of data-driven technology solutions to support its delivery of innovative banking experiences.

03 April 2024

Company announcement/cloud

Bank Muamalat embraces Google Cloud

Bank Muamalat Malaysia Berhad (Bank Muamalat) has announced a multi-year collaboration with Google Cloud to accelerate its transformation into a leading digital Islamic bank.

13 March 2024

News/devops

OpenAI, Google pledge to build responsible AI

OpenAI and Google are among dozens of tech companies signing open letter pledging to build ethical AI.

08 March 2024

Top 5 payment stories you missed in February 2024

News/payments

Admiral selects Google Cloud

Admiral, a leading financial services company in the UK and part of the Admiral Group, has selected Google Cloud as a strategic cloud partner.

14 February 2024

News/sustainable

HSBC partners Google Cloud to back climate tech firms

HSBC has joined forces with Google Cloud to offer venture debt financing options to climate technology companies.

09 February 2024

News/payments

India partners Google Pay to take UPI global

India's NPCI is joining forces with Google Pay to bring its hugely popular Unified Payments Interface (UPI) to other countries.

17 January 2024

Company announcement/cloud

Worldline moves to the cloud with Google

Since 2022, Worldline has initiated a “Move to Cloud” program that includes using the cloud to accelerate its digital transformation into a global premium paytech company.

16 January 2024

News/payments

Google adds BNPL options to mobile wallet

Google is teaming up with Zip and Affirm to offer buy now pay later options for US consumers shopping with Google Pay.

13 December 2023

News/cloud

Santander migrates corporate bank to new Gravity platform on Google Cloud

Banco Santander has successfully mirgated its corporate and investmenting banking business to its new cloud-native core banking platform, Gravity.

12 December 2023

News/regulation

Symphony and Google launch AI-based JV for phone calls

Regtech provider Symphony is drawing on the generative AI capabilities of Google to develop a service to ensure banks' voice calls are compliant.

29 November 2023

News/regulation

Singapore develops generative AI risk framework; digital money and ESG also to the fore

The Monetary Authority of Singapore has brought together banks and tech firms to develop a generative AI risk framework and is now exploring how the technology can be used in the financial services sector.

16 November 2023

News/regulation

CFPB proposes oversight of Big Tech digital wallets

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) wants to regulate tech giants such as Apple and Google that offer digital payment apps and wallets.

07 November 2023

Company announcement/cloud

NetGuardians puts SaaS offering on Google Cloud

Today, NetGuardians unveils a new Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) offering delivering its renowned AI-driven fraud prevention solutions on Google Cloud.

07 November 2023

Company announcement/cloud

Bloomberg ports Data Licence Plus to Google BigQuery

Bloomberg today announced a new offering that enables customers of Google Cloud to accelerate their data strategies through the integration of Bloomberg’s cloud-based data management solution, Data License Plus (DL+), with BigQuery, Google Cloud’s fully managed, serverless data warehouse.

06 November 2023