Artificial intelligence and finance
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Robust Tech House
The future of finance depends on Artificial Intelligence. The banking and finance industry depends on technology for precision, speed and technique.
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Financial Review
Financial markets face disruption within a decade as artificial intelligence drives investors away and as computers trade against each other.
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Reuters
Artificial intelligence programs have beaten chess masters and TV quiz show champions. Next up: stock market cheats.
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Fortune
Professor Ajay Agrawal of the University of Toronto explained how some economists view the rise of artificial intelligence.
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Investment News
Investment news and analysis for financial advisers. Extensive coverage and expert comment on important topics in the financial advisory industry.
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Wired
Jeffrey Tarrant believes that the hedge fund world is on the verge of a new, Silicon Valley-inspired revolution. He calls it the Third Wave.
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Tech Spot
Experts within the University of Oxford's business school believe that as many as two to six million jobs in financial sectors could be lost as a result...
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ZDNet
New research from Robert Half paints a brighter picture of how automation will impact jobs in the finance world.
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McKinsey & Company
A second wave of automation in banking will increase capacity and free employees to focus on higher-value projects. To capture the opportunity, banks must take a strategic, rather than tactical, approach.
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South China Morning Post
2.3 million – the number of jobs that could be lost to artificial intelligence in China’s financial sectors by 2027
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The Mercury News
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Accenture
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Fast Company
A new report paints a grim picture for financial services jobs.
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Tech Crunch
The unbundling of the bank has begun.
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Deloitte
Why CRE investors and managers may want to step up their efforts to embrace data analytics and AI—and steps to get there.
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Gizmodo
Over the next decade, U.S. banks, which are investing $150 billion in technology annually, will use automation to eliminate 200,000 jobs, thus facilitating “the greatest transfer from labor to capital” in the industry’s history. The call is coming from inside the house this time, too—both the projection and the quote come from a recent Wells Fargo report, whose lead author, Mike Mayo, told
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Business Insider
North American banks could save $70 billion by 2025 by using technology such as automation and artificial intelligence to trim workers and boost...
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The Telegraph
Dr Gerard Lyons, the outspoken economist and erstwhile adviser to Boris Johnson, has signalled an unlikely new career in the emerging world of algorithm-based investing.
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Barrons
Robo-advisors helped clients weather this year’s market turbulence—and kept people invested as stocks rebounded. SigFig scores best in Barron’s fourth annual ranking.
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Insurance Business Mag
Getting to grips with one of the industry’s hottest topics
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ETF Trends
Cyber attacks are increasingly significant risks in general in today's society. But some industries face exceptional threats.
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Fintech
Fintech in Asia: Tale of Two Cities, a Hawksford insight Article page | Fintech Magazine
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Consultancy
Ségolène Rousset, a student at emlyon business school in France, has interviewed consultants from all over Europe to gain more insight into how technology is disrupting the consulting industry.
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eFinancialCareers
Jobs and pay have fallen off a cliff.
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CNBC
EquBot's AI Powered Equity ETF reads over 1 million pieces of information per day to inform its investing, and it's beating the market doing it, says EquBot co-founder Art Amador.
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Bank of Canada
The Bank’s cyber security strategy charts our course to reduce risk and promote resilience for the years 2019 to 2021.
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Ark Invest
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Deloitte
Consumers, used to seamless payments, will expect integrated and secure ways to pay for any trip and service. How can payment providers make that happen?
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Deloitte
As more and more boomers put off retirement, financial services firms have an opportunity to put their skills, values, and tacit knowledge to good use. Learn what they bring to the table.
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CNBC
The robo-advisor is betting that millennials don't want human interaction in their financial lives and modeling itself after success stories like Netflix.
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Forbes
It's possible that Uber wants to be the USAA to its target segment of financial services customers.
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Symantec Enterprise Blogs
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Forbes
Being approved and receiving a mortgage takes an extensive amount of time due to archaic software and processing steps. Elphi, started by MIT and UChicago graduates, is working with borrowers and lenders to create a streamlined, user-friendly experience in obtaining a mortgage.
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Bloomberg
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Journal of Accountancy
In an effort to promote convergence with international standards, the AICPA Accounting and Review Services Committee (ARSC) recently proposed changes to standards for review services.
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YouTube - CNBC Television
A wave of layoffs from some of the biggest banks is making it harder to get a job on Wall Street, and now headhunters are being flooded with resumes. CNBC's ...
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Congress.gov
Text for H.R.1595 - 116th Congress (2019-2020): Secure And Fair Enforcement Banking Act of 2019
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TD Ameritrade
TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation (Nasdaq: AMTD) announced today that its U.S. brokerage firm will eliminate commissions for its online exchange-listed stock, ETF (domestic and Canadian), and option trades, moving from $6.95 to $0, effective Thursday Oct. 3, 2019. Clients trading options will now pay $0.65 per contract with no exercise and assignment fees. “We are committed to giving our clients
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The Next Web
AI and machine learning are entering the scene and causing great disruption in what used to be one of the most stable career choices.
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Vancouver Sun
Financial technology startups like to boast that they are more nimble than their counterparts in the traditional banking world.
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Banking Dive
Banking news
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Investopedia
New technologies are reshaping the financial services landscape but where will the financial world go next?
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Canadian Accountant
Digital workflow tools like ServiceNow that provide automated solutions can future-proof the finance function and shorten month-end for accountants.
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Accounting Today
Accountants and tax pros share their experiences weather the fires plaguing the state.
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World Finance
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Forbes
Super platforms like Facebook, Alibaba and Go-Jek are becoming "PlatFins" - leveraging their data and distribution to add financial services to their product suite. Fintech startups need to partner with PlatFins - or learn to replicate their advantages - to continue to thrive.
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eFinancialCareers
How to get yourself hired in the next 12 months.
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Canadian Accountant
Shrad Rao, CEO of Wagepoint, and several leading accounting pros discuss how to choose the right small business accounting apps.
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Financial Post
Stuff you need to know
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Accounting Today
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Canadian Accountant
Preparing tax returns and providing financial advice is the second most popular side hustle of Canadians, threatening professional accountants like CPAs.
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Accounting Today
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Forbes
While media attention has focused on developments in the Persian Gulf region, Islam’s birthplace, multiple factors point to Southeast Asia as a rising powerhouse in Islamic finance.
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The Straits Times
Turmoil in financial markets amid the pandemic seems to be hitting professionals in the sector hard, with some set to miss out on their annual bonuses, according to a survey released on Tuesday.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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Canadian Accountant
The 2020 Accounting & Bookkeeping Survey from Alan Salmon and K2E Canada is a goldmine of information on Canadian accountants, sole practitioners and firms.
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Financial Post
Bank made a sweeping reappraisal of workplace policies after it found being in the office was not essential to getting things done
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Nikkei Asia
TOKYO -- Plans to boost Tokyo's status as an international financial center moved forward Friday with a draft proposal from the ruling party, but attr
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Finextra
As many parents of adult children do, I recently offered to help my son manage his mortgage applicat...
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PLANADVISER
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Canadian Underwriter
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The Globe and Mail
Similar to those who grew up during the Great Depression, the pandemic has the potential to turn younger Canadians into lifelong savers
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The Asean Post
Singapore placed second in a study that ranks countries based on climate opportunity for women’s advancement.
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Nairametrics
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International Policy Digest
While fintech is undoubtedly the future of the financial industry, it finds itself at a juncture where the technologies that will truly push the industry forward are not yet available to consumers in any truly useful way.
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CMS Wire
Financial services companies are usually quick to adopt new technology but one is noticeably absent: voice.