The 2017 FT Future of Fintech awards are upon us, highlighting that China, cyber security, artificial intelligence, blockchain technology and insurtech are all still attracting investor attention.
Artificial intelligence The launch of voice-activated assistants such as Amazon Alexa and Google Voice has opened up possibilities for making online banking easier for customers. Banks such as Capital One have already latched on to this trend. The industry is at the start of what many expect will be a robot revolution, making use of machine learning and big data applications to take on many of the menial tasks currently done by humans in finance, while cutting costs and improving product offerings.
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