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‘We got the energy’: Irish children’s rap video goes viral
The Spark, a song created by a group of nine-to-12-year-olds including refugees, has amassed 8.6m views It is called The Spark and has been declared the song of the summer – a viral sensation from a group of children in Ireland who filmed the video in a day. Since launching on 15 May, the song…
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‘We got the energy’: Irish children’s rap video goes viral
The Spark, a song created by a group of nine-to-12-year-olds including refugees, has amassed 8.6m views It is called The Spark and has been declared the song of the summer – a viral sensation from a group of children in Ireland who filmed the video in a day. Since launching on 15 May, the song…
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‘We got the energy’: Irish children’s rap video goes viral
The Spark, a song created by a group of nine-to-12-year-olds including refugees, has amassed 8.6m views It is called The Spark and has been declared the song of the summer – a viral sensation from a group of children in Ireland who filmed the video in a day. Since launching on 15 May, the song…
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One in five TD patents are AI-related
To provide personalized customer experiences, TD Bank is developing AI technology, which has resulted in more patents for the company. “TD has filed more than 450 patent applications in relation to AI [since 2020],” Senior Vice President and Chief Architect Licenia Rojas said on May 15 during TD Tech and Innovation Day. TD has…
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Real-time flexible finance is now
Ever since Trov, the real-time insurance firm, appeared on the scene, I’ve been wondering what else could real-time finance do. If you are not aware, Trōv allows you to insure a smartphone or laptop or anything else you value for hours, even minutes. The company no longer exists – it was acquired by Travelers Insurance……
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75% of global banks unprepared for open banking
Most financial institutions are not ready for open banking, but the tedious task of prepping bank platforms can be streamlined with AI. Three-quarters of banks are not operationally ready for open banking, according to the 2024 Digital Banking Experience Report released May 16 by Sopra Banking’s IT services provider, Sopra Steria. Along with Forrester,…
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Small business clients look to Chase for data insights
Small business clients looking to make data-driven business decisions within their operations don’t always know how to tap into their data, but JPMorgan Chase has created a solution to deliver these insights. “Eighty-two percent of small businesses tell us that they want to use data, and they’re likely to use data in their business decision-making…
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The Finanser’s Week: 13th May – 19th May 2024
This week’s main blog discussions include … What would Taylor Swift’s bank look like? Trust and money and day-to-day life go hand-in-hand. It’s all about who you deal with, how and the outcomes. Recently, I’ve lost trust with Apple, my bank, my friend and my brother. That’s pretty sad, isn’t it? But who do I……
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Things worth reading: 20th May 2024
Things we’re reading today include … More than 6,000 UK bank branches now gone in nine years of ‘disastrous’ closures | The Guardian Brutal bank closures leave millions stranded in banking deserts – Mirror Online DWP says bank account monitoring test found 60,000 benefit claimants were breaching rules (gbnews.com) Russian court seizes assets of Deutsche……
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Is Scarlett Johannson going to take over the world?
I’ve been thinking about the dangers of AI a lot lately, especially how deep fake scams could convince people to invest in markets endorsed by fake celebrities. So, when discussing this, a member of the audience asked me if the regulators are prepared for this wave of disruption and I said ‘no’. Regulators can only……