FEATURE: DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGY
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Artificial intelligence is
rapidly becoming more
utilised within business
as a way of enhancing
industry productivity.
Seemingly, AI is imposing
itself upon the FinTech
industry and radicalising
the efficiency of software
used by banks globally.
A
rtificial intelligence
(AI) is an increasingly
important part of the
financial technology
sector, specifically in
analysing stocks and providing insights into
the markets that human analysts alone
can’t make. As such, AI-driven funds hold
an increasingly large portion of the market,
moving this technology into the mainstream.
The result is a huge opportunity for investors
using this technology or investing in the
companies producing it. Significant steps
are being taken by companies such as
AnalytixInsight (ATIXF Profile), whose
flagship CapitalCube cloud-based analytics
empowers investors to evaluate the
potential of companies and portfolios. Other
companies are also taking note of AI’s
increasing value. TD Bank has snapped up
a young but highly valued AI company as
part of a broader AI strategy, while Helios
and Matheson Analytics, Inc. has seen its
share price rise as it expands its AI-driven Big
Data strategy. Even Thomson Reuters, owner
Artificial intelligence
disrupts FinTech
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