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How leading fintech startups use AI to deliver safer, faster and more accurate services
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AI revolutionizing financial services: Generative AI, powered by NVIDIA technologies, is transforming the financial services industry by improving operational efficiency, enhancing customer experiences, and driving innovation.

  • 91% of financial services companies are either assessing or already implementing AI in their operations.
  • Key areas of improvement include portfolio optimization, fraud detection, customer service, and risk management.
  • NVIDIA NIM microservices and accelerated computing are at the forefront of this technological transformation.

Startups leading the charge: Several NVIDIA Inception program members and other innovative startups are leveraging NVIDIA technologies to develop cutting-edge financial services applications.

  • Ntropy: Standardizes financial data from various sources using its transaction enrichment API, built on NVIDIA NIM microservices and Triton Inference Server.
  • Contextual AI: Offers a production-grade AI platform for enterprise AI applications in knowledge-intensive financial use cases.
  • NayaOne: Provides a digital sandbox for financial institutions to test and validate AI applications securely before deployment.
  • Securiti: Develops an AI-powered copilot for financial services using NVIDIA NIM.

Ntropy’s data standardization breakthrough: The New York-based startup is tackling the challenge of unstructured financial data in transaction histories.

  • Ntropy’s API acts as a common language to understand any transaction with human-like accuracy in milliseconds.
  • The company achieved up to 20x better utilization and throughput for its large language models using the Llama 3 NIM microservice.
  • Applications include improving fraud detection accuracy and speeding up loan dispersal processes.

Contextual AI’s RAG platform: The Mountain View-based company offers a production-grade AI platform powered by retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) for financial services enterprises.

  • The platform integrates the entire RAG pipeline into a single optimized system deployable in minutes.
  • HSBC plans to use Contextual AI for research insights and process guidance support.
  • The technology enables accurate, auditable AI for financial analysis, policy-compliance report generation, and financial advice query resolution.

NayaOne’s innovation sandbox: This London-based company provides a secure environment for financial institutions to test and validate AI applications.

  • The AI sandbox allows for benchmarking applications for fairness, transparency, and accuracy.
  • NayaOne achieves up to 10x faster processing for large datasets used in fraud detection models.
  • The company’s digital sandbox uses NVIDIA RAPIDS to accelerate fraud detection and prevention capabilities.

Securiti’s AI-powered financial planning: The Silicon Valley-based startup is developing an NVIDIA NIM-powered financial planning assistant.

  • The copilot chatbot accesses diverse financial data while adhering to privacy and entitlement policies.
  • It retrieves data from various sources, including earnings transcripts, client profiles, and investment research documents.
  • Securiti’s solution ensures safe data ingestion and preparation for use with high-performance, NVIDIA-powered LLMs.

Implications for the financial sector: The integration of AI technologies in financial services is poised to significantly impact the industry’s landscape.

  • These innovations promise to enhance decision-making processes, improve risk management, and provide more personalized customer experiences.
  • However, the rapid adoption of AI also raises important questions about data privacy, security, and regulatory compliance that financial institutions will need to address.
  • As AI continues to evolve, it will likely reshape job roles within the financial sector, potentially creating new opportunities while also challenging traditional skill sets.
Fintech Leaders Tap Generative AI for Safer, Faster, More Accurate Financial Services

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