Analytics

At the Analytics and Financial Innovation conference, two credit union consultants offered tips on how credit unions can achieve greater buy-in for implementing data analytics.

Hoping to convince e-commerce merchants to let Facebook target offers to customers, the social media giant is placing a strong emphasis on “dynamic ads” that include payment buttons.

Merchants increasingly sing the praises of analyzing customer payment data to learn more about spending habits and deliver customized offers through mobile devices. American Express is kicking off a project to do the same with corporate travel data.

In a partnership designed to protect online customers from attacks, digital security providers ThreatMetrix and Gemalto will provide holistic authentication options to an array of financial services providers.

The time needed to close a mortgage improved nine days since the start of the year as the market has shifted to doing more purchase loans.

The bank uses machine learning to customize content in real time on its website for every user, based on their behavior during their session.

Payments and financial services technology are still stuck in yesteryear, chained to paper and dangerously prone to fraud, according to Matt Streisfeld, a principal at Oak HC/FT.

Data and analytics tools can help banks and credit unions detect financial patterns that may indicate that human trafficking is occurring.

Data and analytics tools can help banks detect financial patterns that may indicate that human trafficking is occurring.

In the shift to online and mobile shopping, one group often left out is the 65 million Americans with poor or no credit. But as more retail categories like furniture move online, a growing number of e-commerce merchants is adding instant finance options for the subprime crowd.

Credit unions are sitting on a wealth of data from social media channels. The trick is sifting through the noise to find it—and use it.

At the Credit Union Analytics Summit held outside Seattle, CU Journal asked attendees to identify the biggest challenges the movement faces when it comes to data analytics.

Innovate Indiana is taking part in a $2.6 million investment in Rippleshot, a company that uses artificial intelligence to detect card fraud.

Credit union tech leaders share their insights on what it takes to get started in data analytics and what’s holding many credit unions back.

Experts shared insight and strategies into collecting, analyzing and using big data at the Credit Union Analystics Summit.

In her work as a data scientist for several payments startups, Afra Khan's key skill is leveraging fast-evolving technology tools to analyze consumer financial behavior and block fraud before it strikes.

Quona Capital Management raised $141 million for the Accion Frontier Inclusion Fund, which will invest in companies that provide financial and other services to underserved customers in emerging markets.

The way people seek and buy music—in a store, online, or a download—is as generational as the art itself. Madrona Venture Group is staking a claim on 'buy' buttons as the next hit.

Fraudsters have a strong desire to take over a consumer's accounts or create new accounts to commit fraud by purchasing clothes or shoes to resell or initiate other crimes or chargebacks.

A key aspect of the job for security leaders at retailers is to present cyber risk threats to boards and top executives in terms they understand. Bay Dynamics says the best way to do that is through the common language of dollars and cents.