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Rise Of AI Drives US Growth In New Unicorns

Crunchbase News

Singapore counted three new unicorns in 2024 from zero in 2023 in banking, Web3 and semiconductor assembly. Fintech was the next-largest sector, with 12 companies in banking, payments, credit and wealth management. India jumped year over year to six companies from two in 2023 with companies in finance and transportation.

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Daily Crunch: Brex says DoorDash is ‘first of many’ new enterprise customers to come

TechCrunch

It’s simply the best; better than all the rest: Pound, shilling and cedi, oh my: Already active in Lagos and Nigeria, digital bank Umba just raised $15 million to expand to Egypt, Ghana and Kenya. Braid is here to challenge how we think about shared bank accounts. Well, near you if you live in Houston, Texas. What are my next steps?

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United Bank Limited optimizes its data analytics with the Cloudera Data Platform (CDP)

Cloudera

United Bank Limited (UBL), a Pakistani banking and financial services leader, serves over 11 million customers nationwide and operates 1,338 branches and 1,445 ATMs, along with its branchless banking proposition (combination ATM and online banking). Analytics for everyone.

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Where to Learn Deep Learning – Courses, Tutorials, Software

CTOvision

Yann LeCun, a student of Geoff Hinton, also developed a very effective algorithm for deep learning, called ConvNet , which was successfully used in late 80-s and early 90-s for automatic reading of amounts on bank checks. is a well-known expert in Business Analytics, Data Mining, and Data Science.

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2020 Data Impact Award Winner Spotlight: United Overseas Bank

Cloudera

This is a new award category that recognises one customer who has consistently achieved transformation across its business to create a culture of data-driven innovation. . The post 2020 Data Impact Award Winner Spotlight: United Overseas Bank appeared first on Cloudera Blog. To learn more about UOB please visit: [link] .

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Eliminate roles, not people: fine-tuning the talent search during times of change

CIO

Having joined Campbell’s in January 2022, Julia Anderson’s enterprise-wide responsibilities run from digital workplace services, IT platforms, and architecture, to cybersecurity oversight, business analytics, and transformation projects and programs. When she arrived, a business transformation was already underway.

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Announcing the 2020 Data Impact Award Winners

Cloudera

Winner: United Overseas Bank. United Overseas Bank (UOB), a Singaporean multinational banking organization, is recognized as one of the most excellent and professionally managed financial institutions in Asia. The platform is loaded with over 30,000 files per day, from 95 systems across the bank.

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