China’s Industrial Bank teams up with Microsoft to build digital and cloud power
The mid-sized mainland bank says it will apply deep machine learning and AI in risk controls, compliance and wealth management
Mid-sized Industrial Bank has signed a strategic partnership with Microsoft China in Shanghai to shore up its smart banking capabilities, the latest evidence of mainland Chinese banks embracing technology-driven innovation.
The Fujian-based lender would work with Microsoft to ride on the US company’s strength in artificial intelligence (AI) and experience in helping companies make their digital transformations, the bank said on Wednesday.
Its financial technology subsidiary CIB Fintech will also work with Microsoft to build up its financial cloud-computing capacity to serve banking peers and other financial institutions.
Chinese banks are strengthening their digital might in a market where traditional financial institutions are being seriously challenged by emerging internet financial companies.
“The tie-up with Microsoft is a big decision made by the bank in the digital era,” said Sun Xiongpeng, vice-president of Industrial Bank in Shanghai on Wednesday.
Industrial Bank said it would apply deep machine learning and AI technology in risk controls, compliance and wealth management.
Traditional Chinese banks are rapidly embracing technology to catch up with the go smart trend to cater to the nation’s tech-savvy consumers.