Personetics is leveraging its success in developing AI-enabled consumer banking solutions to help small businesses better manage their day-to-day banking affairs. The tool is geared toward the small business owners who cite a “lack of tools that fit their needs” as the primary challenge to banking digitally. Personetics’ integrates the solution into the bank’s online and mobile channels to give SMEs deeper insight into cash flow and liquidity.

“The small business solution is a result of our work with banks around the globe to address the shifting expectations of business customers as they become more digital-savvy,” Personetics co-founder and CEO David Sosna explained. “Banks that act on these emerging needs have an opportunity to turn online and mobile banking into the go-to places for businesses to manage their day-to-day finances and stay ahead of the rapidly evolving needs of their small business customers.”

Personetics’ new solution proactively identifies potential issues in payments and receivables, anticipates future cashflow, and offers relevant financing options to help users reach liquidity and growth objectives. Additionally, the technology leverages bank and accounting information to give users a comprehensive overview of both financial planning and actual activity.

The company’s announcement is the latest sign of Personetics’ determination to bring AI-enabled personalization solutions to more financial institutions. In March, Personetics teamed up with fellow Finovate alum MX in a technology partnership designed to help FIs translate data into actionable insights.

Also this spring, Personetics partner BGL BNP Paribas, one of the largest banks in Luxembourg, launched its personalized, intelligent digital assistant, Genius. The AI-powered solution, which the bank said was “developed in close collaboration with the fintech Personetics,” encourages financial wellness by providing information on user spending, analyzing cash flow for unusual transactions or other issues, and offering tips on better banking.

Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel, Personetics demonstrated its Personetics Anywhere chatbot solution at FinovateFall 2016. The company works with six of the top 12 banks in North America and Europe, and serves more than 60 million customers around the world.

Personetics has raised more than $18 million in funding from investors including Lightspeed Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital Israel, and Viola Ventures. The company announced an investment of an undisclosed amount from United Overseas Bank last summer.

Cognitive analytics company Personetics has traditionally served large banks, including six of the top 12 banks in North America and Europe. Today, however, the company launched a new offering that makes its solutions more accessible for smaller digital-only and challenger banks.

The new offering provides a highly customizable, pre-packaged application, lowering barriers for smaller banks to implement AI-powered banking services. Founded in 2010, Personetics leverages predictive analytics to help banks anticipate their clients’ individual needs.

“Personalized and proactive guidance is quickly becoming a must-have requirement for banking, especially for new banks that are built on the promise of a new banking experience,” said David Sosna, Personetics co-founder and CEO. “Our mission is to deliver market-proven engagement and personalization technology that is quick and easy to deploy so digital banks can focus their resources on their go-to-market strategy.”

The implementation, which takes under three months, is designed to work with banks with limited resources. To meet these requirements, the new software package offers:

• Pre-built banking content: The offering includes hundreds of pre-built insights, financial tips, and personalized advice that the bank can easily modify and control
• API-first approach: Personetics uses open APIs to integrate AI functionality into a bank’s digital banking experience and allows banks to create their own brand identity and customer engagement strategy.
• Editing tools: These tools allow the bank to retain control over the content and develop new capabilities to support its own business goals.
• Fast time-to-market: Personetics delivers a production-level solution in just three months.

Among the first challenger banks to leverage Personetics’ new software package is U.K.-based Tandem Bank, which announced its participation in February. “The Personetics Cognitive Banking Brain provides great AI capabilities with prebuilt insights which enable us to accelerate time-to-market and place personalised highlights in the hands of our customers sooner rather than later,” said Ricky Knox, chief executive at Tandem Bank.

At FinovateFall 2016, Personetics demonstrated its Personetics Anywhere chatbot solution. The company was founded in 2011 and has received $18 million in total funding. Personetics recently onboarded Romania’s Banca Transilvania to offer AI-powered, forward-looking financial guidance to the bank’s clients. The company offers more than 4.3 billion personalized interactions to more than 45 million end customers across the globe.

Cognitive banking has come to CEE.

Romania’s second largest bank, Banca Transilvania, will integrate AI-powered, forward-looking financial guidance into its digital banking experience courtesy of a new partnership with Personetics. The bank, with more than 2.2 million clients, will add Personetics’ technology to the new version of its BT24 Internet Banking and Mobile Banking solution this year, giving Banca Transilvania’s retail and business customers access to insights and tools to better manage their finances.

“With the move towards open banking and PSD2 compliance, the ability to utilize data assets to deliver personalized service and guidance will become a key competitive differentiator for financial institutions in Europe and elsewhere,” Personetics CEO and co-founder David Sosna said. Speaking for Banca Transilvania, CEO Omer Tetik praised the way the technology will enable the bank to get its products to customers faster, and called the partnership with Personetics, “a new and strategic step regarding our digital focus and proof of our commitment to offer convenient and reliable services to our customers.”

Personetics specializes in leveraging machine learning, predictive analytics, and AI to help banks and credit unions create personalized, digital banking experiences for their customers and members.  The company’s Cognitive Banking Brain engine enables a range of applications including a Cognitive Banking Framework; Personetics Engage to provide personalized guidance for customer financial management; Personetics Assist, an AI-driven chatbot solution for institutions; Personetics Act, an automated money management solution; and Personetics Anywhere, which enables banks to deploy chatbot solutions over popular messaging platforms. The solutions help banks lower operational costs, increase cross-selling, and build better quality online engagement.

Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel, Personetics demonstrated its Personetics Anywhere chatbot solution for financial services at FinovateFall 2016. Last month, the company announced that challenger bank Tandem would use Personetics’ technology to provide personalized financial guidance for its customers. Also this year, Personetics has announced a partnership with Israel Discount Bank, where it will power the intelligent financial assistant, Didi. The company serves more than 45 million customers worldwide, and is partnered with six of the top 12 banks in North America and the European Union.

Named a Gartner Cool Vender, a Top Ten FinTech Company by KPMG, and a Top Ten Company to Watch by American Banker, Personetics has raised $18 million in funding. The company includes Lightspeed Venture Partners, Viola Ventures, and Sequoia Capital among its investors.