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Insights from the AI in Financial Services & Beyond track at the AI+X Summit, Zurich, 1 October 2026 How can banks turn individual AI applications into capabilities that benefit the whole organisation? This question filled the room at the AI in Financial Services & Beyond track of the AI+X Summit in Zurich on 1 October […]
On 1 October, ZHAW will take centre stage as Presenting Academic Partner at the AI+X Summit in Oerlikon. Researchers from four departments will bring their expertise to the main stage, various tracks and a workshop, while also showcasing ZHAW’s work at the ZHAW stand. The AI+X Summit is the flagship event of the Zurich AI […]
On 2 October 2025, more than 2,000 participants gathered in Oerlikon to explore one of today’s most transformative topics: the impact of artificial intelligence on business, science, and society. The large-scale event, organised in collaboration with the ETH AI Center, ZHAW, and the University of Zurich, brought together experts and innovators from across disciplines to […]
The Institute of Wealth & Asset Management is part of Switzerland’s largest AI conference, the AI+X Summit 2025, with over 3,000 participants in Zurich. The AI+X Summit is organized by the ETH AI Center in collaboration with the ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften and the Universität Zürich | University of Zurich (UZH), offers researchers and academics […]
Artificial intelligence is transforming the financial industry, from consulting and analysis to asset management. The MSc Banking & Finance at ZHAW not only imparts in-depth financial knowledge, but also expands on this with practical skills in the field of artificial intelligence. From 2026, the new major Generative AI & AI Agents, led by Dr. Bledar […]
On November 14, 2024, Marc Weibel had the opportunity to moderate a roundtable at the Swiss AI Summit in Zurich. The topic, „AI in Finance and Sustainable Investing“, brought together experts from academia and industry. The stage featured Nicolas Jamet, Portfolio Manager at RAM AI, and Kai Gramke, CEO of Econsight AG, who shed light […]
At the AI+X Summit in Zurich Oerlikon, we joined over 2,000 AI experts, industry professionals, and thought leaders for a dynamic exchange of ideas and a showcase of cutting-edge technology. The summit featured inspiring keynotes, interactive tracks, and live demos, all demonstrating the transformative impact of AI across a variety of sectors. On Thursday, October […]
The AI in Risk & Compliance – Know-How & Networking Event focuses on cross-bank exchange and the transfer of relevant knowledge regarding how AI impacts the risk and compliance functions within financial institutions. Technological progress is reshaping the risk and compliance functions of Swiss and Liechtenstein financial institutions. It is crucial to position oneself, leverage […]
Using sentiment information in the analysis of financial markets has attracted much attention. Natural language processing methods can be used to extract market sentiment information from texts such as news articles. The objective of this paper is to extract financial market sentiment information from news articles and use the estimated sentiment scores to predict the […]
In recent years, data science methods have been developed considerably and have consequently found their way into many business processes in banking and finance. One example is the review and approval process of credit applications, where they are employed with the aim to reduce rare but costly credit defaults in portfolios of loans. But there […]
