Reflections on a year like no other with Aveni’s CEO Joseph Twigg
Whilst many will be glad to see the back of 2020 – for good reason – we look back and reflect on just how far we have come as well as look forward to what the new year brings. Our CEO, Joseph Twigg takes a moment to celebrate our achievements. We also take this opportunity […]
Highlights from top NLP conference: Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (EMNLP) 2020
Last month Aveni Labs, represented by Lexi Birch and Barry Haddow, presented their work at one of the top conferences in the field of natural language processing (NLP). From silent speech to Transformers, we get the lowdown on some of the newest, mind-bending innovations in NLP from Barry: The conference  EMNLP (empirical methods in […]
Exclusive Interview with Jamie Hunter – COO at Aveni
First up, tell us a bit about yourself and what your career journey was before you joined Aveni? Career wise, I’m a chartered accountant who has spent the bulk of my career in asset management.  I started out at Morgan Stanley before moving on to a company called Ignis where I spent 8 years in a range of […]
Meet the Team: Gary Muir, Full Stack Developer at Aveni
What was your first job and what led you to where you are now? I worked in supermarkets during uni, and then as a barista. The coffee-making skills have come in handy during lockdown! As for tech, I went to a boot camp here in Edinburgh and got my first coding job with a startup […]
Voice to Text… to Compliance: How NLP is Changing the Risk & Compliance Function
Risk and Compliance is no longer the black and white, tick-the-box function it once was. Today, compliance teams are faced with increasingly complex, multi-dimensional challenges that continue to change year after year. With new regulations being introduced by the FCA and on a regular basis, it is becoming more difficult for financial institutions to […]
Meet the people: Q&A with Mhairi McGinlay our Fabulous User Experience Designer
This week we chatted to Mhairi McGinlay, our fabulous User Experience (UX) Designer, currently based in Glasgow. She has spent 2 years working in this field and enjoys working in a fast-paced environment allowing her to grow. She gives us an insight into what life is like in a start-up as well as shares her […]
Getting to the heart of the matter – the increasing influence of RegTech
After the last financial crisis, the Financial Services sector had to dust itself down and redouble efforts to become nimbler, faster, more efficient and importantly, increasingly vigilant. As a response, many institutions, large and small, had already set out on the path of digital transformation but with the devastating arrival of Covid-19, the pace of […]
Meet the people: Amy Marcowich Product Manager at Aveni
Introducing Amy Marcowich, our product manager. She’s also a certified PT, loyal Bikram yogi and a travel junkie! Amy has the ability to spin plates with grace and her positive energy spreads virtually too! We get cosy with our virtual cup of steaming cocoa and find out what she enjoys about working at Aveni! […]
How AI is transforming Risk and Compliance
It’s no secret that the implementation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the Financial Services sector is seeing rapid growth as competition builds to develop innovative products, optimise efficiency, and ultimately gain a competitive advantage. A 2020 study conducted jointly by the World Economic Forum (WEF) and Cambridge Center for Alternative Finance (CCAF) reveals that […]
A day in the life of Aveni Marketing Intern: Hayfa Bukhari
Hayfa is our super creative, uber-talented marketing intern. She joined the company in July this year, hitting the ground at full speed, and has been the driving force behind Aveni’s social media and cultural activity. We catch up with her as she walks us through what a typical day at Aveni looks like (besides just […]
Aveni selected for UK wide fintech growth programme!
Today we’re excited to announce that we are are among 31 tech scale-ups that have been selected to join Tech Nation’s prestigious Fintech 3.0 programme. The programme provides six months of support to help the growth of UK’s most promising fintechs. Joseph Twigg, CEO of Aveni comments, “It’s great to be recognised as one […]
Looming personal finance crisis will only be solved by better access to advice
As the impact of COVID-19 plays out over the months and years to come, technology will help usher in a new advice model which reaches out to a broader spectrum of clients. Â UK households have now endured over six months of financial impacts as a result of COVID-19. The Standard Life Foundation has been […]
