Intelligent CIO Africa Issue 38 | Page 35

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// on the same data processes put in place decades ago. These have gradually been tweaked over time without major overhaul. Adoption of new technologies tends to be slow resulting in toolsets, like traditional spreadsheets, remaining the primary environment used to analyse datasets. However, this is neither efficient nor secure. Even so, one of the most significant challenges revolves around exception handling. Most banking transactions require little human intervention. However, in cases www.intelligentcio.com FEATURE: AI where items are flagged (for example, AML, fraud or screening checks), this requires human intervention. Given the high volumes involved this comes at significant cost to the organisation. It is therefore an excellent place to deploy new AI technologies such as Intelligent Process Automation (IPA). This streamlines processes and automates steps usually performed by people. Think of AI virtualising the human experience. It is about building technology solutions that Patrick Ashton, a Managing Executive at SilverBridge Holdings INTELLIGENTCIO 35