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KPMG Launches $100 Million AI Partnership With Google Cloud
Artificial Intelligence // November 20, 2024

KPMG will spend $100 million over the next four years on its enterprise AI services. It’s part of an artificial intelligence (AI) partnership between the professional services giant and Google Cloud, Steve Chase, vice chair of AI and innovation for KPMG, said in an interview with Reuters posted Wednesday...

UK Launches FinTech Fund Backed by Mastercard and Barclays
Startups // August 16, 2023

The United Kingdom has taken a significant step to bolster its position as a global FinTech investment hub by launching a £1 billion investment fund, announced Wednesday (Aug. 16) by UK FinTech Growth Partners. The fund, called the Fintech Growth Fund, aims to support growth-stage...

KPMG Cuts 5% of American Staff Amid ‘Economic Headwinds’
Personnel // June 26, 2023

Accounting firm KPMG is letting go 5% of its American workforce. The cuts at KPMG — one of the “Big Four” consultants — will take place through the summer, a company spokesperson told PYMNTS Monday (June 26). The spokesperson also shared a statement from KPMG U.S. CEO Paul...

KMPG’s Auditing Scrutinized After Trio of Bank Failures
Banking // May 03, 2023

America’s biggest bank auditor is reportedly under fire after a trio of high-profile banking failures. KPMG, one of the “Big Four” accounting firms, was the auditor for Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), Signature Bank and First Republic Bank, all of which were taken over by federal...

Interviews & Exclusives
What Australia Can Teach The World About Real-Time Payments

January 02, 2019
On the face of it, the lure of real-time payments might seem like an inevitability. The concept is gaining traction and deployment across any number of avenues and several countries. In a recent example, in the U.S., a number of leading tech companies have become vocal in their support of a real-time payments (RTP) network, to be […]

KPMG: In Open Banking, ‘Fortune Favors The Brave’

November 16, 2018
Nearly a year on, Open Banking has a bit of mileage behind it and roadmap stretching ahead. Far-flung governments are requiring banks to make customer data available to third parties...

Rebundling The Unbundled Bank

June 25, 2018
FinTechs by the dozen. Apps by the dozen. Banks have competitive, operational and communication challenges in place, as Mitch Siegel, National FS Strategy and Transformation Leader at KPMG tells Karen...

How To Future-Proof A Financial Institution

April 27, 2018
As Muhammad Ali once said, “Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.” Translated for the financial services sector, this idiom might read thus: “Act like a startup, think like...

Quick Reads
UK FinTech Funding Drops to Lowest Level in Decade

August 24, 2026
U.K. FinTech investments have reached a 10-year low amid an overall jump in funding. British financial technology firms took in around $2.5 billion during the first six months of 2026, a two-thirds decline from the previous year, according to the latest edition of KPMG’s Pulse of Fintech report, published Monday (Aug. 24). “It has been […]

KPMG Launches $100 Million AI Partnership With Google Cloud

November 20, 2024
KPMG will spend $100 million over the next four years on its enterprise AI services. It’s part of an artificial intelligence (AI) partnership between the professional services giant and Google Cloud, Steve...

UK Launches FinTech Fund Backed by Mastercard and Barclays

August 16, 2023
The United Kingdom has taken a significant step to bolster its position as a global FinTech investment hub by launching a £1 billion investment fund, announced Wednesday (Aug. 16) by...

KPMG Cuts 5% of American Staff Amid ‘Economic Headwinds’

June 26, 2023
Accounting firm KPMG is letting go 5% of its American workforce. The cuts at KPMG — one of the “Big Four” consultants — will take place through the summer, a company spokesperson...