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Omnisient launches AI tool to bring ChatGPT-like simplicity to drawing answers from complex data
Non-technical users can now get answers from complex anonymized consumer data using conversational language via a ChatGPT-like interface.
How Shopping Habits Can Reveal Credit Risk To Banks And Insurers
Jon Jacobson, CEO of Omnisient, talks about the predictive power of grocery shopping data as alternative data for credit scoring and underwriting for underserved individuals.
Omnisient Achieves ISO27001 Certification to Keep Customers’ Data Even Safer
Omnisient earns global recognition for safeguarding sensitive consumer data and enabling privacy-preserving collaboration.
Using 1st Party Data to Drive Credit Card Sales in a Cookieless World
To enable Africa’s largest bank to target non-banked customers with a high propensity for credit card usage using…
Omnisient wins Finovate’s 2024 Excellence in Financial Inclusion Award
Omnisient recognized by global financial services sector for impact its technology is having on bringing credit to millions of under-served individuals.
South African fintech Omnisient secures $7.5 million investment from Arise
The investment will support data privacy and collaboration platform Omnisient’s mission to grow financial inclusion…
INTERVIEW: The Morning Show interview: Anton Grutzmacher co-founder of Omnisient
Interview with Omnisient co-founder Anton Grutzmacher on The Morning Show on the use of 1st party consumer data to enhance online targeting and personalization of online experiences and how it’s leading to the exponential growth in Retail Media Networks.
Omnisient recognized as a finalist of 2024 Microsoft Inclusion Changemaker Partner of the Year
Omnisient was honored among a global field of top Microsoft partners for demonstrating excellence in innovation …
Omnisient recognized for its impact on growing financial inclusion in Africa
Omnisient, has enabled banks to use consumer shopping history to qualify 3.2 million individuals for credit who would have previously been declined.
Omnisient and Optiscape Network Holdings Launch Joint-Venture to Create Largest Consumer Data Ecosystem in MENA region
Joint venture set to create largest anonymized consumer data ecosystem in Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.
Omnisient and id8 360 launch international partnership to unlock new privacy-safe data monetization opportunities between retailers and the financial services industry
This partnership will further accelerate Omnisient’s international growth by expanding its reach into the id8 360 network of retailers and banks.
Loyalty Shopper Data shows the impact of public employment program on the South African economy
Omnisient enables breakthrough study on the impact of South African government employment program.
PANEL DISCUSSION: The Evolution of 1st Party Consumer Data
Discover Omnisient’s innovative technology through an interview with one of our founders and learn how we are redefining creditworthiness.
Omnisient and Altron HealthTech Partner to Revolutionise Healthcare Insights and Enhance Patient and Population Health Outcomes
The collaboration is set to deliver anonymised patient insights to a wide range of stakeholders
DEMO: Leveraging Omnisient’s Campaign Engine for Consumer Insights
Leverage Omnisients campaign engine in order to convert collected consumer data into consumer intelligence without sharing your PII with anyone.
INTERVIEW: Redefining Creditworthiness: The New Era of Credit Scoring for the Unbanked
Discover Omnisient’s innovative technology through an interview with one of our founders and learn how we are redefining creditworthiness.
INTERVIEW: BizNews Interview with Jon Jacobson on growing financial inclusion
Learn how we are helping to grow financial inclusion in this short interview between our CEO and BizNews.
Omnisient wins Fast Company’s 2023 Next Big Things in Tech for Social Good
Omnisient has been recognized by Fast Company to be among the tech breakthroughs that promise to transform the future.
Linking Customers to a Common Household
Recognizing the important role that household make-up plays in understanding customer loyalty and purchasing behavior…
Discovering the Financial Impact of a Retail Loyalty Program
Using Omnisient’s secure collaboration to perform an in-depth analysis of the spending habits…
Using Pharmacy Loyalty Data to Target New Policyholders
Evaluating the potential of collective data between the pharmacy chain and the health insurer to enhance understanding…
Enriching Policyholder Data to Accelerate Payouts for Beneficiaries
In an initiative to comply with regulatory mandates, an insurance company collaborated with partners to improve contactability…
Using Medication Adherence Data to Predict Life Expectancy
How a Patient Adherence company and a Data Bureau collaborated to explore Medication Adherence as a predictor of life-expectancy.
Using Shopping Data to determine Credit Risk
Using a retail grocer’s loyalty shopper data as an alternative data source for predicting credit risk among credit invisible applicants.
Targeting active home buyers with home loans
How a Bank partnered with a Property Portal to segment Active Property buyers from their own base to target for Home Loans.
Uncovering Home Loan Disintermediation
In the competitive world of home loans, there’s a rising sentiment among banks of disintermediation occurring.
Enhancing Credit Offer Targeting
Through a ground-breaking partnership between a Digital Bank, Grocery Retailer, and Credit Bureau, a strategy was crafted to enhance the precision of credit card offers.
Omnisient recognized as a privacy leader in helping to build customer trust
Omnisient selected by the world’s largest global information privacy community as a leader in privacy innovation…
EXPLAINER: Data Collaboration – The Challenges and Opportunities
Sharing data securely and privately are some of our core tenants; explore how our platform can open your business to the power of data.
Omnisient recognized as a leader in the use of Data for Good at the DataIQ Awards
Omnisient was a finalist for the DataIQ award category “Data for Society” at the 11th Annual DataIQ awards for…
Omnisient commended at SA Loyalty Awards for transformative impact on Loyalty Programmes
Omnisient “Highly Commended” at the 2023 South African Loyalty Awards for the transformative impact it’s having on Loyalty & Retention programmes.
TechCrunch select Omnisient as one of world’s top 200 game-changing startups
TechCrunch reviewed close to 3,000 nominated early-stage startups from around the world to choose the final 200 to…
Omnisient Awarded as 2023 Technology Pioneer by World Economic Forum
The World Economic Forum announces selection of the 100 most promising Technology Pioneers, companies that are…
The Rise of Consumer Data Ecosystems: A Game-Changer for Digital Advertising in a Cookieless world
A short 4 Step guide to thriving in the Post-Cookie World The digital advertising landscape is evolving, and…
Omnisient Wins Gold for Data Insights at the 2023 Smarties Awards
4 April 2023, Johannesburg, South Africa – Omnisient, a South African FinTech that enables the rapid sharing,…
Omnisient Wins Most Innovative Financial Inclusion Technology Award for Enabling Credit Access to the Unbanked in Africa
Omnisient, the South African FinTech that uses advanced analytics to enable the rapid…
Africa’s largest retailer among investors in data collaboration start-up
Omnisient, provider of the leading consumer privacy-protecting data collaboration platform in emerging markets, has…
Omnisient appoints Tony Houldsworth as Chairman following recent investment round
Privacy-Enhancing Technology provider Omnisient appoints retail technology industry veteran as Chairman following its…
Shoprite makes a strategic investment in Omnisient
The Shoprite Group, Africa’s largest fast-moving consumer goods retailer, made its second minority investment in a…
Omnisient wins SA Loyalty Award for Privacy Preserving Data Collaboration
Omnisient awarded “Best Loyalty Data Agency/Vendor of the Year” at the South African Loyalty Awards event for its data…
How retailers can monetize customer data and help grow financial inclusion
The next couple of years will be tough for the retail sector. Monetizing customer behavioral data can help retailers…
How to get started with Data Monetization
Data for many companies has long been a liability due to the costs and risks associated with storing it, managing it, and protecting it…
Tony Houldsworth joins Omnisient Advisory Board
Technology industry veteran and Group President of Flooid – a leading unified commerce platform for the retail and…
Omnisient’s B2B Data-Collaboration platform becomes even more secure
Omnisient has introduced an additional privacy-preserving feature in its mission to provide a B2B Data Collaboration…
Why the Sudden Spike in Business-to-Business Partnerships Comes with Opportunities and Pitfalls
Business to business partnerships involve partnering with other brands and companies to achieve various objectives. It…
How to eliminate data breaches: an expensive and growing threat to business growth
By leveraging tokenization-as-a-service, the threat of internal and malicious actors is essentially removed. With…
Don’t let your data-driven solutions be locked down with you…
How Privacy by Design technology enables data collaboration to flourish in the ‘new normal’. Before lockdown was even…
Why unlocking alternative data should be integral to credit models in the post-Covid19 economy
It’s no secret that South African banks and financial services providers draw on massive volumes of data to make…
How tech-driven Partnership Marketing can fill the (imminent) Direct Marketing void in SA
Privacy-By-Design data sharing models are set to transform Partnership Marketing. In South Africa, direct marketing…
Omnisient gets the backing of Nedbank, Investec & Compass Venture Capital
Omnisient, a Cape Town-based Privacy-by-Design startup that specialises in secure data…
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