Canada stories - Page 6

Canadian regulators urge financial firms to tighten AI safeguards as a new AGILE framework flags fraud, supply-chain and stability risks.

Sapling Financial Consultants opens New York office and appoints Billy Snider as Head of New York Partnerships to deepen US mid-market ties.

Zelim lands BC Ferries order for ZOE man-overboard detection system on four hybrid-electric vessels in fleet renewal push.

InDebted unveils a standalone API to check AI-written debt collection messages in real time, flag vulnerability and create audit trails.

Avison Young deepens CGI tie-up with AI-managed tech support as the real estate adviser modernises digital platforms and boosts operational insight.

Bell deepens BUZZ HPC partnership with 6.5 MW AI capacity at its Merritt data centre, boosting sovereign compute for Canadian customers.

Chexy raises USD $14 million to expand its Canadian platform from rent into utilities, taxes and business payments, boosting rewards options.

TELUS unveils SmartHome Assistant, an AI tool using generative interfaces to unite thousands of smart devices in a single app.

Marketing added CAD $130.9bn to Canada's 2024 GDP, supporting 861,500 jobs and rivaling retail and oil and gas in economic heft.

New York fintech Spade raises USD $40 million in Series B funding led by Oak HC/FT to expand its real-time payments data intelligence tools.

OFX appoints former PayPal Australia marketer Liz Lord as chief marketing officer to spearhead its shift beyond cross-border payments.

SysAid bakes Splashtop remote support into its service desk, letting IT teams launch secure sessions directly from AI-driven tickets.

Canada's decade-long drive to make 50/10 Mbps broadband a universal basic service nears 2030 goals, but remote regions remain hard to reach.

Saab teams with Cohere on AI for its GlobalEye aircraft, tying the deal to Canada as it courts Ottawa's airborne surveillance contract.

As cyber attacks surge, Canadian firms race to adopt agentic AI, betting on autonomous defence while scrambling to build new governance.

Dext rolls out AI Assist in the US and Canada, promising to learn each firm's bookkeeping rules while keeping humans in full control.

Canadian law firms report the strongest AI time savings globally, yet many still battle lost billable hours and tangled tech stacks.

UK legal professionals emerge as global AI leaders, with 62% regular users and strong training seen as key to boosting profitability.

Energy and chemicals groups target 80% autonomous operations by 2030 as AI-led automation accelerates amid costs, labour gaps and demand.

Iran-linked cyber attacks are spreading beyond the Middle East, with firms tied to Israel or the US warned they face heightened global risk.