Financial Services stories
Visa widens AI payments testing in Canada, enlisting BMO, CIBC, RBC, Scotiabank and TD to trial agent-initiated transactions with real cards and merchants.
ServiceNow broadens AI governance push with Otto, third-party agent access and wider Control Tower oversight across enterprise systems.
Asia Pacific businesses are expanding AI hardware use as new research shows strong uptake of AI PCs and workstations for different workloads.
Proofpoint unveils Prism Investigator AI platform to help compliance and legal teams reconstruct cases from scattered records and audit trails.
Iress taps Thoughtworks to modernise its Wealth platform in stages, weaving in more AI and data tools without a risky full replatform.
Amperity adds AI assistants and live customer data tools to help brands act during website visits, basket abandonments and other interactions.
Passwordless logins and AI tools leave businesses facing new identity risks as experts warn phishing, session theft and quantum threats persist.
Anthropic rolls out 10 AI agent templates for financial services, with Microsoft 365 add-ins, new data links and banking workflow tools.
PayPal splits into three units as it names new bosses for checkout, consumer finance and crypto, while two senior executives depart.
ICANN launches 2026 application round for custom internet endings, widening access to multilingual domains and tighter brand control.
EvoluteIQ names Paul Maguire and Abhinaya S R to key roles as the Stockholm software firm looks to scale globally after USD $53 million funding.
Group-IB secures top Gartner ranking as analysts single out its unified platform, dark web monitoring and fraud intelligence for early attack warnings.
FinScan extends Payments platform to screen stablecoin transfers and digital wallets, aiming to give firms one compliance setup across all rails.
Temenos broadens AWS SaaS for banks with digital services and payments, as lenders weigh cloud modularity, regulation and data residency.
Lloyds Banking Group and Google Cloud Security bring 33 teams into UK cyber hackathon as AI test raises stakes for finance defences.
Wimbledon fintech Icon Solutions is among the UK firms honoured in 2026 for helping banks modernise payments systems without disrupting operations.
Deloitte Taiwan and Zodia Custody team up on digital asset services for financial institutions, as Taiwan readies stricter rules.
InstaSwitch launches business banking activation software and secures USD $4.7 million as banks chase more primary deposits.
Acquirz strengthens leadership team with Kevin Smith and Kelly Merchant as the Cheltenham firm scales after acquiring Marketscan.
EY says 74% of UK consumers have used AI in six months, but only 14% would trust fully autonomous systems as security and governance worries grow.