Financial Services stories
Finance leaders hail AI as core to strategy, yet fewer than half have scaled it beyond pilots amid legacy, skills and leadership hurdles.
Confidential computing shifts from niche to mainstream as 75% of organisations adopt it to secure AI workloads and sensitive data in use.
Finance chiefs brace for AI upheaval as CIMA warns of widening skills gap and underprepared teams despite soaring expectations.
Opengear secures SOC 2 Type 2 and ISO 27001 certifications, bolstering trust in its resilient network management and independent control plane.
MITRE warns that cheap face-swap deepfakes can defeat banks' remote KYC checks, bypassing liveness tools to open fraudulent accounts.
JAVLN acquires Australian document manager organiseit after AUD $6 million raise, deepening its APAC insurtech footprint and cloud offering.
APAC enterprises plan big 2026 AI spend, pivoting from chatbots to sovereign RAG and hyperscale platforms to meet strict data rules.
Red Hat snaps up UK AI safety specialist Chatterbox Labs to add model-agnostic security testing and guardrails across its hybrid cloud platform.
UK accountants say firms are already losing money to flawed ChatGPT tax advice and warn misuse of AI could trigger failures by 2026.
Hedgehog lab has bought Label Sessions to build a full-stack innovation consultancy, linking AI delivery with a 500-strong global expert network.
Aviva extends its tech pact with TCS, shifting another 1.1m UK life policies onto the BaNCS platform to streamline service and costs.
1Kosmos has joined the Saviynt Exchange, embedding biometric identity proofing and passwordless login into Saviynt's cloud security platform.
Netskope opens first Malaysia data centre and deepens Indonesia presence as demand for cloud-based SASE security surges across Southeast Asia.
SandboxAQ's AQtive Guard wins FedRAMP Ready status, opening a clearer path into US federal AI and quantum cybersecurity projects.
Fintech and healthcare prepare to tame quantum-era unpredictability, as firms plan AI guardrails and quantum-safe security by 2026.
Coder and GlobalLogic ally to deliver governed agentic AI for Global 2000 software teams, targeting regulated sectors and hybrid clouds.
Outcome-first, tightly governed AI will eclipse experimental pilots by 2026 as boards and regulators demand clear, measurable business value.
Christchurch-built AI platform Caitlyn stars at AWS re:Invent, showcasing secure, explainable enterprise search for sensitive data.
Legacy Trust COO Grace Liu wins STEP Rising Star award, spotlighting Hong Kong's tech-driven ambitions in Asia's booming wealth market.
Crypto exchange KuCoin is opening a Sydney HQ, ramping up local hiring and regulation-first products as it chases Australian growth.