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ServiceNow unveils Otto & expands AI Control Tower

ServiceNow broadens AI governance push with Otto, third-party agent access and wider Control Tower oversight across enterprise systems.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 5 min read • 3 days ago

Network Infrastructure

Asia Pacific firms broaden AI PC & workstation use

Asia Pacific businesses are expanding AI hardware use as new research shows strong uptake of AI PCs and workstations for different workloads.

By Mark Tarre • 5 min read • 3 days ago

Security Operations Centres

Proofpoint launches AI tool for compliance investigations

Proofpoint unveils Prism Investigator AI platform to help compliance and legal teams reconstruct cases from scattered records and audit trails.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • 3 days ago

Data Analytics

Iress partners with Thoughtworks on wealth overhaul

Iress taps Thoughtworks to modernise its Wealth platform in stages, weaving in more AI and data tools without a risky full replatform.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • 3 days ago

Customer Experience

Amperity launches AI tools for real-time customer action

Amperity adds AI assistants and live customer data tools to help brands act during website visits, basket abandonments and other interactions.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • 3 days ago

Firewalls

World Password Day shifts focus to AI identity risks

Passwordless logins and AI tools leave businesses facing new identity risks as experts warn phishing, session theft and quantum threats persist.

By Mark Tarre • 7 min read • 4 days ago

Customer Relationship Management

Anthropic launches AI agents for financial services

Anthropic rolls out 10 AI agent templates for financial services, with Microsoft 365 add-ins, new data links and banking workflow tools.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 5 min read • 4 days ago

Crypto

PayPal reshuffles into three divisions as executives shift

PayPal splits into three units as it names new bosses for checkout, consumer finance and crypto, while two senior executives depart.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • 4 days ago

Digital Transformation

ICANN opens new domain ending applications for 2026

ICANN launches 2026 application round for custom internet endings, widening access to multilingual domains and tighter brand control.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • 4 days ago

Manufacturing

EvoluteIQ appoints new chiefs after USD $53 million funding

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.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • 4 days ago

Malware

Group-IB named a Leader in Gartner cyberthreat report

Group-IB secures top Gartner ranking as analysts single out its unified platform, dark web monitoring and fraud intelligence for early attack warnings.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • 4 days ago

Crypto

FinScan adds stablecoin screening to Payments platform

FinScan extends Payments platform to screen stablecoin transfers and digital wallets, aiming to give firms one compliance setup across all rails.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 3 min read • 4 days ago

Disaster Recovery

Temenos expands AWS SaaS to digital banking & payments

Temenos broadens AWS SaaS for banks with digital services and payments, as lenders weigh cloud modularity, regulation and data residency.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 3 min read • 4 days ago

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DevOps

Lloyds, Google & Hack The Box host UK finance hackathon

Lloyds Banking Group and Google Cloud Security bring 33 teams into UK cyber hackathon as AI test raises stakes for finance defences.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • 3 days ago

Fintech

Icon Solutions wins King's Award for payments innovation

Wimbledon fintech Icon Solutions is among the UK firms honoured in 2026 for helping banks modernise payments systems without disrupting operations.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 3 min read • 3 days ago

Fintech

Deloitte Taiwan & Zodia Custody strike digital pact

Deloitte Taiwan and Zodia Custody team up on digital asset services for financial institutions, as Taiwan readies stricter rules.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 3 min read • 3 days ago

Disaster Recovery

InstaSwitch raises USD $4.7 million for banking switch tool

InstaSwitch launches business banking activation software and secures USD $4.7 million as banks chase more primary deposits.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 3 min read • 4 days ago

Data Protection

Visa expands AI payments testing to Canadian issuers

Visa widens AI payments testing in Canada, enlisting BMO, CIBC, RBC, Scotiabank and TD to trial agent-initiated transactions with real cards and merchants.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • 4 days ago