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The funding will help banks and insurers automate lending, claims and onboarding while keeping AI decisions auditable and compliant.
Manual access reviews and audit gaps are adding hidden costs as firms hit mid-year and rethink identity governance budgets.
Uninsured losses could hit production lines and supply chains as cyber-attacks increasingly target industrial systems across Asia-Pacific.
The appointment strengthens Avalara's push in Australia and New Zealand, where it is targeting more customers in retail, logistics and exports.
Accurate address data is now helping firms cut delivery errors, price risk and target customers more precisely across multiple sectors.
Insurers testing AI in narrow pilots may now need traceable, governed tools as Earnix pushes its new orchestration layer into daily workflows.
Nearly a third of planned sites in some regions could face severe disruption as extreme heat, flooding and weak infrastructure bite by 2100.
UK regulated firms are rethinking customer service as AI cuts routine work and pushes more complex queries back to human teams.
Employers risk reimbursement errors and compliance headaches unless expense systems are updated to reflect HMRC's first mileage rate rise in 15 years.
Teenagers at Stamford Bridge are learning budgeting through a football club simulation as FICO begins its first UK financial education push.
The Indian fintech group is poised to use fresh capital and a new interim chief executive officer as it prepares for a possible public listing.
RACQ's member services will be reshaped by Adobe's AI tools under a five-year deal that also gives Deloitte Digital implementation control.
Despite widespread pilots, only 17% of Malaysian financial institutions have scaled strategic AI initiatives, a new report says.
Insurers risk wasted AI spending unless new tools fit agents' daily workflows, as Cake & Arrow's research found uneven uptake and patchy support.
Korean banks and agencies can now keep security logs in-country as Google Cloud tries to ease compliance worries over cloud-based threat monitoring.
UK clients could see agentic AI projects prototyped in four weeks as Deloitte expands its Google Cloud alliance and trains 1,000 staff.
AI and emerging tech are becoming a growth priority for UK lenders and insurers, with 91% expecting higher spending over the next year.
Financial firms face tighter oversight as the regulator warns current controls are not enough for fast-changing AI systems and machine identities.
Canadians are warming to AI for day-to-day banking, but most still want human advice when the stakes rise on major financial decisions.
The Bengaluru firm is adding senior firepower as demand grows for cross-border deal advice paired with execution support.
