Financial Services stories - Page 2

Backbase wins the 2025 Datos Impact Award for its AI-driven platform revolutionising wealth management with faster onboarding and personalised digital advice.

Interactive and Microsoft’s enduring partnership drives real digital transformation, helping businesses innovate and modernise with trusted, collaborative solutions.

Microsoft Azure's outage exposed security risks, disrupting key services used by UK organisations and sparking calls for a diversified, sovereign cloud strategy.

Revolut has launched an eight-week NZ campaign with All Blacks star Ardie Savea, highlighting its app’s global finance features and ease of use.

Equinix will invest GBP £3.9 billion in a new data centre campus in Hertfordshire, boosting the UK’s AI capacity and creating thousands of jobs.

MYOB wins the Australian Financial Review’s innovation award for its Solo app, helping 1.6 million sole operators manage finances and admin with AI tools.

Reflectiz has raised $22 million in Series B funding to expand its AI-driven web risk platform and establish a global HQ in Boston.

Banks are doubling AI budgets to 17% of IT spend by 2028, but only 20% have robust real-time data governance, reveals Tech Mahindra's global survey.

Fintech firms rush to adopt AI, with 65% using it despite cybersecurity lapses, highlighting the urgent need for robust guardrails to build trust and ensure safety.

Straker secures a NZD $28 million deal with IBM to expand AI translation services and co-develop specialised language models over three years.

Confluent’s Tableflow now integrates with Delta Lake and Databricks Unity Catalog, enabling real-time analytics and AI with governed data across multicloud environments.

Confluent has launched Private Cloud, enabling organisations to securely deploy and manage real-time data streaming on private infrastructure with cloud-like agility.

EY's Canadian branch is spearheading the release of a client agent marketplace, aiming to enhance collaboration and service delivery.

A dNOVO survey reveals Canadians trust AI search tools least of all sectors, with a score of 1.91, even below lawmakers at 2.08.

Check Point and NVIDIA launch AI Cloud Protect, a security solution for AI infrastructure, securing enterprise AI without compromising performance.

A FICO survey reveals 70% of UK consumers rank fraud protection as a top priority when choosing banks, reflecting rising security concerns.

ELMO Software appoints Anne Tosky as Global Chief People Officer to lead people strategy amid expansion in Australia, New Zealand and the UK.

Azul and ActiveViam have launched a solution that cuts cloud analytics costs by up to 50%, enhancing performance for financial firms handling large-scale data.

BSI warns many UK and global firms lack robust AI governance despite rising investment, risking operational failures and reputational damage amid growing AI use.

Canon Business Services ANZ expands its sales team with six hires to boost support and growth across Australia and New Zealand's technology sectors.