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Advancing Analytics secures growth investment from Lead Edge

The deal should help the European consultancy expand as demand grows for data analytics and AI advice across financial services and retail.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Wed, 17th Jun 2026

Virtualisation

HPE expands Nvidia AI Factory with Vera CPU & security

Enterprise users will get tighter controls over AI agents as HPE adds Nvidia's Vera CPU, Agent Toolkit and confidential computing to its factory portfolio.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Wed, 17th Jun 2026

DevOps

As agentic development accelerates, workflow auditability becomes a bottleneck

Regulators may soon demand proof of who did what as AI agents start opening merge requests in heavily audited development pipelines.

By Brian Wald • 6 min read • Wed, 17th Jun 2026

Data Protection

Codenotary flags 210,000 risky AI agent actions daily

About 7% of monitored interactions raised security, compliance or operational concerns as enterprises deploy more autonomous AI into daily workflows.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Wed, 17th Jun 2026

Software-as-a-Service

1Kosmos puts workforce identity tool on Google Cloud

The listing should speed procurement for cloud customers as employers face rising risks from impersonation, fraud and stolen credentials.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Wed, 17th Jun 2026

Data Protection

AISLE launches Snapshot for secure private cloud use

Regulated firms can now scan code for flaws without sending sensitive data to external AI services, as AISLE targets private deployments.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Wed, 17th Jun 2026

Software-as-a-Service

Ent raises USD $100 million seed round led by Decibel

The funding underscores investor demand for AI-focused cybersecurity tools as enterprises face new endpoint risks from human users and agents.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Wed, 17th Jun 2026

Data Analytics

Travel costs fuel surge in bank-led payment disputes

Rising fares and disruption are pushing more travellers to dispute payments through banks, putting travel merchants under heavier refund pressure.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Wed, 17th Jun 2026

Fintech

Nuvei agrees to buy Payoneer for USD $2.75 billion

The combined group would process more than USD $500 billion a year, giving merchants broader cross-border payment tools across 190 markets.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Wed, 17th Jun 2026

Software-as-a-Service

DSi Compliance launches DS-Investigator for audio analysis

Law enforcement teams may cut review time as the platform tackles noisy, multilingual recordings and flags relevant evidence from $50.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Tue, 16th Jun 2026

Digital Transformation

Drata launches AI agent governance for enterprises

Enterprise buyers are demanding proof of what AI agents do, as scrutiny rises over permissions, ownership and audit trails across organisations.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Tue, 16th Jun 2026

Software-as-a-Service

Vertesia signs UK reseller deal with SynApps Solutions

The tie-up gives UK public sector and finance customers a route to use AI on governed legacy records without losing auditability or control.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Tue, 16th Jun 2026

Stories from Other Regions

Financial Services stories

Data Analytics

HSBC & Google Cloud expand AI across bank operations

The lender expects AI to speed fraud checks and staff support, while helping prioritise projects that could each deliver more than USD $100 million.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Wed, 17th Jun 2026

Fintech

LuxLexicon to accept stablecoin payments in Singapore

Shoppers at LuxLexicon's Singapore store can now pay for selected handbags in stablecoins, with conversion handled instantly by Triple-A.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 3 min read • Wed, 17th Jun 2026

Digital Transformation

Freedom joins Microsoft for Startups to boost pensions

The partnership gives the pensions technology firm access to AI tools and Azure credits as it targets stronger links with retirees.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Wed, 17th Jun 2026

Generative AI

Ion patent aims to verify authentic video in bytes

Growing fears over deepfakes have pushed Ion to seek Australian patent protection for a method that verifies video at the byte level.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Wed, 17th Jun 2026

Software-as-a-Service

Australian firms roll back AI agents over governance

Governance failures have forced most Australian enterprises to pull back customer-facing AI agents, even as spending plans and deployments keep rising.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Wed, 17th Jun 2026