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Transferra & Wallester warn card programmes need scaling

Payment firms are finding that card programmes take far more operational work to scale than to launch, with extra providers adding integration risk.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Last week

Generative AI

Duco says agentic AI cuts bank reconciliation work 76%

Production trials at 12 banks and financial institutions cut manual post-trade reconciliation work by an average of 76%, Duco said.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Last week

Digital Transformation

Forever New completes global eCommerce move to Shopify

The nine-month overhaul should cut delays to digital updates and give the fashion retailer a single eCommerce system across four major markets.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Last week

Robotics

Firms urged to tighten AI agent oversight as threats rise

Autonomous systems are exposing governance gaps, leaving companies scrambling to monitor access, review decisions and curb machine-speed attacks.

By Mara Sugue • 4 min read • Last week

Artificial Intelligence

Auckland startup Capiche seeks backers for dyslexia tool

Backed by more than 1,000 users and 75 schools, the startup is now chasing investors to turn its free tool into a paid business.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Last week

Data sovereignty

Julia to open Paris forum on fragmented AI in travel

Travel leaders in Paris will test whether AI tools can work across rival regional systems as Europe's adoption gap widens.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Last week

Manufacturing

Sicona urges faster funding for Australia battery plants

Australia risks losing more of the battery supply chain unless late-stage capital reaches projects like Sicona's Port Kembla plant faster.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • This month

Stories from Other Regions

United Kingdom (UK) stories

Data centers

Navyra launches Ale to cut repeated AI inference work

Businesses could cut GPU use by up to 67% on repetitive AI workloads as Navyra's Ale reuses verified inference work instead of repeating it.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Last week

Fintech

ApprovalMax launches AI bill checks for Xero users

Finance teams using Xero and QuickBooks Online can now get AI flags on supplier bills, though humans still make the final approval decision.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Last week

Manufacturing

Australia tops IoT & OT cyberattack list, says report

Australian operators faced the highest alert volumes per organisation as attackers increasingly targeted connected industrial systems and critical infrastructure.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 3 min read • Last week

Large Language Models

Gimlet & Cerebras to deliver AI inference at speed

Private deployments are already running as the two firms aim to make live AI responses far quicker, targeting up to 3,000 tokens a second.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 3 min read • Last week

Security Operations Centres

Cyber Fusion & Intezer bring ForensicAI to UK channel

UK security teams could cut alert backlogs as resellers and MSSPs gain access to Intezer's ForensicAI SOC through Cyber Fusion.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 3 min read • Last week

Data Science

UK leads AI adoption as returns lag behind investment

Despite rapid adoption, UK firms are struggling to turn AI spending into measurable gains, with trust and returns still out of sync.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Last week

Customer Experience

B&M uses digital twin to plan store refits in Wigan

The model is set to inform refurbishments across more than 790 UK and French stores, cutting site visits and helping B&M test layouts before work starts.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Last week