Banking stories
Customers running petabyte-scale analytics can now recover full WarehousePG clusters after site outages, cutting downtime and data-loss risk.
Businesses dropping out of onboarding are driving most of the burden, with a new report putting North American SMB merchant checks at USD $10.4 billion a year.
Annual recurring revenue at the screening software group climbed 40% as it bolsters leadership for a push into the US and other markets.
The valuation lifts Fasset into the ranks of privately held fintechs worth more than USD $1 billion as it expands cross-border settlement.
Banks can now use coloured ceramic cards to woo affluent customers as Giesecke+Devrient widens a premium product long dominated by black.
Large organisations will be able to push AI out of pilot mode as Tech Mahindra and ServiceNow scale a multi-year enterprise deployment deal.
Australia's fast-growing financial services market has prompted Outsized to appoint Martin Bouroncle as managing director for ANZ.
Enterprises are under pressure to prove returns from AI, as the expanded tie-up will push projects beyond pilots and into live workflows.
Australia's new scams rules are adding pressure on firms to detect fraud faster as AI-powered attacks expose weak governance and identity controls.
The update aims to help campaigns and publishers prove authentic footage as deepfakes and synthetic media make video origins harder to verify.
Most Canadians want tighter fraud controls as the new Real-Time Rail could leave less time to block deepfake-driven scams and impersonation.
The tools have already started 150 loan applications and delivered a 17.7% conversion rate, giving the credit union new visibility into lending demand.
Fraud controls are becoming a deal-breaker, with more than two in five consumers saying they could switch banks over authentication alone.
Nearly every adult in Ireland was targeted by scam texts or phishing attempts last year, with more than one in five paying out and losing money.
Nearly three-quarters of large Australian companies now know the shift is coming, as real-time payments promise better cash flow and controls.
Singapore banks face faster job changes as DBS and IBF roll out AI training, reskilling and youth pathways for workers.
Finance teams are being urged to tighten checks as scammers exploit weak controls, with mid-sized firms, charities and public bodies most exposed.
Bias in AI is becoming a business risk as researchers warn English-language models still miss cultural nuance in non-Western markets.
Rising scam losses are pushing Australian firms towards stronger payment and login controls as regulators prepare tougher enforcement.
Many still share banking logins with advisers as a survey found 82% of owners had not heard of Canada's new open banking law.
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