Women fintech CMOs eye bigger teams as AI reshapes work
about 9 hours agoMost fintech marketing chiefs expect AI to reshape roles rather than cut jobs, with 56% planning to hire and 75% to lift budgets in 2027.
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Fiuu warns AI shopping raises payment permission questions
The shift towards agentic commerce could force merchants and payment providers to prove AI tools stayed within customers' agreed limits.
Coinbase helps Singapore police curb crypto scam losses
Crypto scam losses in Singapore fell 43% as police and Coinbase teamed up to identify more than 720 potential victims and stop S$18.9 million in losses.
Zero Gravity to set up Singapore headquarters with S$20m
The move will fund local hiring, university research and sports AI projects as the decentralised AI firm makes Singapore its global base over five years.
Singapore startups capture 91% of SEA venture funding
The city-state's dominance deepened as Southeast Asian startup funding tripled to USD $10.7 billion, according to Founders Forum Group and Dealroom.
AI council launches finance certification in Singapore
Rising AI use is exposing a training gap in Singapore's finance sector, prompting a new exam to test when professionals should trust or verify output.
UOB & AWS plan hybrid cloud push for ASEAN banking
The pact could help UOB keep customer data within a Singapore cloud environment while meeting tighter banking rules across five ASEAN markets.
Editor Interviews
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Enterprises and governments could run AI on sensitive data without exposing it, as the technology targets sovereignty rules across APAC.
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UiPath: AI agents force rethink of junior tech roles
Routine junior tasks could soon be handed to AI agents, forcing firms to redeploy early-career staff towards strategic work, UiPath's CEO says.
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Interview: Cloudera says open-ended AI spending is over
Enterprises are now demanding proof of value and tighter controls as AI budgets face scrutiny over compute costs and deployment choices.
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Late-arriving receipts, approvals and invoices force finance teams into repeated month-end firefights, wasting time that should be spent on judgement.
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Bybit expands into stocks, payments and AI finance tools
The crypto exchange is now vying with brokers and fintechs as it adds access to more than 1,000 US stocks, ETFs and payment tools.
Connect finds smaller AI models beat bigger rivals
The findings could sway regulated firms seeking cheaper, more controllable AI, after orchestrated small models beat several larger systems on enterprise tasks.
Deepfake fraud market hits USD $40 billion, report says
Synthetic fraud is now costing banks and insurers USD $40 billion a year, with voice cloning and video deepfakes driving most cases.
Retailers warned fraud & disputes may stretch into new year
Retailers may see holiday sales dented months later, as earlier shopping leaves a longer window for refund abuse, disputes and chargebacks.
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Analyst Insights
Industry research and analysis from leading firms.
Reco raises USD $55 million as AI agent security grows
Backers are betting that enterprise AI oversight will need sharper tools, as the security software company brings total funding to USD $140 million.
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Oracle launches Fusion Claw for autonomous business tasks
Businesses can now delegate more complex finance, HR and supply chain work to governed AI, as Oracle expands its agentic software suite to 75 applications.
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RSA launches Agent ID for regulated AI agent control
Regulated firms can now track shadow AI as RSA says Agent ID will help banks and public bodies assign owners and approvals to agents.
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Gartner sees quantum spending reaching USD $1.1 billion
Global quantum computing revenue is set to top USD $1 billion by 2027 as governments and companies keep funding early-stage research.
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