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The centre is meant to help clients move AI from pilots into live use, as NCS plans to more than triple its deployed engineers to 300.
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The change should cut reconciliation work and payment costs for a marketplace that spans buyers and sellers in more than 100 countries.
Sectigo study: firms brace for post-quantum PKI shift
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Yooz launches agentic AI for non-PO invoice coding
The update targets a stubborn manual task in accounts payable, letting finance teams automate line-level coding on invoices without purchase orders.
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HKEX outlines move to T+1 settlement for cash market
Market participants have been warned they will have less time for trade matching and settlement checks as Hong Kong prepares to shorten its cycle.
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Anthropic adds 11 partners to Claude for financial advisers
Advisers should spend less time toggling between systems as the expanded service links portfolio, planning and custodial data in one interface.
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Oracle adds AI data platform tools for enterprise governance
The new tools could help businesses control AI agents more tightly as Oracle targets lower token use, stronger governance and easier scaling.
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