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Fime gains EMVCo recognition for biometric card tests
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Fime's EMEA lab wins EMVCo nod to test fingerprint sensors for biometric cards, supporting global roll-out of trusted contactless payments.
Tether appoints Big Four firm for first full audit
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Tether hires a Big Four auditor for its first full independent review of USD₮, backing more than USD $184 billion of the leading stablecoin.
AlphaSense adds custom AI agents for finance research
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AlphaSense unveils custom AI agents and expert call tools to automate research workflows for financial and corporate intelligence teams.
GSMA says Mobile Money hits USD $2 trillion in 2025
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Mobile money transactions topped USD $2 trillion in 2025 as global use surged, led by Sub-Saharan Africa but with growth across all regions.
Solana launches platform for banks, payments groups
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Solana unveils an API-based developer platform for banks and payment firms, backed by Mastercard, Worldpay and Western Union pilots.
Origin raises USD $30 million to streamline global benefits
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Origin secures USD $30 million to scale its AI-driven platform simplifying fragmented global employee benefits for large multinationals.
Ripple joins Singapore BLOOM trade settlement pilot
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Ripple joins Singapore's BLOOM pilot, using RLUSD and the XRP Ledger to automate cross-border trade payments on shipment verification.
Rimini Street: SaaS-pocalypse spells opportunity to escape AI lock-in
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Rimini Street hails a looming “SaaS‑pocalypse”, pitching its Smart Path as an AI-era escape route from costly cloud and platform lock-in.
GITEX AI Asia returns to Singapore amid investment surge
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GITEX AI Asia returns to Singapore, drawing 550+ tech firms and 250 investors managing over USD $350 billion amid an AI investment boom.
Denodo joins Snowflake-led semantic data standard push
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Denodo has joined Snowflake's Open Semantic Interchange drive to build a vendor‑neutral standard for sharing semantic data across AI tools.
Sumitomo Heavy & NEC to automate site near-miss reports
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Sumitomo Heavy and NEC will build an AI system to spot near-miss incidents from excavator data and auto-generate safety reports by 2027.
OFX appoints Liz Lord to drive broader business offer
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OFX appoints former PayPal Australia marketer Liz Lord as chief marketing officer to spearhead its shift beyond cross-border payments.
Kong hires Bruce Felt as Finance Chief for growth push
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Kong hires veteran finance chief Bruce Felt, whose record of steering three software groups to IPOs bolsters its expansion in API and AI tools.
Thomson Reuters report spotlights gap in legal teams' value
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In-house legal teams see themselves driving strategy, but a new report shows most C-suite leaders barely recognise their contribution.
Venmo links with PayPal for global money transfers
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Venmo now lets users send USD $ transfers directly to PayPal accounts in 90 markets, creating a global person-to-person payments link.
Nasdaq & Talos join forces on tokenised collateral
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Nasdaq links Calypso and Trade Surveillance to Talos to streamline tokenised collateral, uniting risk and compliance across on- and off-chain assets.
Zalos raises USD $3.6 million for finance AI agents
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Zalos secures USD $3.6 million seed funding to build AI agents that automate complex finance workflows across legacy enterprise systems.
Dext launches AI Assist for accountants, bookkeepers
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Dext unveils AI Assist, an embedded tool that learns firm-specific judgement to automate routine bookkeeping while keeping humans in control.
Abacus adopts single brand after Medicus IT merger
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Abacus unveils a single global brand after its merger with Medicus IT, uniting financial and healthcare cybersecurity under one banner.
Cork Cyber unveils AI engine for MSP asset oversight
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Cork Cyber unveils an AI-driven asset analysis engine for MSPs, tackling zombie assets, coverage gaps and licence waste across client estates.