Financial Services stories - Page 5
Building digital trust: Data quality provides a scalable path
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Data quality gives banks a scalable route to digital trust, cutting fraud and false positives while speeding onboarding, KYB and AI-driven checks.
Triple Bubble reaches first close after USD $10 million
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Triple Bubble lands early support from x15ventures and Brad Feld as the Melbourne fintech fund targets a USD $50 million close.
Vulnetix named Australia's first global CVE authority
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Vulnetix expands AI coding defences as Australia's first Global CVE Numbering Authority, opening vulnerability tools to developers nationwide.
Beyond the billion-dollar banking oversight: How process intelligence can surface vital warning signs
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Australia's Big Four loan scandal highlights how process intelligence can expose ghost paths, bypassed checks and hidden fraud networks.
AI agents shake up accounting firms' bookkeeping workflows
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AI agents prompt accounting firms to redesign bookkeeping and tax workflows as junior staff tasks are automated and human oversight stays central.
GigaOm names Check Point leader in app & API security
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GigaOm names Check Point a third-year application security leader as its WAF posts strong detection rates and low false positives.
Rosella raises AUD $3.7 million for AI insurance brokerage
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Rosella bags AUD $3.7 million to automate commercial insurance broking as it targets the USD $215 billion US market.
Australia, Anthropic sign AI safety & research deal
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Anthropic deepens Australian push with AI safety pact, AUD $3 million research credits and data-sharing on model risks, jobs and adoption.
Linux Foundation launches x402 payment protocol body
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Linux Foundation takes control of Coinbase's x402 protocol as Amazon, Visa and Mastercard back open payments standard for AI-driven web transactions.
Kyndryl launches agentic AI service management toolkit
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Kyndryl unveils a governance toolkit to help firms supervise autonomous AI agents across IT operations, as enterprises move beyond pilot projects.
Ripple adds digital asset accounts to treasury platform
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Ripple Treasury adds Digital Asset Accounts as finance teams get a single view of cash and crypto balances across banks, custody providers and onchain wallets.
Agentic AI raises new cybersecurity and privacy risks
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Norton Rose Fulbright warns that AI agents could intensify privacy and security challenges for Asian companies as data moves across systems and borders.
David Hyman launches monō ai to scale enterprise AI
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David Hyman's monō ai opens for enterprise clients as it targets the gap between AI pilots and full-scale deployment across established businesses.
Personetics & Atomic partner on in-app deposit switching
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Personetics and Atomic team up to let banks prompt deposit and bill switching inside apps, aiming to cut friction and boost primary relationships.
Vection buys DXLabs to expand Australia automation push
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Vection strikes AU$ deal for DXLabs, adding automation firepower and local scale as the ASX group targets faster Asia-Pacific growth.
Maisa named as one of Gartner's global Set Diamonds
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Valencia-based Maisa lands a place among Gartner's four global Set Diamonds as businesses seek auditable AI workers for regulated sectors.
Kestra raises USD $25 million to expand workflow platform
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Kestra secures USD $25 million from RTP Global to launch Kestra 2.0, roll out Kestra Cloud and expand in North America and Europe.
OpenFX raises USD $94 million to speed cross-border payments
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OpenFX secures USD $94 million to scale real-time cross-border payments, after growing annual volumes to more than USD $45 billion and adding 100-plus clients.
Gresham renames S&P Global EDM platform as Opus EDM
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Gresham renames acquired enterprise data platform Opus EDM, keeping it separate from Prime EDM and planning AI features for 2026.
Login problems drive consumers away from digital services
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Thales report finds weak login and sign-up flows are pushing users away, as trust in AI, data handling and digital services remains low.