Banking stories
Growth has spread beyond banking in Canada, with telecoms, utilities and retailers helping lift the country’s top brand values 16 per cent.
Canadian customers could get faster, cheaper transfers as Wise moves closer to direct access to the country’s real-time payments network.
Banks seeking faster onboarding and broader channel support may benefit as Forrester ranks Temenos among the top digital banking vendors.
Retailers and manufacturers could get near real-time planning help as SAS opens a private preview of a supply chain agent.
Business users could get governed AI support inside analytics workflows as SAS adds copilots, agents and open-standard connectors to Viya.
The shortlist spot highlights 1Kosmos's push into AI-era identity checks as it scales passwordless authentication for regulated industries worldwide.
Legal teams can now feed sensitive deal files from Ansarada into Harvey without losing permissions, audit trails or governance controls.
The neobank is widening its investing offer as retail demand grows, while new fraud checks now cover every payment, stock trade and crypto deal.
Banks can now check payees before funds move, as rising instant payment fraud pushes pre-transaction verification up the agenda.
Banks risk falling behind as fragmented legacy estates slow AI and cloud gains, with modern core systems now key to growth and service delivery.
The bank is formalising its AI push with specialist in-house skills to build and test systems safely for customer use.
The hire signals Unity Advisory’s push to embed AI at the top of its model as it grows to 100 staff and targets CFO clients.
Singapore jobseekers face fiercer competition as LinkedIn’s latest ranking shows financial services still dominate career-growth prospects.
Compliance teams face new blind spots as 61% of UK financial services and insurance staff use generative AI daily, a survey found.
More banks and credit unions are opting for bundled onboarding and engagement tools as Alkami ties account opening to digital banking and marketing.
The change is intended to reassure five million members that products and account terms stay unchanged during the summer 2026 transition.
The pilot could give households clearer proof a bill was received, easing fears of late fees as Zelle moves beyond transfers.
UK town centres have lost 122,682 stores since 2016, outstripping Parcelhero's 2030 closure forecast and deepening pressure on the High Street.
Australian exporters gain a real-time cash-flow boost as PayTo lets them top up World Accounts instantly, even on holidays.
The bank’s defences may move faster as the system is meant to spot new scam patterns and turn them into blocking rules more quickly.