Banking stories
Canadian shoppers can now use tokenised Visa details at checkout in Chrome and Android, reducing card exposure to merchants.
Banks that fail to modernise core systems may struggle to scale AI, cloud services and new payment rails, Temenos and Bain warn.
Higher margins and a record dividend followed Tech Mahindra’s FY26 as deal wins jumped and profit rose despite a tough macro backdrop.
Credit market users in Asia-Pacific now have access to more than 1,800 issuers as volatility and private lending reshape funding choices.
It will help large customers move AI agents from pilots to production on Google Cloud, as adoption of enterprise generative tools slows.
AI is increasingly moving into live use across Australia and New Zealand, as regulated sectors test deployments while CEOs chase productivity gains.
Compliance-heavy finance teams could cut manual pricing disputes as KPMG and Google Cloud roll out Gemini Enterprise tools at Cardinal Health.
Enterprises are under pressure to prove AI returns as Google pushes reusable, sector-specific playbooks into production across 19 industries.
Banks could use the new platform to cut frontline bottlenecks, as Backbase says 80% of such work happens in disconnected system gaps.
Banks face a costly overhaul as EU rules will soon make digital identity wallets mandatory for strong customer authentication, reshaping onboarding and fraud checks.
The tie-up aims to help clients cut software delivery times and modernise legacy systems while keeping security and compliance under control.
US wealth clients will get market insights and reminders from Citi Sky as Citi rolls out the AI assistant alongside advisors this summer.
The rollout puts generative AI in front of Citigold clients as banks race to show it can aid investors without sidelining advisers.
The tie-up could speed secure AI adoption for regulated Japanese firms, with NEC set to roll out Claude to about 30,000 staff.
Rising scam losses and tighter oversight are fuelling demand for SEON’s fraud tools, with Indonesia set to be a key growth market.
Consumers in New Zealand are being offered a new premium payments package as banks face tougher scrutiny over rewards and overseas spending costs.
Greater use of two-factor authentication and password managers has helped cut the share of adults reporting cyber harm to 27% from 36%.
The move gives the London-headquartered group full control of Latvian lender data services as it plans to expand investment and products.
Complaints over data handling are mounting across UK finance and health, with the ICO seeing the sharpest rise in retail and manufacturing too.
AI-driven purchases are raising fraud and compliance concerns as Fime seeks to give merchants and banks a neutral way to verify them.