Financial Services stories - Page 7
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.
Galtea raises USD $3.2m to test AI agents reliably
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Barcelona startup Galtea raises USD $3.2 million to scale its AI agent testing platform and launch a self-service product for developers.
Tata Communications launches resilient data centre service
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Tata Communications has unveiled a self-healing global data centre connectivity platform, promising 99.99% uptime and up to 30% cost savings.
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.
RSA launches sovereign identity deployment for sectors
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RSA debuts ID Plus Sovereign Deployment, an identity platform for regulated sectors needing strict data residency and offline resilience.
Yubico, IBM & Auth0 add human checks to AI actions
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Yubico, IBM and Auth0 unveil an AI security model that forces human approval for high‑risk automated actions using hardware authentication.
KnowBe4 launches AI defence agents for risk training
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KnowBe4 expands its AIDA suite with AI defence agents to automate security training, phishing simulations and human risk measurement.
ExtraHop launches AI network visibility & governance tool
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ExtraHop unveils an AI network visibility tool to track agents, expose shadow AI and tighten security and governance across enterprise systems.
UK consumers trust banks over AI for financial advice
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UK consumers still favour banks over AI for financial advice, with over a third saying they do not trust artificial intelligence in banking.
Denodo joins Snowflake-led OSI for semantic standard
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Denodo has joined Snowflake-led Open Semantic Interchange, backing an open standard to align business metrics across data and AI tools.
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.
OpenText study warns of AI security & governance gap
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advanced persistent threat protection
Over half of enterprises now deploy generative AI, but an OpenText study warns security, governance and trust are lagging dangerously behind.
SentinelOne expands on-prem security for air-gapped sites
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SentinelOne is extending its on-premise security to air-gapped and self-hosted sites, promising AI protection without sacrificing data control.
HPE Threat Labs spot industrialised cybercrime surge
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HPE Threat Labs warns cybercrime now runs like big business, as AI-fuelled, industrial-scale attacks hammer government and finance.
Firmus appoints three directors for AI infrastructure push
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Firmus adds three seasoned directors to steer governance and growth as it scales energy-efficient AI infrastructure across the region.
Ledger appoints John Andrews as CFO in New York push
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Ledger names John Andrews CFO and opens a New York office, boosting its US institutional push in digital asset security infrastructure.
NCC Group warns Iran cyber threats spread worldwide
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Iran-linked cyber attacks are spreading beyond the Middle East, with firms tied to Israel or the US warned they face heightened global risk.
Coralogix & Skyflow team up on secure observability
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Coralogix and Skyflow partner to tokenise sensitive log data, balancing observability, privacy and AI-ready telemetry for global firms.
Clear Mountain Bank adopts Alkami digital platform
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Clear Mountain Bank rolls out Alkami's digital platform to modernise services, add data-led marketing and rival larger lenders' tech.
Robinhood tests social trading beta with verified users
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Robinhood tests a verified social trading beta with 1,000 power users, letting them share live trades, stats and discussion in-app.