HSBC plans to launch a Global Artificial Intelligence (AI) Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Singapore in the second half of 2026 to develop AI capabilities that can be scaled across its global network.
The CoE will initially focus on enhancing customer wealth journey conversations, developing agentic ...
Genpact, an agentic and advanced technology solutions company, announced Genpact Banking Analyst Suite, an enterprise solution that applies agentic AI to regulated banking operations. Its first module, Genpact Transaction Monitoring Analyst, is now generally available to help banks complet...
Sovos, the AI-ready tax compliance company, announced that the Sovos Compliance Network is live and ready to support businesses with the UAE's incoming e-Invoicing mandate. The service is delivered through InvoiceNow Biz, Sovos' accredited partner and registered Accredited Service Provider...
For years, performance marketing has rewarded businesses with scale. Larger enterprises built competitive advantages by investing in specialised talent, sophisticated technology, and dedicated agencies that continuously optimised customer acquisition. Small and medium businesses (SMBs), despite bein...
Murex has launched Murex AI Research, a dedicated initiative that focuses on producing research on artificial intelligence in capital markets.
The initiative will explore how artificial intelligence will redefine capital markets and help the industry prepare for what comes next. AI is rapidly resha...
Alipay announced the enhancement of its Tap! services by upgrading the Alipay Tap! devices widely used by millions of merchants into an AI agent-powered network, building the world’s first large-scale AI-powered offline business operations network. By connecting AI agent “Xiaoyu” t...
eDreams ODIGEO, the world’s leading travel subscription company, announced it is working with Visa to enable AI-initiated transactions on its platforms within user-defined parameters.
As part of this collaboration, eDO is using Visa’s Trusted Agent Protocol and Agentic Directory to secu...
Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming the global financial system, and central banks must adapt their regulatory frameworks and operational capabilities to keep pace, according to Sarah Breeden of the Bank of England.
In a keynote address on AI and financial stability, Breeden highlighted...
Infosys Finacle, part of EdgeVerve Systems, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Infosys, a global leader in AI-first business consulting and technology services, and Sterling Bank of Asia (Sterling Bank), one of the most progressive banks in the Philippines, announced the bank's decisio...
Thredd, the AI-first issuer processing platform, announced the implementation of Visa Cloud Connect (VCC) in the Asia Pacific, marking a significant regional milestone in the company’s broader cloud transformation strategy.
The implementation is currently centralised through Singapo...
ChemT Biotechnology, an AI-driven biotechnology company building the intelligence layer for biomanufacturing, has closed a US$4 million seed round led by Wavemaker Ventures, the early-stage fund of Wavemaker Partners, with participation from co-investment partner SEEDS, an arm of SG Growth Capital, ...
Linvo AG, a Zurich-based multi-family office and wealth management firm, set out its vision for the year ahead, naming applied artificial intelligence as the centre of its strategy for 2026 and opening a new set of AI advisor roles to deliver it.
The firm sees the coming year as the point at which ...
Wayflyer announces the acquisition of Conjura, an AI-driven e-commerce analytics platform. The deal advances Wayfler’s existing AI product roadmap to unlock new value for its small business customers globally.
Businesses generate large volumes of financial data across commerce, marketing and ...
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It is 9:40 on a Wednesday night, day three of the monthly close, and Rohan — a financial-planning analyst at a Mumbai-headquartered non-banking financial company with a little over ₹20,000 crore in assets under management — is do...
Section 43B(h) turned the timing of a payment into a tax event. That quietly made “who pays late, and when” one of the most valuable predictions an Indian finance team can buy. Here’s how the models actually make it — and the one question to ask before you trust one.
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Somewhere in a Bengaluru shared-service centre, software is closing the books. Not assisting — closing. It pulls the bank statement, matches the receipts, clears the exceptions it recognises, posts the routine accruals, and routes only the genuine oddities to a human who arrives in the morning...
Alipay launched a major AI agent upgrade, enabling its one billion users to find services more easily and execute daily tasks with the help of its AI agent interface.
The update makes Alipay the world’s first super app to evolve into an AI-native platform.
“Alipay has always purs...
WayBeyond announced the launch of FarmRoad Agronomy Intelligence, giving protected cropping growers AI-powered daily action plans that turn farm data into specific, timely guidance so teams can anticipate crop risks and act before they escalate into losses.
FarmRoad Agronomy Intelligence was develo...
