Finance stories
Heavy industry sites can free up cash by tackling slow, obsolete spares that inflate inventory and distort balance sheets.
Organisations are now prioritising AI over replacing old systems, with Kyndryl finding 98% of respondents have delayed modernisation and suffered setbacks.
Financial firms accounted for 41.6% of verified mobile activity in the first half of 2026, as numbers became central to banking and account recovery.
Shadow spreadsheets often expose why council ERP projects collapse, as staff comply with change plans while quietly distrusting the new system.
Regulated cloud users can now keep key operations in the UK as Thales also rolls out a quantum-ready HSM for EMEA customers.
Widening AI use across office teams is leaving many firms exposed to security and governance risks, the company says.
The certification gives publishers and advertisers more assurance as media groups tighten scrutiny over vendors handling premium video data and workflows.
The funding will help Kastle expand AI agents that let banks automate lending work without replacing legacy core systems.
While most firms already use AI tools, many are failing to train staff or tighten governance, widening a costly capability gap.
Enterprises under pressure to curb AI risk and cost are being given a hybrid option that blends generative models with OCR and rules-based extraction.
Data centre operators could cut energy use and rack space as Fujitsu's new 2nm chip targets AI inference with air cooling.
Rising scrutiny of Australian accounts is exposing patchy data controls, after ASIC issued a record AUD $350 million in civil penalties.
Enterprises can now pool GPUs across two data centres 83 kilometres apart, easing power and planning constraints on new AI campuses.
The deal widens finance teams' defences as payment fraud shifts from invoices to supplier bank details, leaving approved bills vulnerable.
A Lloyds poll of 100 senior UK financial leaders found 71% expect tokenisation to transform services, with faster settlement seen as the main gain.
Buyers could spend less time trawling separate planning, titles and valuation systems as AI begins joining up property records across Australia's states.
Lenders using LoanPro will get AI help with complaint handling and quality checks from late 2026, reducing manual compliance work.
Lower taxes and energy bills could unlock hiring at UK small firms, with 38% saying they would recruit more staff if costs eased.
Poor visibility is leaving frontline managers exposed to compliance breaches, higher labour costs and more stress when shifts change.
The update aims to cut setup complexity and keep finance teams and auditors in control as AI takes on more oversight work.
