Finance stories

Aspia teams with Stelia to overhaul AI backbone, speeding real-time land intelligence from petabyte-scale satellite data for business use.

Wesfarmers is deepening its AI and cloud pact with Microsoft to roll out Copilot tools, agents and data platforms across its retail brands.

A new foundation has launched to study how AI is transforming real-world accounting and finance work, from tax and audit to advisory.

OpenAI has launched Frontier, an enterprise platform to deploy AI coworkers at scale by unifying data, tools and governance across firms.

Melissa’s global phone verification delivers real-time accuracy, fraud protection and compliance, turning unreliable phone data into growth.

Dell names veteran sales executive Richard McLaughlin president for Asia Pacific, Japan and Greater China to drive regional growth and AI focus.

Smart Communications launches governance-first AI tools in Conversation Cloud, targeting regulated sectors moving from pilots to production.

Sage adds AI copilots, finance automation and supply chain intelligence to Sage X3, promising faster insight for mid-sized firms.

Discovery Consulting names SAP specialist Mark Miranda to spearhead NSW mid-market growth, targeting preferred partner status by 2028.

Smart Communications names Heidi Johnson chief product and technology officer as it sharpens AI governance for heavily regulated clients.

Wipro launches a unified AI-led model to fuse consulting, transformation and operations across people, finance, supply chain and customer work.

Leonard Cheshire teams up with Multiverse on an AI Academy to streamline admin, freeing frontline staff to focus more on hands-on care.

Wild Tech bolsters APAC expansion, appointing three new C-suite leaders to drive AI-led solutions, operations and revenue growth.

MOTHER AI unveils a UK-built sovereign language model, promising domestic hosting, tighter data control and alignment with UK-EU oversight.

Qubitra, backed by SC Ventures and Fujitsu, maps out quantum apps and a marketplace to push finance use cases into production by 2026.

Bizcap has lifted its UK low-doc SME loan cap to GBP £300,000, promising faster decisions and fewer paperwork hurdles for borrowers.

Zapier survey finds 92% of staff feel AI boosts productivity, yet workers spend hours each week fixing low-quality ‘AI workslop’ outputs.

AI data management is set to surge to USD $239.15bn by 2034 as cloud, streaming data and governance needs reshape enterprise data strategy.

CFOs bet big on AI to reshape finance, but a Kyriba survey shows trust is lagging as privacy and security fears intensify worldwide.

Select ID becomes UK’s only dedicated identity orchestration network with DIATF status and ISO 27001, boosting reusable digital IDs for finance.