Financial Services stories - Page 2
Diversity is the invisible infrastructure of payments
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Diverse teams are reshaping the payments industry, turning personal insight into the hidden infrastructure behind global growth.
AI-driven cyberattacks surge in Asia-Pacific, IBM warns
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AI-driven cyberattacks are surging across Asia-Pacific, with IBM warning basic security gaps now let attackers move from scan to impact faster.
Agentic AI and the question of equitable intelligence
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Agentic AI promises autonomy but raises urgent questions over whose values guide its decisions and how equity is safeguarded in practice.
International Women's Day - women, confidence, and the credit gap
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Ahead of International Women's Day, new research exposes how shattered confidence, bias and complexity fuel a stubborn credit gap for women.
Tycoon 2FA phishing service disrupted in EU crackdown
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European authorities and tech firms have disrupted Tycoon 2FA, a major phishing service used to bypass MFA and hijack cloud accounts.
Clearstream, DTCC & Euroclear set DLT interoperability plan
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Clearstream, DTCC and Euroclear publish joint framework to keep tokenised securities markets connected across rival DLT networks.
Autonomous AI 'agentic customers' set to reshape banks
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Autonomous AI 'agentic customers' will upend banking, FICO warns, reshaping pricing, risk and customer ties as USD $3tn value beckons.
Identity attacks dominate Expel's 2026 threat report
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mfa
Identity-based attacks drove nearly 70% of incidents in Expel's 2026 threat report, exposing gaps between basic controls and real-world defence.
High-stakes digital world: A Women's Day reflection on technology, resilience, and influence
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In a world where software outages can ground planes, women tech leaders are redefining resilience, responsibility and influence.
Amperity hires Bridget Perry as chief marketing officer
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Amperity names seasoned SaaS marketer Bridget Perry as CMO to drive global growth and sharpen its AI-focused customer data platform.
Carta buys ListAlpha to launch integrated private CRM
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Carta acquires ListAlpha and launches Carta CRM, unifying front-office relationship tools with back-office fund data for private capital firms.
Closing the gender digital divide: Why women's voices must shape connectivity policy
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As Asia Pacific races ahead on 5G, experts warn women risk being left offline unless their voices shape digital policy from the start.
Beyond infrastructure: Reimagining networks to drive real business impact
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digital transformation
Asia Pacific firms must redesign networks as strategic assets, aligning cloud and AI demands with agility, resilience and measurable growth.
Microsoft warns of AI agent risks in Cyber Pulse brief
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Microsoft's new Cyber Pulse briefing warns ungoverned AI agents and 'double agents' pose rising security and compliance risks for firms.
Mid-market firms stall at pilot stage for agentic AI
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Most mid-market firms are stuck in pilot agentic AI trials as governance lags, even while 43% leapfrog directly into agent-based systems.
Account Takeover (ATO) fraud: The hidden threat to your business and how to stop it
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Silent account takeover fraud is draining billions as criminals hijack real identities; here's how businesses can finally fight back.
Incode hits iBeta Level 3 with passive selfie liveness
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Incode claims first iBeta Level 3 PAD pass for passive selfie liveness on iOS and Android, reporting 0% error rates in testing.
AI seen as new risk as firms lag on surveillance plans
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Most financial firms see AI driving new compliance risks within a year, yet nearly a third still lack a trade surveillance strategy.
Upwind ramps up APJ cloud security push from India
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Upwind boosts India hub and APJ cloud footprint as runtime security demand surges amid rising breaches and tighter regional regulations.
MSCI names Dinesh Gupta chief data & operations head
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MSCI appoints ex-Goldman executive Dinesh Gupta as Chief Data Officer and Global Head of Operations to drive its data and AI strategy.