Financial Services stories - Page 3

Westpac NZ rolls out Microsoft Dynamics 365 Contact Centre with AI support, aiming to speed up calls and cut waits across New Zealand branches.

Oracle expands its financial crime platform with Lucinity's AI investigation tools, aiming to cut compliance workloads for banks and regulated firms.

Banks are slowing AI rollouts as they prioritise process visibility, with Celonis arguing execution depends on understanding how work flows today.

Why FIPS 140-3 validation matters as organisations face tougher cyber rules, tighter assurance demands and the need for independently tested encryption.

FintechOS rolls out FintechOS 8 preview, pairing governed AI with product workflows for lenders and insurers as it eyes launch later this quarter.

Xero's Anthropic tie-up deepens finance software AI split as groups weigh integrated platforms against agent tools that work across multiple systems.

Australia urged to back sustainable AI infrastructure, with Logicalis saying renewable power, land and cooling could turn the nation into a global export hub.

Aware Super wins adviser-ready accreditation as client numbers via independent financial planners nearly double and digital support is upgraded.

Adeptia 5.2 lets AI assistants probe live integration workflows as the software maker adds a Model Context Protocol server for real-time monitoring.

Salt warns AI agents are widening the API security gap, with 92% of organisations still short of advanced defences and 47% delaying releases.

ADAPTOVATE taps transformation veteran Jim Cundiff as Managing Director and Partner to deepen North American growth and its AI consulting push.

Synthflow names Matt Alexander Vice President of Channel and Alliances to deepen partner ties and drive international AI growth.

Perpetuals.com wins exclusive Forgentiq.ai rights as it prepares an on-premises AI system for hedge funds and crypto managers.

Persistent and Databricks launch Merchant Risk Management and Fraud Detection solution for banks and payment providers facing rising digital payment fraud.

Custodia says financial firms must widen record-keeping to cover collaboration tools, messaging apps and AI-generated content as regulators step up scrutiny.

Bolt Group snaps up Beem app from Australian Payments Plus as the operator refocuses on payments infrastructure and identity rails.

C3 AI rolls out C3 Code to help business users build governed enterprise AI apps in hours, with agents handling design, testing and deployment.

MCPs are emerging as the governed layer that lets AI agents reason across enterprise systems, reducing brittle integrations and easing security risks.

Anthropic enlists Amazon, Apple and Microsoft in Project Glasswing to use Claude Mythos Preview for hunting vulnerabilities in critical software.

AlphaSense names senior UK and Singapore hires as it steps up EMEA and APAC push, with multilingual search and content expansion.