Regulation stories
Australian investors gain a mobile crypto platform as IG bets rising demand and new rules will draw mainstream savers into digital assets.
Access gaps, not investor appetite, are holding back Australian innovation funding despite 66% already backing startups and new businesses.
Regulated firms can now run GitLab's DevSecOps platform on Google Cloud with partner management, tighter data residency controls and new Gemini models.
Agentic AI, zero-day surge, sovereign cloud, and humanoid robots will define IT strategy in 2027, Info-Tech Research Group warns.
Legacy systems and skills shortages are slowing AI rollouts at large German companies, with only 19% putting it into core processes.
Pay by Bank providers face rising pressure to win digital payments share as Token.io adds a veteran engineer to its leadership team.
The move bolsters Paysecure's expansion plans as the payments firm seeks tighter finance oversight across growing international operations.
Banks seeking compliant AI could gain tools that are easier to govern and audit as Titan uses fresh funding to expand its platform.
Retail traders can now join US listing deals through their crypto accounts, as tokenised SpaceX shares debut on Bybit.
The utility software group is tightening its leadership as it pushes its g2 platform into more regulated markets and pursues acquisitions.
The tie-up seeks to help firms turn AI pilots into live systems, with 5,000 experts trained and hundreds of agents planned.
Teams can now map downstream risks across Salesforce, Snowflake and Data 360 before making changes, cutting manual checks and compliance gaps.
Accountants face a shift towards advisory work as AI and data tools reshape finance, with trust and judgement remaining vital.
Banks may avoid building separate systems for stablecoins, tokenised deposits and CBDCs as UK regulators back tokenisation in wholesale markets.
Households and businesses could be spared more fraud losses as banks, telcos and platforms widen checks and scam-blocking codes.
Fast-growing digital banks in Asia face tighter checks as varied rules and weak data systems make customer verification harder across borders.
More than 16 million UK adults barred from mainstream borrowing could gain access through Monzo's Flex Build card under a £7 million guarantee.
Technology investment softened last year, but the UK still drew more projects than France and Germany as London stayed ahead of Paris.
Available first to premium members, the chat-based tool lets users manage spending, debt and savings inside the app as AI finance rivals multiply.
The trial could help banks and payment firms settle tokenised dollars without exposing sensitive transaction data on public blockchains.