Financial Services stories - Page 6

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GSMA says Mobile Money hits USD $2 trillion in 2025

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Mobile money transactions topped USD $2 trillion in 2025 as global use surged, led by Sub-Saharan Africa but with growth across all regions.

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Tata Communications launches resilient data centre service

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Tata Communications has unveiled a self-healing global data centre connectivity platform, promising 99.99% uptime and up to 30% cost savings.

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OFX appoints former PayPal Australia marketer Liz Lord as chief marketing officer to spearhead its shift beyond cross-border payments.

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RSA launches sovereign identity deployment for sectors

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RSA debuts ID Plus Sovereign Deployment, an identity platform for regulated sectors needing strict data residency and offline resilience.

Yubico, IBM & Auth0 add human checks to AI actions

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Yubico, IBM and Auth0 unveil an AI security model that forces human approval for high‑risk automated actions using hardware authentication.

KnowBe4 launches AI defence agents for risk training

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KnowBe4 expands its AIDA suite with AI defence agents to automate security training, phishing simulations and human risk measurement.

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ExtraHop launches AI network visibility & governance tool

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ExtraHop unveils an AI network visibility tool to track agents, expose shadow AI and tighten security and governance across enterprise systems.

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UK consumers trust banks over AI for financial advice

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UK consumers still favour banks over AI for financial advice, with over a third saying they do not trust artificial intelligence in banking.

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Denodo joins Snowflake-led OSI for semantic standard

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Denodo has joined Snowflake-led Open Semantic Interchange, backing an open standard to align business metrics across data and AI tools.

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Abacus adopts single brand after Medicus IT merger

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Abacus unveils a single global brand after its merger with Medicus IT, uniting financial and healthcare cybersecurity under one banner.

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Nucleo warns Irish firms on public AI governance risks

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Irish firms are fuelling AI governance risks by urging staff to use generative tools without supplying secure, centrally controlled systems.

Deloitte Ireland names partners in AI & cyber push

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Deloitte Ireland names Noelle Doody and Malcolm Barske partners to bolster AI, data and cybersecurity leadership amid rising client demand.

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OpenText study warns of AI security & governance gap

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Over half of enterprises now deploy generative AI, but an OpenText study warns security, governance and trust are lagging dangerously behind.

European firms lack AI shutdown plans, survey finds

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Most European organisations lack clear plans to rapidly shut down AI in a crisis, raising fresh concerns over governance and accountability.

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SentinelOne expands on-prem security for air-gapped sites

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SentinelOne is extending its on-premise security to air-gapped and self-hosted sites, promising AI protection without sacrificing data control.

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HPE Threat Labs spot industrialised cybercrime surge

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HPE Threat Labs warns cybercrime now runs like big business, as AI-fuelled, industrial-scale attacks hammer government and finance.

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Firmus appoints three directors for AI infrastructure push

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Firmus adds three seasoned directors to steer governance and growth as it scales energy-efficient AI infrastructure across the region.

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NCC Group warns Iran cyber threats spread worldwide

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Iran-linked cyber attacks are spreading beyond the Middle East, with firms tied to Israel or the US warned they face heightened global risk.

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WorkFusion's Tara wins AML award for sanctions screening

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WorkFusion's AI agent Tara has been named AML Solution of the Year by FinTech Breakthrough for streamlining sanctions screening workloads.

Robinhood tests social trading beta with verified users

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Robinhood tests a verified social trading beta with 1,000 power users, letting them share live trades, stats and discussion in-app.