Customer service stories
Enterprises could cut handling times and improve compliance as UiPath pushes its automation software into more complex, exception-heavy case work.
Businesses struggling to embed AI in day-to-day operations will get help from a new OpenAI partner network backed by USD $150 million.
Retail staff could spend less time juggling logins as Cegid brings sales, stock and customer tools into one interface.
Agents can now keep multilingual support calls on the line without an interpreter, as 8x8 rolls out real-time voice translation across 13 languages.
The awards highlight how Genesys is leaning on partners to help customers turn AI pilots into wider deployments while managing governance risk.
Enterprise users can now feed governed file content into automated and AI workflows without custom code, reducing engineering overhead.
Rising fares and disruption are pushing more travellers to dispute payments through banks, putting travel merchants under heavier refund pressure.
Financial services and other regulated firms gain local support to deploy Aryza software faster as Nucleo becomes its UK and Ireland partner.
The move gives the German group a single provider for payments, tax, warehousing and delivery as it expands direct sales in Britain and America.
Mid-sized contact centres can now cut spreadsheets and manual scheduling as 8x8 folds workforce management into its platform at no extra charge.
Australian insurtechs will gain a free route to pitch insurers and investors, with the winner earning an expenses-paid trip to Las Vegas.
Canadians are warming to AI for day-to-day banking, but most still want human advice when the stakes rise on major financial decisions.
Poor provider support is costing firms revenue and slowing overseas expansion as embedded finance adoption gathers pace across Europe.
Brands entering UK mobile via MVNOs need clear differentiation and top-level backing, or their launch is likely to struggle.
The lender expects AI to speed fraud checks and staff support, while helping prioritise projects that could each deliver more than USD $100 million.
Skills shortages and higher costs are pushing Australian companies to use offshore centres for HR, payroll, finance and technology.
The shift should cut manual ordering errors for 15,000 hospitality customers while making 250 million price points visible online.
Governance failures have forced most Australian enterprises to pull back customer-facing AI agents, even as spending plans and deployments keep rising.
Consumer patience is thinning, with Australian customers most likely to walk away when poor communications or clumsy data capture erode trust.
Most firms are still trialling AI at the edges, leaving executives under pressure to prove productivity gains from technology spend.