Regulation stories
The Auckland fintech plans to double staff as the NZ$5 million funding commitment backs expansion in New Zealand's open banking market.
Australian firms risk spending increasing resources on AI pilots that ultimately fail to prove gains in revenue, efficiency or customer service.
AI is pushing boards to weigh local control against cloud convenience, with 80% of respondents saying sovereignty matters more in vendor selection.
Geopolitical risks are prompting chipmakers to spread production across Asia Pacific, with 35% planning expansion into new regional markets.
Boards are being pushed to treat recoverability as a frontline cyber issue, as AI lets attackers move faster and widen attacks.
Irish founders risk being forced overseas to raise later-stage cash unless the new €1 billion scaling fund eases the gap, speakers warned.
It is designed to curb hallucinations and model drift by grounding insurer workflows in decades of sector-specific data, code and documentation.
The hire comes as payments firms race to tap Asia Pacific's fast-growing crypto market, where CoinPayments is betting on stablecoin transfers.
Banks in the Americas are set to get faster fraud checks as the tie-up targets instant payment scams and card-not-present losses.
The tools aim to help firms turn scattered environmental data into decisions on capital, procurement and product design as rules tighten.
APAC institutions are ahead of global peers in preparing for tokenised assets, with many expecting mainstream adoption within five years.
The Hong Kong firm will gain access to major banks and insurers as it seeks customers wary of costly core-system overhauls.
Asia-Pacific businesses are likely to use several stablecoins in one payment flow, as cross-border transactions still face slow settlement and fragmentation.
A survey of 250 tradespeople found 56% want council fees and slow consenting tackled, as costs and delays are squeezing small builders.
Compliance teams are being pushed to learn blockchain tracing as illicit crypto activity keeps rising and digital assets enter mainstream finance.
Residents and farmers face weaker protection for a 40-kilometre rural water supply after Featherston's bylaw expired two years ago.
The move could widen USDC use among Samsung Wallet's 82 million US Galaxy users as the stablecoin becomes the app's default dollar option.
The promotion underscores Manulife's push to simplify systems and expand AI across Asia as insurers race to modernise ageing technology.
More than 10,000 people are expected in Sydney as Binance Australia deepens its bet on the country's digital asset sector with a fifth straight year.
More than half of British Chief Information Officers have already seen an AI agent breach policy, underlining a growing governance gap for enterprises.
