London stories
The Manchester-based investor aims to deploy GBP £1.5 million into early-stage AI start-ups across the UK by the end of the tax year.
London's labour market is recovering, with small firms hiring again as AI use and confidence among workers outpace the UK average.
UK firms can now keep observability and security data in-region, easing compliance pressure as cloud and AI systems grow more complex.
Customers will keep the same products and contacts as the tax software group unifies its brand around a better-known name.
The deal is aimed at plugging a funding gap for established UK SMEs seeking expansion money without surrendering control to buyout investors.
The London-based startup will use the new capital to expand banking and payments links as firms test stablecoins for faster settlement.
Yet most London finance workers still want experienced colleagues to make the final call, especially on risk, compliance and trading decisions.
The layer is designed to stop AI misreading marketing shifts, after many pilots fail because systems lack business context and governance.
Merchants will hear practical advice on approvals, AI and expansion as Ecommpay tries to simplify a crowded payments market.
Enterprise customers across the Caribbean can now add Microsoft Teams telephony as Digicel sells LoopUp's certified service regionwide.
Regulatory reform could help mutual lenders and insurers close gaps in protection, healthcare and savings for households outside mainstream finance.
UK regulators and sensitive sectors could gain locally governed AI deployments as the deal targets production use, not pilots, on UK infrastructure.
Retailers risk losing loyalty when AI acts on fragmented data, as shoppers now expect instant, relevant responses to every signal.
The funding will help the London-based cyber risk platform deepen supplier checks, add artificial intelligence tools and enter the US market.
The appointment gives the network a founder-retailer pairing as it seeks to widen its reach across UK and international retail technology circles.
Circle's backing gives Elliptic production feedback to refine compliance tools for AI-driven finance as stablecoin activity grows more complex.
Developers using AI agents could avoid GitHub rate limits and outages as Entire opens a preview network mirroring repositories across regions.
AI is reshaping contact centres as NiCE's 2026 awards spotlight retailers, banks and telecoms cutting costs and improving service.
Vietnamese customers will gain faster overseas transfers as TPBank taps TerraPay's network for real-time payments to 156 countries and territories.
Thai corporates can now move US dollars round the clock after The Siam Commercial Bank became Citi's first client for a combined tokenised clearing service.
