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As payments become invisible, AI must prove it can be trusted to reach its full potential

Cross-border payments could become routine faster, but only if AI can explain flagged transactions to customers, auditors and regulators.

By Patrick Gauthier • 5 min read • Today

Taxation

Is corporation tax the wrong number to watch on 28 October?

With tax rises possible, finance teams may find business rates and cash flow matter far more than the unchanged 25% corporation tax rate.

By Michael Gould • 4 min read • 2 days ago

Education, Learning & Training

The role of financial organisations in Domestic Abuse Related Death Reviews

Updated guidance could leave debt advice firms facing more requests to help unravel the money and abuse patterns behind domestic deaths.

By Emma Gibbons and Dr Nicola Sharp-Jeffs OBE • 4 min read • Last week

Data Protection

Why the quietest IT transformations can have the greatest impact

For Nest, the payoff from a cloud migration has been seamless service for more than 14 million savers and stronger cyber resilience.

By Richard Simpson • 5 min read • Last week

Global Stories

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Software-as-a-Service

Nobody buys an EV charger. They buy the next ten years

Fleets and lenders will judge charging operators on uptime, service costs and years of revenue, not the equipment fitted to each site.

By James Schwarz • 5 min read • Today

Data Analytics

AI Investment in Australia and New Zealand Drives Data Focus

Many ANZ firms lack the data governance and integration needed to prove AI is lifting productivity, costs or customer experience.

By Edmund Ng • 6 min read • Today

Data Protection

The crown jewels of cybersecurity: What can your business not afford to lose

Businesses risk downtime, fines and reputational damage if they fail to identify the systems and data attackers are most likely to target.

By Seán Tickle • 4 min read • Yesterday

Robotics

From AI That Answers to AI That Acts

Enterprises building robots are being pushed to judge systems by timing, safety and reliability rather than peak compute alone.

By Salil Raje • 7 min read • Yesterday

Large Language Models

When AI Grades Student Work, Who Checks the Feedback?

Schools and universities risk misjudging students if AI marks work without robust human oversight, as a Massachusetts error showed.

By Dr Alex Ezat Parnia • 5 min read • 3 days ago

Hybrid Cloud

How Local Agentic AI Is Coming to Business PCs

Businesses can now keep sensitive agentic AI tasks on-device, as AMD's new Ryzen AI Max 400 systems offer more memory and local compute.

By Peter Chambers • 5 min read • 2 days ago

Artificial Intelligence

Nexxen's 2027 APAC Predictions: Four Shifts Set to Reshape TV and Digital Advertising

Advertisers across Asia-Pacific will face a more accountable media market as AI, live sport and Smart TV home screens reshape how campaigns are bought and measured.

By Josif Zanich Adam Hunt Janice Chan Andrew Dixon • 4 min read • 2 days ago

Risk & Compliance

Address-Anchored Identity: Why Data Quality Is the Missing Link in eIDV

Synthetic fraud is slipping past standard checks, prompting banks to use real-time address matching to tie identities to physical locations.

By Bud Walker • 4 min read • 2 days ago

Privileged Access Management

Shadow AI Is Creating an Unmanaged Identity Crisis Across APAC

Breaches linked to unapproved AI tools are now costing organisations more and exposing a widening identity gap across APAC.

By Takanori Nishiyama • 6 min read • Last week

Software-as-a-Service

It's time to embrace our robot overlords

Agentic AI can already handle bookings, bills and reminders for users, but its growing access to personal data raises fresh hacking and privacy fears.

By Donovan Jackson • 8 min read • Last week