Regulation stories
Many New Zealand firms say they could ride out an outage, but fewer than four in ten have tested recovery of critical systems recently.
Finance chiefs are facing tighter budgets as AI automation and new AML rules turn once-discretionary tech spend into a cost imperative.
The move could reshape enterprise AI security as vendors and regulators demand stronger controls around access, logging and containment.
Rapid digital adoption and tighter regulatory frameworks are turning the region into a proving ground for new financial services models.
By automating complex contract logic, the software aims to cut billing errors, disputes and margin leakage for energy retailers.
Platforms handling multi-party payments could cut delays and reconciliation work as Hello Clever ties funds to real-time domestic rails.
UK companies are spending more on AI training and partnerships, yet more than a third still cannot prove its business value.
Transparency is becoming a bigger test for accountants as most clients back AI, but only if firms explain where it is used.
Up bank grew by focusing on design and trust, with more than 80 per cent of customers arriving through word of mouth.
A survey of 204 US executives found 22% had suffered an AI-enabled breach in ERP systems, deepening doubts over existing safeguards.
A growing share of US adults doubt business emails as AI makes polished messages easier to fake, a survey found.
IT teams are losing more than a day a week to cloud troubleshooting, as AI and multi-cloud plans expose network bottlenecks.
Trust in digital messages is fraying, with 46% of UK adults doubting whether an email or text was genuine, according to new research.
Paid social costs are rising as UK finance marketers struggle to produce enough creative for platforms that now reward constant ad testing.
Malicious attacks are growing costlier as AI-generated elements feature in nearly a third of incidents, IBM's study found.
Australian publishers face a fresh revenue squeeze unless paid licensing agreements are struck with AI firms using journalism to train their LLMs.
Investors risk misreporting gains, offsets and foreign income if they rely on chatbots instead of current Australian tax rules and records.
Execution and escalation breakdowns now outnumber hallucinations in enterprise AI failures, according to more than 10,000 observed incidents.
The move could cut complexity for fintech firms by bundling regulated banking access with payments software in one provider.
Banking and insurance teams could spot digital failures sooner as new tools feed governed customer-journey evidence into enterprise AI systems.