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Risk & Compliance

Kyckr appoints Jack Rawden as company's Head of Product

The hire comes as the company steps up product investment after reporting 46% revenue growth for the year to June 2026.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 3 min read • Today

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Data centers

Finance firms seek trust as AI moves into decisions

As AI takes on more finance decisions, banks and investors are demanding audit trails and human oversight before relying on its outputs.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Today

Digital Transformation

Broadridge holds third in IDC FinTech Rankings again

Financial institutions' spending on core systems has kept Broadridge in third place in IDC's FinTech rankings for a fourth straight year.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 3 min read • Today

Digital Transformation

Hyperlayer raises USD $26 million in Flintlock-led round

The banking software group is now valued at USD $260 million after the latest follow-on financing, bringing its total funding to nearly USD $66 million.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 3 min read • Today

Hyperscale

Denodo study finds 290% AI data layer return on investment

Enterprises could cut AI operating costs by 68% over three years by routing queries through the layer and filtering data before model ingestion.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 3 min read • Today

Agricultural Technology

Farm Focus marks 45 years serving farmers in Australasia

The Masterton-based company now supports more than 10,000 farmers and advisers, as cloud software and AI reshape farm finances.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Today

Digital Transformation

Hyperlayer raises USD $25.8 million in Series A2 round

Fresh capital will help Hyperlayer hire and expand across three regions as banks seek to modernise legacy systems without costly core replacements.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 3 min read • Today

Fintech

Guardsquare opens first Asia-Pacific office in Singapore

Its Asia-Pacific revenue has been rising 50% a year as the mobile security group opens a Singapore hub for sales, support and engineering.

By Mara Sugue • 4 min read • Today

Disaster Recovery

Small but mighty - micro data centres are the foundation of security and disaster recovery

Resilience-minded organisations are turning to compact edge systems to keep critical services running if cyberattacks, outages or floods hit.

By Kamil Kwinta • 7 min read • 2 days ago

Crypto

Visa moves stablecoin prefunding into commercial use

Businesses can now use USDC to prefund cross-border payouts through Visa Direct, as the scheme moves from trials into live commercial use.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • 3 days ago

Managed Services

Castles Technology wins PCI validation for SoftPOS trio

Payment providers now have three compliant routes into smartphone-based card acceptance after Castles Technology cleared PCI checks for all parts of its SoftPOS line-up.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 3 min read • Yesterday

Crypto

Mastercard & BVNK launch stablecoin money platform

Businesses handling cross-border payments will be able to move between fiat and stablecoins through one integration, cutting the need for multiple providers.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • 3 days ago