Regulation stories
Gaps in existing rules are prompting banks and fintechs to seek common standards as AI-led payments expand rapidly across Asia Pacific.
Developers can now use Google Cloud's examples to build and govern Gemini-powered agents for approvals, compliance and data workflows.
Enterprise security teams can now move from fragmented asset views to explainable risk scoring, as the platform reaches general availability.
Telecoms operators in EMEA gain a new route to sovereign AI systems as Netceed widens Submer's reach across the region.
The fresh capital will help Alpaca expand regulated brokerage infrastructure for clients building products across traditional and on-chain markets.
Most financial services firms expect tokenised and traditional assets to coexist, as 84% call tokenisation strategically important.
Users in India, the US and the UK still face browser choice barriers as Microsoft's Edge defaults remain hard to escape, Mozilla says.
Most government and education IT leaders say unvetted AI is a security risk, as 73% of public sector infrastructure cannot run complex workloads.
Boards face rising pressure to control shadow AI as attackers automate faster and security teams shift to continuous verification.
Pressure is mounting on companies to prove AI is governed in real time, as agentic systems take decisions and access sensitive data.
Governance concerns are rising as companies embed AI deeper into critical workflows, from factory floors to defence operations and customer service.
Trust remains a hurdle as younger Australians increasingly use AI to research investments, superannuation and retirement planning, a survey shows.
Small businesses face disruption as Australia phases out cheques by 2029, with 3.5 million bank cheques still unbanked.
New Zealand's payments system could face disruption unless banks and providers agree common standards, Steve Wiggins said.
Critical infrastructure and healthcare lag peers on basic cyber controls, leaving essential services more exposed than financial firms and technology groups.
Households squeezed by higher costs are turning to fixed-fee borrowing, helping the lender pass GBP £1 billion in loans.
The Hampshire authority gains 24-hour protection for resident data and services without the cost of building its own security centre.
Poorly governed AI agents could trigger outages, compliance breaches and boardroom liability as Australian firms rush to deploy them.
The move could widen access to regulated private credit products as Tradable brings its onchain issuance platform to Stellar for institutional users.
Financial firms can now use governed Snowflake data in Rogo's AI tools without moving sensitive records outside existing controls.
