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Businesses onboarding customers abroad may benefit, as Shufti's document checks now cover more than 10,000 identity types in 240 countries.
European firms face tighter audit and AML demands as Shufti links verified identities to signing, transaction monitoring and crypto transfers.
The appointment aims to steady customer relationships and reassure investors after the sudden death of co-founder Khadim Batti.
Cheap smart glasses are raising privacy fears as experts warn they could make covert filming easier in public and private spaces alike.
Enterprises using Apache Iceberg on AWS can now restore full, queryable tables after incidents, reducing manual rebuilds and downtime.
Demand for adaptable transport software is growing as Thomax prepares its TMS offering for wider use in the UK and US.
Onboarding large catalogues now takes days rather than weeks, as the platform can ingest up to 20 million tracks a day after its AWS overhaul.
Only 39% of organisations recovered at least three-quarters of their data after ransomware, as outages and data loss worsened.
Employees in IT and telecoms are most likely to use unapproved AI at work, despite higher awareness of the security and privacy risks, survey data shows.
Slow approvals are costing UK businesses hundreds of thousands of pounds a year as finance teams turn to AI to cut admin.
UK tech and telecoms small firms are outpacing the wider SME market, with most already using AI and planning fresh expansion.
The refresh reflects a shift towards payroll and HR services, as the group seeks to win employers needing both software and specialist support.
More than half of Hong Kong children surveyed keep their money outside bank accounts, raising questions for lenders courting young savers.
Hundreds of passengers faced cancellations and long delays after a NATS technical fault hit flights at Heathrow and other major UK airports.
Shared AI infrastructure will help the insurer roll out agents faster, while keeping oversight tight across its 52-country network.
The study suggests banks are missing out on USD $30 billion held by US children, most of whom save and spend outside the traditional system.
Its success will hinge on interoperability, resilient operations and matching Europe's pace as tokenised markets move closer to scale.
Boardroom backing for brand budgets is wavering, with 76% of UK B2B leaders saying marketers overstate their revenue impact.
Most of it sits outside mainstream banks, with 6 million children aged eight to 15 holding cash, accounts, apps or piggy banks.
Security fears and a skills gap are holding back UK small firms, even as nearly half now use AI and more plan to adopt it.