05/22/2026
Kruttik Aggarwal explains how legacy infrastructure is already slowing firms down in live environments and sets out what changes when AI agents — not humans — become the primary users of financial systems
05/22/2026
Standard Chartered is cutting roles, HSBC says AI will destroy and create jobs, and JPMorgan wants more AI talent than traditional bankers. So, how safe are jobs within this industry really?
05/21/2026
Meanwhile, the company is rolling out a new capability that gives businesses a dedicated payment layer to capture and monetize demand from AI agents, across content, data, and services.
05/21/2026
With the advancement of technology such as AI, banks must of course consider the risk factors when modernising their processes to include it.
05/21/2026
Most roles will see gradual but significant automation of between 30% and 50% of their component tasks.
05/21/2026
The tie-up will make Benji-related products available to accredited and institutional investors through DigiFT’s regulated platform.
05/21/2026
The new Applied AI Lab will create more than 200 technical roles and support AI projects across public services, finance, healthcare and digital infrastructure.
05/21/2026
The chatbot handles routine banking queries in-app while escalating more complex cases to human agents.
05/21/2026
Index Ventures led Moment’s Series C round, returning as an investor less than 10 months after leading the firm’s Series B raise.
05/20/2026
Together, these changes are intensifying the global race among major economies and corporations to build, scale, and control the next generation of financial infrastructure.
05/20/2026
At the centre of this shift is the emergence of humanoid robots.
05/20/2026
One way that large audit and consultancy firms in Cayman control costs is by hiring entry-level staff from lower-income countries.
05/20/2026
US Senate pushes ahead with Clarity Act despite concerns over yield payments
05/20/2026
Hassan Al Lawati said Otech, the fully owned technology arm of Omantel, isexpanding its cloud, data centre, cybersecurity and AI computing capabilities as government and enterprise demand for local digitalinfrastructure increases.
05/19/2026
Singapore currently does not have a single overarching AI law.
05/19/2026
This comes less than 10 months after Moment’s $36M Series B, which was also led by Index Ventures.
05/19/2026
The certification process was conducted by A-LIGN, a technology-enabled security and compliance partner serving more than 4,000 organizations globally.
05/18/2026
Strategic Significance: This collaboration marks a significant advancement for Canaccord in offering structured crypto exposure, and while currently limited to eligible clients
05/18/2026
For banks and other financial institutions, the issue is no longer whether digital assets matter, but how to respond as money, assets, and settlement become increasingly programmable.
05/18/2026
AI assistants are shaping customers’ perception and decisions, forcing banks to rethink how their brands and products are discovered, compared, and purchased.