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Enlighten Designs named OpenAI Select Partner in NZ

The Hamilton software firm gains access to OpenAI support as it helps clients move AI projects from pilots into everyday use.

By Mara Sugue • 3 min read • Last week

Global Stories

Finance stories

Fintech

Aston Martin Aramco takes AMR Network to Singapore

The Singapore event broadens the Formula One team's partner programme beyond sponsorship, linking tech and finance firms around rapid market change.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Today

Customer Relationship Management

Nucleo & Rootstock team up on ERP push for manufacturers

The deal aims to help manufacturers cut fragmented systems and improve adoption of ERP software across factories, warehouses and planning teams.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 3 min read • Today

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 • Yesterday

Open source

Azul issues security fixes for record OpenJDK flaws

Enterprises running Java face a heavier patching burden, as 53 flaws in the latest OpenJDK update must be fixed far faster than usual.

By Mara Sugue • 4 min read • Yesterday

Human Capital Management

Workday & Anthropic link AI tools for HR & finance

The tie-up will let HR and finance staff move between both systems without resetting permissions, while automating tasks such as compensation reviews and book closes.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Today

Digital Transformation

Anthropic names Gorilla Logic as Claude services partner

Enterprise users of Claude can now tap Gorilla Logic's services to get the AI model through security reviews and into production systems.

By Mara Sugue • 3 min read • Yesterday

Human Capital Management

Scaling AI means reinventing how work gets done

The shift could reshape hiring, audits and pay as firms move from AI pilots to automated workflows that rely on new guardrails.

By Anthony Caruana • 4 min read • Last week

Digital Transformation

Beca moves finance to Oracle cloud in Asia Pacific

The overhaul is set to cut manual work and improve financial controls for the consultancy's 4,300 staff across 24 Asia Pacific offices.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Last week

Digital Transformation

Workday is a Fortune 500 startup reborn for the AI era

Its AI-first overhaul has cut layers, sped product cycles and left the company betting that startup-style speed can still serve Fortune 500 customers.

By Anthony Caruana • 5 min read • Last week

Data Analytics

Abacum launches AI agent for finance model building

The tool could cut model-building from days or weeks to minutes, helping finance teams shift time from spreadsheets to analysis and planning.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Last week

Data sovereignty

Connect finds smaller AI models beat bigger rivals

The findings could sway regulated firms seeking cheaper, more controllable AI, after orchestrated small models beat several larger systems on enterprise tasks.

By Mara Sugue • 4 min read • Last week

Data Analytics

Google rolls out Gemini 4 Argon for enterprise users

The model is being pitched at coding, finance and security teams after Google said it sped up engineering work and helped patch serious flaws.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 3 min read • Last week

Data governance

CFOs prioritise trust over speed in AI adoption journey

Finance chiefs see AI as a risk-management issue first, with clean data and human oversight seen as essential to protect statements and audits.

By Anthony Caruana • 4 min read • Last week

Accounts payable

Everyone gets one Halloween a year. Finance teams get twelve

Late-arriving receipts, approvals and invoices force finance teams into repeated month-end firefights, wasting time that should be spent on judgement.

By Tanu Kaushik • 4 min read • Last week

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Risk & Compliance

Huntington launches AI studio for small businesses

Early access is open to non-customers as the bank targets smaller firms that lack dedicated finance and compliance teams.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Today

Supply Chain

IBM & Red Hat launch Lightwell to fix open source flaws

Businesses can now request patches for vulnerable Java dependencies, after Lightwell has already fixed more than 400 unknown flaws in open source code.

By Mara Sugue • 3 min read • Yesterday

Quantum Computing

IonQ opens quantum innovation centre at Cambridge

The partnership will give researchers access to a 256-qubit quantum computer and a campus network to speed work on finance, engineering and cancer studies.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Last week