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Revolut launches business platform for New Zealand SMEs
Software-as-a-Service

Revolut launches business platform for New Zealand SMEs

New Zealand SMEs can now access multi-currency accounts and cheaper cross-border payments as Revolut expands its business platform in the market.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Tue, 23rd Jun 2026

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Massey researcher backs AI for low-resource languages
Data sovereignty

Massey researcher backs AI for low-resource languages

A new 100,000-sentence dataset could improve translation and classroom tools for Sinhala and Tamil, where AI support remains patchy.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 5 min read • Last month
Shufti launches Glocal Platform for compliance teams
Software-as-a-Service

Shufti launches Glocal Platform for compliance teams

Compliance teams facing fragmented systems may cut integrations and vendor sprawl as Shufti folds onboarding, screening and monitoring into one platform.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Last month
EazyPetition launches AI USCIS form platform in US
Software-as-a-Service

EazyPetition launches AI USCIS form platform in US

Immigration applicants and their advisers could cut repeated filing work and errors as the Texas legal tech firm rolls out its AI-assisted USCIS forms tool.

By Mark Tarre • 3 min read • Last month
Xero adds AI tools to JAX for small business finance
Software-as-a-Service

Xero adds AI tools to JAX for small business finance

The rollout aims to cut manual bookkeeping and speed cash flow decisions for Xero's 5 million customers worldwide.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Last month
Asia-Pacific digital economies face highest identity fraud
Data Protection

Asia-Pacific digital economies face highest identity fraud

Remote onboarding is leaving Asia-Pacific's most digital markets exposed, with Indonesia seeing the highest identity-fraud signals in Shufti's data.

By Sean Mitchell • 5 min read • Last month
Shield adds Copilot & image text surveillance tools
Risk & Compliance

Shield adds Copilot & image text surveillance tools

Compliance teams can now monitor Microsoft 365 Copilot chats and text inside images, closing two recordkeeping gaps for banks.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Sat, 20th Jun 2026
Linux Foundation launches DocLang group for AI documents
Digital Transformation

Linux Foundation launches DocLang group for AI documents

It aims to solve a key enterprise AI problem by standardising how software reads PDFs, Word files and images without losing layout or meaning.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Thu, 18th Jun 2026
Why proof of address verification fails across borders (and how to fix it)
Fintech

Why proof of address verification fails across borders (and how to fix it)

Cross-border onboarding can lose legitimate customers and let fraud through when address checks rely on one market's rules.

By Bobby Joseph • 8 min read • Fri, 12th Jun 2026
Dext: Transformative AI made easy for accountants and bookkeepers
Digital Transformation

Dext: Transformative AI made easy for accountants and bookkeepers

Accountants could cut errors and save time as Dext AI Assist brings prompt-based automation to bookkeeping workflows.

By Donovan Jackson • 4 min read • Wed, 27th May 2026
iManage unveils AI context fabric for governed knowledge
Data Protection

iManage unveils AI context fabric for governed knowledge

The update gives law and finance firms tighter AI controls over sensitive records as they seek to deploy tools without breaching confidentiality.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Sat, 23rd May 2026

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Tencent launches digital Jingdezhen porcelain adventure
Gaming

Tencent launches digital Jingdezhen porcelain adventure

UNESCO status has spurred a push to open Jingdezhen's porcelain archives to researchers and the public through AI, datasets and a game.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last month
Firm360 launches AutoPrep for tax return automation
Software-as-a-Service

Firm360 launches AutoPrep for tax return automation

Tax season staff could save hours as extracted client data is pushed straight into return systems, reducing manual rekeying and errors.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Last month
PFU launches Ricoh scanners for shared office scanning
Digital Transformation

PFU launches Ricoh scanners for shared office scanning

Shared offices can now scan without a PC as PFU's new Ricoh models aim to speed up digitisation and cut setup time.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Last month
Vasion launches print automation for AI data control
Software-as-a-Service

Vasion launches print automation for AI data control

The software aims to stop printed and scanned documents slipping outside managed workflows, a growing compliance risk for AI-heavy firms.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 5 min read • Wed, 24th Jun 2026
HCLTech leads Sarvam's USD $150 million Series B close
Software-as-a-Service

HCLTech leads Sarvam's USD $150 million Series B close

The round values the sovereign AI start-up at USD $1.5 billion as it seeks funding for research and compute to expand across key sectors.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Tue, 16th Jun 2026
Mathpix expands Brooklyn GPU deployment for AI workloads
Hybrid Cloud

Mathpix expands Brooklyn GPU deployment for AI workloads

Faster document conversion and lower latency are the aim as Mathpix adds NVIDIA B300 GPUs at DataVerge's Brooklyn data centre.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Fri, 22nd May 2026