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AI has gone mainstream in wealth management, with most firms reporting positive returns and faster payoffs from early adoption, FNZ study shows.

Consumers worldwide demand flexible, digital credit cards, pushing traditional banks to modernise or risk losing ground to agile fintech rivals.

Cyber-extortion incidents rose 44.5% to 19,000 victims, with small firms targeted most amid a fragmented, global cybercrime landscape, warns Orange Cyberdefense.

Hyvä has made its Magento front-end solution free and open source, aiming to help smaller retailers worldwide access advanced eCommerce technology.

Vistar Media has launched a free global certification to boost marketers' skills in strategic creative for digital out-of-home advertising campaigns.

Ataccama names Andrea Eaton as Chief Marketing Officer to expand its data trust platform amid growing AI adoption and regulatory demands in finance and insurance.

Cerrion raises USD $18 million to expand its AI platform, aiming to cut manufacturing downtime and boost productivity across US and European factories.

LabelBlind raises USD $500,000 seed funding to expand its AI-driven food labelling platform across 30+ global markets, speeding compliance and exports.

Milestone partners with DCAI to deploy compliant AI models on Europe-based Gefion supercomputer, enhancing smart city and traffic management solutions under EU regulations.

Copenhagen's Noahs raised EUR €1.9m to digitise convenience retail, aiming for 10,000 locations by 2030 and expansion into the US and UAE markets.

Australia leads global growth in tech and marketing deals, rising 3% amid falling activity in the US and Europe due to AI adoption and private equity interest.

Hello Klean has secured GBP £1.5 million in debt funding from fintech firm re:cap to boost its global expansion and product innovation.

AMD has launched the Instinct MI430X GPU with 432GB HBM4 memory to power AI and HPC in next-gen supercomputers across the US and Europe.

Quobly and SEALSQ have partnered to embed post-quantum security into silicon quantum processors, enhancing hardware defences against future cyber threats.

Bizcap has acquired US-based AI-driven platform 8fig to enhance global SME funding, integrating tech to speed up flexible lending across multiple markets.

Retail brands will send a record 3.9 billion messages in the 2025 shopping season, up 15%, as AI and richer digital channels boost customer engagement.

ThetaRay's AI modules for AML and sanctions screening have gained key validation from Kaufman Rossin, aiding compliance with evolving US and EU regulations.

Informatica and Microsoft enhance AI agent capabilities by integrating trusted data management with Microsoft Foundry for secure, compliant enterprise AI.

Ransomware attacks surged 41% in October to 594 incidents, heavily targeting industrial, consumer, and healthcare sectors, mainly in North America and Europe.

Amid a venture capital slump, Mercurius Media Capital offers US startups media-for-equity deals, trading advertising slots for equity to spur growth.