ASIC stories
The permit gives KPay a regulatory base to deepen its Australian payments push as it adds point-of-sale tools and financing for SMEs.
Rising scrutiny of Australian accounts is exposing patchy data controls, after ASIC issued a record AUD $350 million in civil penalties.
The platform targets investors seeking deeper liquidity and comes as ASIC moves to pull more digital asset firms into licensing rules.
Most financial firms using AI still lack proper risk checks, prompting fresh guidance as regulators warn oversight is lagging.
New customers can earn an introductory 5.50% savings rate for three months on balances up to AUD $100,000 without deposit or card-spend conditions.
Australian businesses can now access locally run AI inference as SCX.ai charges by token and sidesteps hyperscale training costs.
More deals and faster lender integrations are expected as Lendi shifts its mortgage platform towards agentic AI for 1,300 brokers.
With cheques disappearing, Australian firms face delays and unclaimed funds when payout details are missing or outdated, Commonwealth Bank said.
Institutional clients in more than 100 countries can now trade an Australian dollar stablecoin as Macropod broadens AUDM beyond retail venues.
Average cybercrime losses for large Australian businesses jumped as AI-enabled attacks became a bigger worry than privacy for many boards.
Wholesale investors can now access leveraged crypto trading on a locally licensed platform as Australia tightens oversight of digital asset businesses.
As scrutiny intensifies, the AI tool is helping firms spot billing and compliance errors sooner, reducing fines, remediation costs and customer harm.
Rising online fraud and a 2027 digital assets regime are pushing banks and fintechs to upgrade infrastructure as adoption accelerates.
Australian borrowers can now access AUD loans against crypto holdings without selling, as a licensed platform moves digital assets into mainstream credit.
Finance teams could cut days from month-end reporting by automating repetitive reconciliations first, while leaving judgment calls to people.
One in ten new merchants saw fraud within 90 days, underscoring why lenders say faster approvals also widen the gap for fabricated applications.
Boards and regulators are being urged to prove critical services can hold up as frontier AI speeds attacks and shortens response times.
Losses widened as DroneShield spent on capacity and systems, even as half-year revenue jumped 74% to AUD $125.8 million.
Travel and banking customers could see faster resolutions as enterprises shift AI from answering queries to completing tasks end to end.
The Series A will help the San Francisco start-up broaden chip support and ease the high cost of serving AI models at scale.
