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Hostplus signs five-year IT services deal with Interactive
Digital Transformation

Hostplus signs five-year IT services deal with Interactive

Super fund Hostplus has inked a five-year IT managed services deal with Interactive, adding an Australian-based service desk and cloud support.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Tue, 24th Mar 2026
Compare Club widens health insurance panel to 10 funds
Fintech

Compare Club widens health insurance panel to 10 funds

Compare Club adds HBF, HIF and see-u to its panel, lifting coverage to about 67% of Australia's private health insurance market.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 3 min read • Mon, 23rd Mar 2026

Global Stories

Regulation stories

Thomson Reuters report spotlights gap in legal teams' value
Digital Transformation

Thomson Reuters report spotlights gap in legal teams' value

In-house legal teams see themselves driving strategy, but a new report shows most C-suite leaders barely recognise their contribution.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Wed, 25th Mar 2026
ExtraHop launches AI network visibility & governance tool
Firewalls

ExtraHop launches AI network visibility & governance tool

ExtraHop unveils an AI network visibility tool to track agents, expose shadow AI and tighten security and governance across enterprise systems.

By Shannon Williams • 4 min read • Wed, 25th Mar 2026
Zalos raises USD $3.6 million for finance AI agents
Data Protection

Zalos raises USD $3.6 million for finance AI agents

Zalos secures USD $3.6 million seed funding to build AI agents that automate complex finance workflows across legacy enterprise systems.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 5 min read • Wed, 25th Mar 2026
Commvault, TIME launch CISO award for cyber resilience
Data Protection

Commvault, TIME launch CISO award for cyber resilience

Commvault and TIME unveil a CISO of the Year award spotlighting security leaders driving cyber resilience amid rising AI and cloud threats.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Tue, 24th Mar 2026
OpenSSF adds members, boosts AI & supply chain security
Virtualisation

OpenSSF adds members, boosts AI & supply chain security

OpenSSF adds new members and launches AI security, supply chain and training initiatives after securing USD $12.5 million in funding.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Tue, 24th Mar 2026
Geordie AI launches Beam to rein in risky AI agents
Data Protection

Geordie AI launches Beam to rein in risky AI agents

Geordie AI unveils Beam, a real-time governance tool to curb risky autonomous agents as security leaders flag them as a new attack vector.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 3 min read • Tue, 24th Mar 2026
Gamma expands APAC cloud comms portfolio in four markets
Digital Transformation

Gamma expands APAC cloud comms portfolio in four markets

Gamma launches its Global Communications Enablement cloud portfolio across Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and the Philippines.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 3 min read • Mon, 23rd Mar 2026
InDebted launches Release for later-stage debt transfers
Fintech

InDebted launches Release for later-stage debt transfers

InDebted has launched Release, a late-stage debt transfer product for clients in Australia, New Zealand and Canada, as an alternative to sales.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Mon, 23rd Mar 2026
Robinhood tests social trading beta with verified users
Fintech

Robinhood tests social trading beta with verified users

Robinhood tests a verified social trading beta with 1,000 power users, letting them share live trades, stats and discussion in-app.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 3 min read • Sat, 21st Mar 2026
Exclusive: G+D's Sofiane Chouane on the future of European fintech
Data Protection

Exclusive: G+D's Sofiane Chouane on the future of European fintech

European fintech is maturing as G+D's Sofiane Chouane charts a future shaped by stricter regulation, AI, and bank-startup partnerships.

By Jake MacAndrew • 4 min read • Sat, 21st Mar 2026
TACEO launches shared network for finance, identity, AI
Data Protection

TACEO launches shared network for finance, identity, AI

Austrian startup TACEO unveils encrypted shared network to run finance, identity and AI workloads without exposing sensitive data.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Fri, 20th Mar 2026

Stories from Other Regions

Regulation stories

Vultr and SUSE partner for Kubernetes AI cloud launch
Virtualisation

Vultr and SUSE partner for Kubernetes AI cloud launch

Vultr and SUSE partner to bring Rancher Prime and SUSE AI to Vultr Marketplace, targeting Kubernetes and AI workloads across clouds.

By Kaleah Salmon • 4 min read • Tue, 24th Mar 2026
Auxilion invests EUR €1.5m to grow advisory services
Digital Transformation

Auxilion invests EUR €1.5m to grow advisory services

Auxilion invests EUR €1.5m to expand advisory arm, hiring 12 specialists and targeting EUR €5m revenue amid rising demand for GRC support.

By Kaleah Salmon • 3 min read • Tue, 24th Mar 2026
Irish CFOs upbeat as AI adoption surges in finance
Data Protection

Irish CFOs upbeat as AI adoption surges in finance

Irish CFOs forecast 9% growth in 2026 as AI use in finance soars from 12% to 47%, even while regulation and cyber risks intensify.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 5 min read • Tue, 24th Mar 2026
QuSecure banking trial cited in US post-quantum plan
Data Protection

QuSecure banking trial cited in US post-quantum plan

A US post-quantum security blueprint highlights QuSecure's Banco Sabadell project as the sole live banking precedent for crypto migration.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 5 min read • Sat, 21st Mar 2026