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Thomson Reuters report spotlights gap in legal teams' value

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In-house legal teams see themselves driving strategy, but a new report shows most C-suite leaders barely recognise their contribution.
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ExtraHop launches AI network visibility & governance tool

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ExtraHop unveils an AI network visibility tool to track agents, expose shadow AI and tighten security and governance across enterprise systems.
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Zalos raises USD $3.6 million for finance AI agents

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Zalos secures USD $3.6 million seed funding to build AI agents that automate complex finance workflows across legacy enterprise systems.
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Commvault, TIME launch CISO award for cyber resilience

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Commvault and TIME unveil a CISO of the Year award spotlighting security leaders driving cyber resilience amid rising AI and cloud threats.
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Australian finance firms pay top rates for specialists

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Australian banks and insurers are shelling out up to AUD $2,200 a day for specialist contractors to drive critical digital transformation work.
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Hostplus signs five-year IT services deal with Interactive

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Super fund Hostplus has inked a five-year IT managed services deal with Interactive, adding an Australian-based service desk and cloud support.
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Gamma expands APAC cloud comms portfolio in four markets

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Gamma launches its Global Communications Enablement cloud portfolio across Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and the Philippines.
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InDebted launches Release for later-stage debt transfers

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InDebted has launched Release, a late-stage debt transfer product for clients in Australia, New Zealand and Canada, as an alternative to sales.
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Compare Club widens health insurance panel to 10 funds

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Compare Club adds HBF, HIF and see-u to its panel, lifting coverage to about 67% of Australia's private health insurance market.
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Robinhood tests social trading beta with verified users

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Robinhood tests a verified social trading beta with 1,000 power users, letting them share live trades, stats and discussion in-app.
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Compliance gaps threaten global hiring for AI talent

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Compliance gaps are forcing firms to forfeit scarce AI talent, as most global hirers admit exposure to cross-border tax and labour risks.
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TACEO launches shared network for finance, identity, AI

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Austrian startup TACEO unveils encrypted shared network to run finance, identity and AI workloads without exposing sensitive data.
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OpenID Foundation unveils new independent testing plan

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OpenID Foundation names four partners to deliver new independent conformance testing for fast-growing digital identity schemes from 2026.
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Smarsh unveils AI agents to speed probes & cut costs

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Smarsh launches AI agents to slash legal discovery and compliance surveillance time and costs for regulated firms handling vast data.
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Obin AI raises USD $7 million to power agentic finance

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Obin AI exits stealth with USD $7 million to build auditable AI agents for heavily regulated financial workflows and asset managers.
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ThoughtSpot unveils Spotter AI agents tailored by sector

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ThoughtSpot rolls out Spotter for Industries, AI analytics agents tuned to sector rules to close the “context gap” in enterprise decisions.
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From fragmentation to focus: Can one security framework simplify compliance?

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As cyber risks and red tape surge, firms turn to ISO 27001 as a unified framework to tame fragmented compliance and build digital trust.
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OutSystems named G2 Leader for AI agent builders in 2026

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OutSystems named a Leader in G2's Spring 2026 AI Agent Builders Grid, after earning top scores for ease of admin, trust and governance.
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Klarna tops 1 million merchants as leisure spend surges

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Klarna has topped 1 million merchants worldwide as it accelerates into everyday and leisure spending, led by sport, hobby and wellness.
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Circles, Airwallex bring embedded finance to global telcos

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Circles partners with Airwallex to plug embedded banking into CirclesX, letting telcos launch financial services across more than 70 markets.