About Karen Joy
Karen Joy Bacudo
Finance Editor
Karen wears two hats at TechDay, balancing her role as an editor while assisting with finance tasks. She bridges writing content and reconciling numbers to support the team, with the same level of accuracy and precision.
Stories by Karen Joy - Page 13
AI leaders lack rules & data to scale finance tools
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manufacturing
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data analytics
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digital transformation
AI 'leaders' in finance rush to pilots but lack rules, data and governance to scale tools into core, high‑accountability workflows.
ANNA Money gains HMRC nod for Making Tax Digital app
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fintech
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financial systems
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risk & compliance
ANNA Money wins HMRC approval for its Making Tax Digital for Income Tax app, enabling sole traders to file quarterly updates from 2026.
London tops fintech as Europe urges pension funding
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saas
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fintech
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risk & compliance
London tops global fintech funding as Europe outperforms in regulated niches but leans on US backers and eyes pensions to plug gaps.
Oracle Q3 boosted by AI cloud surge & USD $553bn RPO
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saas
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digital transformation
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hyperscale
Oracle Q3 revenue jumps 22% to USD $17.2 billion as AI-fuelled cloud demand soars and contracted backlog swells to USD $553 billion.
G2A adds Klarna to offer flexible payments for gamers
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gaming
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fintech
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digital entertainment
G2A adds Klarna at checkout, letting European gamers split or delay payments on over 90,000 digital titles and in-game purchases.
Datarails unveils FinanceOS to power AI-driven finance
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martech
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physical security
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risk & compliance
Datarails launches FinanceOS, a unified data layer and MCP link to AI tools, promising governed, real-time finance workflows at scale.
Revolut wins UK bank licence, plans major investment push
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fintech
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risk & compliance
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payment technologies
Revolut secures full UK bank licence, pledging GBP £3 billion investment, 1,000 new jobs and a phased roll-out of FSCS-protected accounts.
Emburse unifies vendor payments & staff reimbursements
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digital transformation
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fintech
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partner programmes
Emburse expands its Pay platform to unify vendor payments and staff reimbursements, linking approvals, funding and reconciliation in one flow.
Jazz raises USD $61m to reinvent data loss prevention
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data protection
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digital transformation
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cloud security
Jazz raises USD $61m to launch AI-led data loss prevention platform that slashes alert noise and targets higher-confidence risks.
Mastercard unveils AI 'Virtual C-Suite' for small firms
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data analytics
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digital transformation
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fintech
Mastercard launches its Virtual C-Suite AI agents, starting with a Virtual CFO, to give small firms automated executive-style insights.
Audit firms step up AI adoption while seeking safeguards
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digital transformation
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rpa
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ai security
Audit firms are racing to embed AI into core work, but say true advantage now hinges on tougher governance, bias controls and global rules.
LemFi gains Bank of Canada oversight under new RPAA
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fintech
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risk & compliance
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bnpl
LemFi gains Bank of Canada oversight under the new Retail Payment Activities Act, bolstering trust in its cross-border remittance services.
Unlimit names Irene Skrynova CEO of global payments
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data protection
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dr
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fintech
Unlimit appoints Irene Skrynova CEO of global payments to unify its processing, product and tech as it pivots to financial infrastructure.
Azul Prime delivers 129% ROI & major cloud savings
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saas
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private cloud
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digital transformation
Azul Prime customers see 129% ROI, USD $10.2 million in benefits and nearly USD $4 million in cloud savings over three years, says study.
Gym app SPORTL launches in London after GBP £250,000 raise
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healthtech
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sports
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subscriptions
Gym booking app SPORTL launches in London after GBP £250,000 pre-seed, offering pay-as-you-train access at 50 studios with no memberships.
Temenos gains Microsoft AI Cloud core banking status
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saas
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digital transformation
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hyperscale
Temenos wins Microsoft AI Cloud partner status for its Azure-native core banking SaaS, boosting co-sell options and bank modernisation plans.
Lightyear cuts FX fees to shake up UK broker market
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fintech
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stock market
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financial literacy
Lightyear scraps commissions and slashes FX fees to 0.1%, escalating a price war among UK brokers as tax-year-end competition heats up.
Bilder taps xpate for instant card funding across borders
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dr
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crypto
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fintech
Bilder integrates xpate's card top-ups to offer 24/7 instant multi-currency account funding for cross-border customers and businesses.
Alteryx tops USD $1 billion ARR as AI workflows surge
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data analytics
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digital transformation
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rpa
Alteryx hits USD $1 billion ARR as AI pushes automated workflows past 380 million and firms race to govern data for safer deployment.
Nasdaq unveils issuer-led tokenised share framework
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blockchain
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stock market
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distributed ledger technology
Nasdaq sets out equity token blueprint to let companies issue on-chain shares while preserving control, rights and US regulatory status.