B2B stories
Confidence in defence remains patchy as 68 per cent of UK business leaders plan higher cyber spending and 46 per cent fear new tools widen threats.
European firms can now embed regulated accounts and cards into their apps as bunq widens its banking-as-a-service push beyond Blockrise.
Wholesale merchants can now cut manual reconciliation as Shopify B2B orders land in QuickBooks as invoices with payment sync.
ChatGPT users can now manage reminders and recurring checks from a single sidebar page, as OpenAI folds Pulse into scheduled tasks.
The move gives the German group a single provider for payments, tax, warehousing and delivery as it expands direct sales in Britain and America.
Oracle cloud users will be able to charge eligible OpenAI model and Codex usage to existing Universal Credits within weeks.
A new robotics zone and a 11% rise in startups showed AI hardware and commercial deployment are now driving the Taipei trade fair.
Smaller firms' shift towards higher-spec devices is widening Europe's pricing gap, with reseller average selling prices rising far faster than retail chains.
Roughly one in three B2B suppliers still lack online purchasing, even as buyers and rivals increasingly shift spending and research online.
Growing fraud and stricter checks are driving demand for identity tools as the San Francisco start-up expands after fresh funding.
Smart home makers can now add cameras and doorbells more quickly as Ayla bundles cloud recording, billing and app support into one service.
Routine call-handling jobs face the sharpest risk as AI agents take over most customer queries, forcing firms to retrain staff quickly by 2030.
Expansion into UK mobile services has gained fresh backing as TNS Global funds eSIM Go's push beyond travel eSIM into MVNOs.
The appointment aims to sharpen sales and customer strategy as the group expands across consulting, fulfilment and logistics operations.
The deal could speed up onboarding for banks and other regulated firms by automating identity checks while keeping an audit trail inside Claude.
A central challenge for New Zealand tech firms is finding the right investors and partners, organisers say, as 3,000 attend.
Businesses across Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia can now automate multilingual chat sales around the clock, reducing missed leads and follow-up delays.
Bad addresses can waste spend, skew analytics and undermine compliance as firms move email verification from clean-up to core infrastructure.
Irish integrators and resellers gain access to ViewSonic's displays and LED video walls through AVTS's network from today.
Households and offices can now monitor visitors remotely as the new device adds app alerts, night vision and weather protection to Consistent's range.
