Opinion stories
Fragmented systems still leave banks and retailers unable to see the full cash cycle, limiting forecasting and making route planning harder.
US merchants risk missing billions in Southeast Asian sales as local instant-payment rails outgrow cards and stay entrenched.
Cart abandonment and support costs climb when shoppers are blocked by clumsy sign-ins, resets and verification during checkout.
Fewer firms are overestimating OT security maturity, as only 14% can see their environments fully and gaps are coming into focus.
Structured feedback can help firms spot shifting demand sooner and steer product, messaging and investment away from guesswork.
Fake addresses are inflating discount redemptions and weakening email deliverability, costing merchants margin and trust in their data.
The 12-month campaign generated more than 100 earned placements and about 402 million impressions, helping Gr4vy stay visible between announcements.
Phishing-resistant logins could curb account takeovers that let criminals tamper with tax data, refunds and audit trails across firms.
Poor data, fragmented systems and weak processes are leaving some tax teams unable to reap the benefits of cloud roll-outs.
Fewer than half of people globally trust AI, putting customer adoption and revenue at risk unless firms explain how systems make decisions.
False alarms in data security posture tools are draining analyst time and masking real exposure as cloud data volumes keep rising.
AI-driven expansion is pushing premium flexible offices into a strategic role, as firms pay more to open in weeks and hedge uncertain headcount.
Switching from ChatGPT to Copilot exposed data-loss, support and trust risks, as prompts and tools built by staff proved hard to move or manage.
AI spending is eroding margins and boards lack the real-time visibility needed to weigh token costs against business value.
Annual questionnaires are leaving managers blind to fast-moving workplace pressures, because they capture snapshots instead of actionable signals.
Private backing and public funding are helping Scottish fintech firms scale AI tools, with Aveni's GBP £12 million round and FRIL's GBP £3.18 million boost.
Retailers risk overstock and shortages because weather-driven demand shifts with seasonal anomalies, not just heat, making winter buying decisions brittle.
Australians lost GBP £1.1 billion to scams last year, underscoring how banks now must protect customers' identities as well as their systems.
Up bank grew by focusing on design and trust, with more than 80 per cent of customers arriving through word of mouth.
Financial institutions still face hidden fourth-party risks even after Microsoft, Google Cloud, AWS and Oracle were designated as critical providers.
