How AI upgrades enterprise treasury management
The adoption of AI for enterprise treasury management enables businesses to abandon manual spreadsheets for automated data pipelines. Corporate finance departments face pressure from market volatility, regulatory demands, and digital finance requirements. Ashish Kumar, head of Infosys Oracle Sales for North America, and CM Grover, CEO of IBS FinTech, recently discussed the realities of corporate […]
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DBS pilots system that lets AI agents make payments for customers
Artificial intelligence is moving closer to the point where it can act, not just advise. A new pilot by DBS Bank shows how that shift may soon affect everyday payments, as financial institutions begin testing systems that allow AI agents to complete purchases on behalf of customers. DBS is working with Visa to trial Visa […]
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How financial institutions are embedding AI decision-making
For leaders in the financial sector, the experimental phase of generative AI has concluded and the focus for 2026 is operational integration. While early adoption centred on content generation and efficiency in isolated workflows, the current requirement is to industrialise these capabilities. The objective is to create systems where AI agents do not merely assist […]
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Infosys AI implementation framework offers business leaders guidance
As a large provider of technology services operating in multiple industries, Infosys is one of the names that quickly come to mind when decision-makers consider possible providers of consultation on and practical implementation of any AI project – discrete or organisation-wide. Infosys delivers these services through its Topaz Fabric, leveraging its partnerships with specific AI […]
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Alibaba Qwen is challenging proprietary AI model economics
The release of Alibaba’s latest Qwen model challenges proprietary AI model economics with comparable performance on commodity hardware. While US-based labs have historically held the performance advantage, open-source alternatives like the Qwen 3.5 series are closing the gap with frontier models. This offers enterprises a potential reduction in inference costs and increased flexibility in deployment […]
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Debenhams pilots agentic AI commerce via PayPal integration
Debenhams is piloting agentic AI commerce via PayPal integration to reduce mobile friction and help solve a familiar problem for retailers. Mobile checkout abandonment remains a persistent revenue leak for digital retailers. Debenhams Group is attempting to close this gap by deploying an agentic AI interface within the PayPal app. The pilot makes Debenhams the […]
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URBN tests agentic AI to automate retail reporting
Retail decisions often depend on weekly performance reports, but compiling those reports can take hours of manual work. Urban Outfitters Inc. (URBN) is testing a new approach by using agentic AI systems to generate those reports automatically, changing routine analysis from staff to software. The retailer runs brands like Urban Outfitters, Anthropologie, and Free People, […]
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Agentic AI drives finance ROI in accounts payable automation
Finance leaders are driving ROI using agentic AI for accounts payable automation, turning manual tasks into autonomous workflows. While general AI projects saw return on investment rise to 67 percent last year, autonomous agents delivered an average ROI of 80 percent by handling complex processes without human intervention. This performance gap demands a change in […]
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How e& is using HR to bring AI into enterprise operations
For many enterprises, the first real test of AI is not customer-facing products or flashy automation demos. It is the quiet machinery that runs the organisation itself. Human resources, with its mix of routine workflows, compliance needs, and large volumes of structured data, is emerging as one of the earliest areas where companies are pushing […]
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Barclays bets on AI to cut costs and boost returns
Barclays recorded a 12 % jump in annual profit for 2025, reporting £9.1 billion in earnings before tax, up from £8.1 billion a year earlier. The bank also raised its performance targets out through 2028, aiming for a return on tangible equity (RoTE) of more than 14 %, up from a previous goal of above […]
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