Berkshire Hills, Brookline Bancorp to merge to form Beacon Financial
Berkshire Hills Bancorp and Brookline Bancorp have announced a “merger of equals”, which will result in the formation of a…
07 Aug 2025
BNI boosts AI innovation with Cloudera partnership
Bank Negara Indonesia (BNI) has joined forces with data and AI platform company Cloudera to enhance its AI “innovation” across the organisation. BNI will utilise Cloudera's open, hybrid data platform…
07 Aug 2025
Uncertainty about corporate ESG spikes
The proportion of industry professional who don’t know if their company has an ESG strategy has risen sharply, a new survey shows. GlobalData’s Q2 2025 Sentiment Polls survey, carried out…
06 Aug 2025
M&T Bank adopts Amperity platform to enhance customer data management
US-based M&T Bank has chosen Amperity platform, an AI-driven customer data cloud, to unify customer data across its operations. This collaboration aims to enhance the bank's customer data capabilities by…
06 Aug 2025
Malaysia’s Maybank taps Microsoft for digital transformation
Maybank, a financial services provider in Malaysia, has teamed up with Microsoft to enhance its digital capabilities and improve customer service. Hubbis reported that the agreement, valued at around RM1bn…
05 Aug 2025
Innovations in Stablecoins 2025: New GlobalData report alert
The US and UK are recording the fastest growths in crypto penetration in 2025, because of the sector’s increased mainstream promotion and supportive institutional and regulatory sentiment in the West.…
05 Aug 2025
Open bankingplatform Tarabut gets in-principle nod from UAE central bank
Tarabut, an open banking and embedded finance platform operating in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, has obtained in-principle approval from the Central Bank of the UAE. This…