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Revolut partners Akahu on open banking credit cards

Revolut and Akahu to use New Zealand's open banking rails for real-time credit card checks, speeding approvals and cutting paperwork.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Last week

Public Sector

Foster Moore launches registry advisory for governments

Foster Moore has launched a dedicated advisory arm to help governments modernise ageing registries, improve interoperability and plan future investment.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last month

Data Science

WitFoo opens 100 million-record cyber attack dataset

WitFoo and University of Canterbury unveil a 100 million-record open cybersecurity dataset built from live 2024 attack traffic for AI research.

By Kaleah Salmon • 4 min read • Last month

Digital Transformation

New Zealand to extend open banking to SME channels

New Zealand will extend regulated open banking to SME banking channels from June 2027, giving smaller firms wider access to fintech tools and automation.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Last month

Global Stories

Open Data stories

Manufacturing

SAP agrees to acquire Dremio in data platform push

SAP to acquire Dremio in a bid to bolster its data platform, with the Chief Technology Officer touting open standards for AI-ready analytics.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • 4 days ago

Smart Cities

Granicus names seven digital government award winners

Granicus has honoured seven Australia and New Zealand public sector projects for measurable gains in citizen engagement, service delivery and transparency.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Last month

Hybrid Cloud

Oracle & Google Cloud add AI agent for database queries

Oracle and Google Cloud have added a Gemini Enterprise agent that lets users query Oracle databases in natural language without writing SQL.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last month

Private Cloud

Cloudera updates hybrid platform to support AI growth

Cloudera extends hybrid platform support to 2032 as enterprises seek to scale AI workloads without moving sensitive data.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Last month

Hybrid Cloud

Why the next phase of AI adoption will be determined less by models and more by data foundations

AI adoption's next phase hinges on data foundations, with enterprises needing real-time pipelines, governance and portability to scale safely.

By Will LaForest • 6 min read • Last month

Open source

Lf Energy releases standardised battery dataset with Microsoft

LF Energy and Microsoft back battery standard with dataset on lithium-ion cell design, aiming to make testing and ageing data easier to compare.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Last month

Stories from Other Regions

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Data Protection

CDR reforms could add AUD $1.2 billion, study says

CDR reforms on consent, representatives and small bank exemptions could add AUD $1.2 billion annually by 2035, modelling says.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Last week

Space Technologies

Jimmy Wales to headline DataFest 2026 in Edinburgh

DataFest 2026 in Edinburgh will hear from Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales and ex-Google, Meta and SpaceX executive Dex Hunter-Torricke on AI trust and leadership.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last month

Data Analytics

CFIT wins GBP £1 million from Treasury & NatWest deal

CFIT secures GBP £1 million Treasury backing and NatWest partnership to accelerate UK fintech work on SMEs, AI, smart data and financial inclusion.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Last month

Data Protection

FinTech Australia names Finnies finalists for 10th year

FinTech Australia's 2026 Finnies shortlist spans payments, AI and web3, with 160 finalists and sector value touted at AUD $13.8 billion.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 3 min read • Last month

Semiconductors

Experts react to UK £500 million sovereign AI unit

Industry executives said the move signals a UK ambition to exert greater influence over how AI systems operate and how the economic value they generate flows back into the country.

By Shannon Williams • 4 min read • Last month