#AI
17 stories tagged AI, newest first.
Monday, October 26, 2026
Friday, October 23, 2026
Thursday, October 22, 2026
HSBC reportedly plans to cut nearly 70 percent of its UK wealth advisers for AI, and Asia's bankers are watching
HSBC is reportedly planning to cut about half of management and specialist roles in its UK wealth business and nearly 70 percent of its advisers as part of an AI push. The bank is also opening an AI centre in Singapore.
SK Hynix fell 10 percent in a day and the KOSPI tripped a circuit breaker: is Asia's AI trade turning?
Asia's AI chip stocks suffered their worst run since July, with SK Hynix down more than 10 percent and Samsung nearly 9 percent on 15 October. Investors fear higher borrowing costs will choke AI spending.
AI hackers hit Korea's biggest banks, and regulators fear it is only the beginning
Shinhan, KB Kookmin and Hana disclosed breaches within days of each other, with AI tools suspected in at least one attack. Korea's regulator ordered an industrywide security review that found gaps at 130 firms.
Wednesday, October 21, 2026
Tuesday, October 20, 2026
Scammers are now deepfaking central bankers, and Malaysia's regulators are fighting back
Bank Negara Malaysia and the Securities Commission have warned of deepfake videos using their senior officers to sell investment schemes. A new industry estimate puts deepfake driven fraud at 40 billion dollars a year.
Malaysia's RM459.8 billion Budget 2027: tax cuts, AI bets and an election on the horizon
Anwar Ibrahim's fifth Madani budget lifts spending to RM459.8 billion, cuts personal income tax and doubles down on AI and the digital economy, while promising a smaller deficit. Here is what matters for markets.
Friday, October 9, 2026
Thursday, October 8, 2026
Wednesday, September 30, 2026
Monday, September 28, 2026
The ex-PayPal CEO built Evergreen.ai and the personal finance AI market got a serious entrant
Bill Harris launched Evergreen.ai as an AI-driven personal financial advisory platform. The name behind the launch is the signal. The category itself has been quietly building toward a proper commercial moment.
DB Investing launched a wealth copilot and retail brokerage got its most honest AI product yet
DB Investing launched dbinvesting.ai as part of an AI-first repositioning, including a 24-7 Wealth Copilot combining trading activity with market analysis. The product design is more honest than most retail AI launches.
Ant International launched an AI-native stack and the enterprise finance market got a new anchor
Ant International launched a full stack of AI-native tools for payments, accounts, FX, treasury and growth operations. The scope of the launch is a bet that the enterprise finance function is about to be redesigned around AI.
Zopa rolled out a personal banking agent and retail banking got an always-on colleague
UK bank Zopa deployed a conversational AI banking assistant to current account holders. The rollout is small in scope and material in what it says about where retail banking product design is going.
