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An industry lead solution from Australian fintech and carbon risk solution company Emmi allows investors to decipher carbon transition risk and opportunity.

Onboarding and payroll firm Deel has continued its expansion across Australia and New Zealand, with new customers, alliance partners, and local employee hires.

Hugosave has been granted a Major Payment Institution (MPI) licence from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS).

TeamViewer has announced the availability of its connectivity suite, TeamViewer Tensor, and its enterprise Augmented Reality (AR) platform, TeamViewer Frontline, for Microsoft customers.

The increasing question organisations face with cyber risk insurance is no longer ‘should we purchase’, but ‘can we get it?’

Smarter technology investments can streamline collaboration for insurers, increasing efficiency, lowering costs and providing a better customer experience. 

Since the pandemic began, there has been a concerning surge in crypto and investment related scams in Australia, in particular, a spike in dating and romance scams.

Investment firm Millennium Corp has leveraged data to turbocharge a sales-centric culture.

The Australian Government has announced an investment of $9.9 billion to increase the country’s intelligence and cybersecurity capabilities.

The announcement revealed news of the next iteration of the Raiz Reward feature, set to create further opportunities for customers to save and invest when they shop with a Raiz Rewards partner.

Financial crime platform Silent Eight has raised $40m in Series B round funding, which will be used to cater to the needs of its expanding customer base.

Local investor Blackbird says New Zealand’s tech sector is poised for a period of significant growth, which could see it transformed into one of the economy’s largest export earners.

A significant majority of mid-market businesses plan to make changes to their operations in 2022, a new report reveals.

As the new financial year looms, companies are starting to identify the key strategic focus areas for the year ahead and the technology investments needed to deliver them.

Due to a pandemic-induced surge in new digital consumers and behaviours, Asia Pacific businesses are set to outstrip other regions in CX investment in 2022.

Singapore-based Princeton Digital Group (PDG) has closed an equity investment from Mubadala Investment Company (Mubadala) as a lead investor for US$350 million.

Main Capital Partners has acquired a majority stake in InnoValor, the creator of ReadID - a global, mobile identity verification software provider using NFC.

Privacy is mission-critical, with 91% of businesses in Asia Pacific considering privacy a business imperative.

An Auckland based artificial intelligence company Soul Machines has raised $US70 million ($NZ105m) to meet growing demand for "digital people".

According to a new Accenture report, Australian businesses are boosting their cyber security budgets.

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) contributed US$100 million to the Keppel Data Centre Fund (KDC Fund II), a fund that closed with a US$1.1 billion raise.

A recent study has revealed that although cryptocurrency is still a growing market in New Zealand, the country's usage rate is still well below those of our overseas counterparts.

Personetics has raised $85 million in growth funding from Thoma Bravo, a software investment firm, doubling the company's valuation and securing a total funding of more than $160 million in 2021.

“The upsizing of this latest round of investment is an important step forward for the company and a strong endorsement of our strategy."