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The hire comes as North American insurers face pressure to speed up underwriting and claims while improving compliance and customer service.
The reshuffle signals a tighter focus on strategy and continuity in EMEA as 8x8 promotes two long-serving insiders to key leadership roles.
For a bank handling 10,000 cross-border payments a day, failed transactions can drain about USD $2.2 million a year and drive customers away.
UK defence groups are set to spend an average of £79 million next year as demand for air defence and drone tech rises.
Partners across Europe and the Middle East will get new support for cybersecurity and AI governance as the unit goes live this month.
More than a third of financial firms in Europe, the Middle East and Africa reported fraud attempts rising by over 25% in two years.
The move puts AI agents at the heart of the bank software group's strategy as it targets faster service and more automated customer operations.
Many firms are still exposed to faster AI-driven attacks, with Logicalis finding 64 per cent lack mature round-the-clock security operations.
The construction consultancy's next phase of growth will be led by an internal appointee as it expands across 44 offices in 30 countries.
The rollout could speed research and drafting for in-house lawyers while easing pressure from rising regulation and contract volumes.
The agreement will simplify IT support for more than 4,700 employees across six continents, as Dyno Nobel overhauls ageing systems.
The move strengthens DTCC's client-facing leadership as markets demand more support on trading, settlement and reporting complexity.
Airports and industrial sites stand to gain from the new brand, which brings autonomous towing and cargo-handling operations under one roof.
Fresh capital will fund Hackuity's push into Europe and Asia as firms struggle to prioritise a swelling backlog of vulnerabilities.
Greater access to European power distribution markets is at stake as Eaton adds COL Group's medium-voltage business and Italian factories.
Rising infrastructure work in Queensland has prompted the consultancy to expand its Brisbane team to more than 24 staff since 2021.
The move should help FOMO Pay tighten onboarding and fraud checks as it expands across markets with diverging rules and rising scam pressure.
Airports across Asia face a funding and design test as forecasts point to USD $1.3 trillion in regional capital needs by 2040.
New Zealand faces mounting espionage, cyber and terrorism risks, with Andrew Hampton saying communities and businesses must help spot them.
Passengers reached Israel safely after a wounded pilot opened the cockpit, helping crew foil an alleged attempt to crash a Flydubai jet.
