FICO (NYSE: FICO): Global analytics software leader FICO has announced its findings from the 2025 FICO Consumer Survey: Fraud, Identity and Digital Banking South Africa, which show a rising trend in financial dishonesty among consumers under pressure. Twenty-six percent of South Africans say it’s acceptable in some circumstances to exaggerate income on a loan application, while 22% say inflating income for a mobile phone contract is considered normal. This behaviour reflects increasing fina...
PhotonPay, an AI-powered financial infrastructure platform, has entered a strategic partnership with Thredd, a leading global payments processor, to strengthen the underlying issuer processing architecture of PhotonPay Card globally. This collaboration allows PhotonPay to further refine its card product capabilities—including advanced card expense controls, faster settlement routing, and tokenized payments—providing customers with a more secure, streamlined, and flexible payment experience ac...
Global sports company PUMA has renewed and extended its partnership early with HYROX, the World Series of Fitness Racing, which is expected to draw more than 1.3 million participants around the world this season. Until 2030, PUMA will provide official sportswear for HYROX, featuring shoes with industry-leading NITRO™ technology, and become the exclusive title partner for the HYROX World Championships. PUMA has also signed three additional elite HYROX athletes as global brand ambassadors. This ...
L&T Technology Services Limited (BSE: 540115, NSE: LTTS), a global leader in AI, Digital & ER&D Consulting Services, today announced a major milestone in its Sustainability segment with the signing of a $100 million multi-year agreement with a US-based industrial equipment manufacturer catering to the semiconductor value chain. Under the terms of the agreement, LTTS will support the clients’ initiatives across new product development, sustenance engineering, value engineering, and...
Pharmanovia today announced the appointment of Stephan Eder as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Pharmanovia, effective today. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20251001710846/en/Stephan Eder, CEO Stephan is a highly experienced leader, with over two decades leading teams and businesses in senior roles in multi-national pharma. Most recently, he served on the Executive Committee at Stada, a private equity backed company fo...
Conga, a leader for AI-powered innovation in configure, price, quote (CPQ), contract lifecycle management (CLM), and document automation, today announced it has agreed to binding preliminary terms to acquire the B2B business of PROS Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: PRO) (“PROS”) from certain investment funds affiliated with Thoma Bravo. Conga expects a definitive agreement regarding the acquisition of PROS’ B2B business to be finalized in connection with the closing of Thoma Bravo’s acquisition of PROS an...
SymphonyAI, a global leader in vertical AI product platforms, and AML Intelligence, the leading source of news and insight for the financial crime compliance community, today released the FinCrime Frontier 2025–26 Report. The landmark study defies conventional industry narratives: rather than seeing evolving compliance expectations as a burden, a majority of financial institutions now cite them as the primary opportunity and catalyst for modernization. A sector ready for transformation - if i...
Overall display area demand is projected to grow 6% year-over-year in 2026, according to Omdia’s Display long-term demand forecast tracker. While unit growth is expected to decline by 2% due to uncertainty surrounding US import tariff policies and a slowing economic growth rate, area growth is expected to remain robust, driven by increased demand for large displays. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20251111880508/en/Disp...
Global communications platform Infobip forecasts over 3.9 billion messages exchanged between brands and customers this shopping season, marking a 15% increase year on year. This reflects how AI, mobile commerce, and rich messaging channels are powering more personalized shopping experiences. Rich Communication Services (RCS) will be the fastest-growing channel in 2025, with volumes rising 161% on Black Friday and 269% on Cyber Monday worldwide. SMS remains the leading retail channel with near...