As enterprises accelerate the adoption of agentic AI and cloud-native architectures, Palo Alto Networks and Google Cloud have announced a major expansion of their long-standing strategic partnership, aimed at embedding security across the full lifecycle of AI development and deployment. The collaboration seeks to address a growing trust deficit in enterprise AI by combining Google…
Airpay Payment Services has secured authorisation from the Reserve Bank of India to function as a cross-border payment aggregator, completing its approvals under the central bank’s unified payment aggregator regime. With permissions now covering online (PA-O), offline (PA-P) and cross-border (PA-CB) categories, the Mumbai-headquartered firm enters a select group of payment players offering full-spectrum aggregation…
The global financial system has crossed a decisive threshold with the full migration to ISO 20022 for cross-border payments. The long-anticipated shift became effective on 22 November, bringing the industry’s coexistence phase with legacy MT messages to a formal close and establishing ISO 20022 as the mandatory format for all international payment instructions. The transition…
In a significant development in the Web3 security space, Cyberscope the blockchain audit and compliance arm of TAC InfoSec has entered into a strategic partnership with Collably Network, a rapidly growing Web3 launch-pad platform focused on token issuers and decentralized projects. Under the agreement, Cyberscope’s suite of audit, monitoring and KYC (know-your-customer) services will be…
When technology ceases to be a mere instrument and begins to think alongside us, the nature of enterprise itself transforms. Gartner’s Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2026 is not a catalogue of emerging tools it is a statement on power, resilience and the shifting anatomy of decision-making. It signals the rise of a cognitive…
In a decisive move to fortify India’s rapidly growing digital payments ecosystem, the State Bank of India (SBI) and Bank of Baroda (BoB) are set to lead the creation of a new, technology-driven intelligence entity the Indian Digital Payments Intelligence Corporation (IDPIC). Conceived under the guidance of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), the initiative…
The global outage at Amazon Web Services (AWS) last week, which disrupted thousands of businesses and critical applications across sectors, has reignited a long-overdue discussion on operational risk within India’s banking, financial services and insurance (BFSI) ecosystem. As Indian financial institutions deepen their reliance on cloud platforms, the event serves as a vivid reminder that…
The banking relationship has always rested on an invisible contract of trust — that the depositor’s money, and the legacy it represents, will be handled with transparency and fairness. From next month, that trust gains new legal scaffolding as the key nomination provisions under the Banking Laws (Amendment) Act, 2025 come into force. The amendment…
In a move that reinforces India’s digital payments revolution, ESAF Small Finance Bank (ESAF Bank) has partnered with Getepay to deploy Vega, the fintech firm’s next-generation payment switch. The collaboration aims to elevate transaction speed, scalability and security across ESAF’s digital infrastructure, marking a new chapter in inclusive and technology-driven banking. Developed by Getepay, Vega…
Financial markets, particularly stock exchanges, are increasingly becoming prime targets for cyber adversaries, both during peacetime and in periods of geopolitical tension. The National Stock Exchange (NSE) of India exemplifies this vulnerability, facing a staggering 150 to 170 million cyberattacks daily. During ‘Operation Sindoor,’ NSE saw these attacks escalate to 400 million in a single…
