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Mastercard has announced a significant expansion of its consulting business with the launch of new practices dedicated to both AI and economics For more than two decades, consulting has been a key part of Mastercard’s customer engagements, enabling businesses to unlock value from their data and navigate rapidly-evolving industries. And now, the financial services giant has announced a significant expansion of its consulting business with the launch of new practices dedicated to AI and economics. These specialist divisions are aimed at helping clients across various industries to rapidly and responsibly advance the use of AI and address ever-shifting macro-economic forces and consumer preferences. What’s more, the…

Deloitte has enhanced its strategic alliance with Google Public Sector in a bid to help government and higher education clients solve complex problems Two of the biggest companies in the world have announced a major expansion of their ongoing partnership. Deloitte has enhanced its strategic alliance with Google Public Sector, a subsidiary of Google focusing on helping US public sector institutions accelerate their digital transformations. The pair are set to launch a portfolio of new solutions that combine Google Cloud’s leading AI and data analytics capabilities with Deloitte’s prowess in experience and engineering to boost constituent engagement, improve planning processes and drive better insights. It’s…

During this unprecedented era of rapid digital transformation, establishing a well-functioning ecosystem stands to benefit both employees and customers Has there ever been a more important time to establish an efficient digital ecosystem? A significant proportion of business leaders and other stakeholders would allege the answer to be ‘no’, especially given the era of immense digital transformation through which we are living, headlined by the dawn of generative AI. That’s without even considering the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the way certain working practices and expectations changed pretty much overnight as a result. Carsten Bruhn, President and CEO at…

Through the newly-launched Powered by Snowflake Funding Program, up to US$100 million is being invested in startups building Snowflake Native Apps Snowflake is putting its money where its mouth is when it comes to supporting the next generation of early-stage startups. Through the newly-launched Powered by Snowflake Funding Program, the tech giant is pouring up to US$100 million into startups building Snowflake Native Apps. The scheme features a host of leading venture capital firms, while AWS is fueling further growth and innovation by providing US$1m in free Snowflake credits on its platform over four years. “A new way to deploy enterprise applications is emerging as…

Chris Baron, Senior Vice President, Canada, discusses Global Payments’ approach to innovation and staying at the forefront of technology evolution Global Payments is a leading worldwide provider of payment technology and software solutions. The company operates both a merchant solutions business and issuer solutions business, positioning it to offer products and capabilities to clients across the payments ecosystem – from small and medium-sized merchants to large national and multinational enterprises and financial institutions. The merchant solutions business provides end-to-end, customised payment and commerce software and services to help merchants run their business from the front-of-the-house to the back-of-the-house more effectively.…

Banks across North America are prioritising investments in technology to modernise legacy systems and compete with non-traditional players Banks in North America have long lagged behind their global counterparts when it comes to adopting modern technology. But that trend appears to be shifting, according to the latest research from Temenos and The Economist, which finds banks in the region are betting big on technology to modernise legacy systems and compete with non-traditional players. Nine in 10 North American banks consider technology to be the biggest trend impacting their industry over the next five years, compared to 63% of banks globally. “The fear of…

IBM and EY have teamed up to launch EY.ai Workforce, an innovative solution aimed at helping organisations to integrate AI into their HR business processes HR could be about to change forever thanks to a groundbreaking new partnership bringing together two of the biggest companies in the world. IBM and EY have teamed up to launch EY.ai Workforce, an innovative solution aimed at helping organisations to integrate artificial intelligence into their key HR business processes. It marks a pivotal next step in the ongoing collaboration between these two industry heavyweights, not to mention a significant milestone as the power of AI is increasingly…

ManpowerGroup, Accenture and Johnson Controls are just some of the organisations to perform well in IG’s latest Ethical Performance Index (EPI) Businesses across the globe are increasingly mindful these days of the environmental impact their operations are having and the importance of upholding strong moral standards. And now, IG has attempted to assess which organisations are succeeding in this space by compiling a list of the most ethical companies in the world. In producing its Ethical Performance Index (EPI), researchers from IG examined various data and ranked global companies based on three factors: Ethics: The number of times they have appeared on Ethisphere’s…

Microsoft’s big-money purchase of Activision Blizzard, maker of gaming franchises including Call of Duty and World of Warcraft, has finally been completed Following a drawn-out saga which saw it forced to negotiate a series of tricky obstacles, Microsoft has officially sealed the largest deal in gaming history. The tech giant has purchased Activision Blizzard, maker of many of the world’s most successful and popular games, for an eye-watering sum of US$68.7 billion. It comes after the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority – which called a halt earlier this year due to fears of “reduced innovation and less choice for UK gamers” – decided it was…

Around eight in ten (79.2%) US respondents harbour negative thoughts about the state of their nation, compared to 55.1% of their non-US counterparts Pessimism about their country is today’s number one employee concern, according to the results of a new study carried out by meQuilibrium (meQ). Three-quarters (75.1%) of more than 4,500 surveyed workers reported feeling worse when they think about the state of their country, outweighing worries about money (45.8%), work (38.7%) and relationships (27.5%). Interestingly, a notable difference between US employees and non-US employees was detected by researchers. Around eight in ten (79.2%) respondents harboured negative thoughts about…