Customer data stories
Growth in India and the Gulf is exposing weak customer data, with inaccurate records slowing onboarding, payments and fraud checks.
Enterprises will be able to move more sales, marketing and database data into BigQuery as Google adds connectors for SQL Server and Shopify.
Poor data is derailing AI projects and inflating delivery errors, customer service failures and compliance risks across organisations.
Boards are under pressure to curb staff use of ChatGPT and similar tools, as pasted data could expose customer records and source code.
The award spotlights a migration tool that could cut time, cost and errors for customers replacing ageing access control systems.
The in-house system is now the default in CoCounsel Legal, as Thomson Reuters seeks tighter control over accuracy and cost in high-stakes work.
Fake addresses are inflating discount redemptions and weakening email deliverability, costing merchants margin and trust in their data.
Many AI agents can already reach far more sensitive corporate data than staff, prompting Bedrock Data to add real-time access controls.
Organisations face a growing risk of silent data theft as criminals exploit cloud identities and credentials for extortion instead of encryption.
Brands are struggling to turn customer records into ad audiences, as tighter privacy rules and fragmented platforms slow activation.
Merchants are prioritising stock, data and software links over card acceptance as point-of-sale systems become part of daily operations.
Mortgage lenders could cut routine admin time as nCino's new tool lets AI agents act within existing permissions and audit logs.
Most lenders still lack the data quality and governance needed to trust AI, even as 76% use it for credit and fraud decisions.
Rising cybercrime is forcing Australian businesses to tighten checks or risk fraud losses, compliance breaches and slower onboarding.
Missing warranties and compliance papers could now delay claims and sales less often, as the New Zealand startup takes its property records tool worldwide.
The new scheme rewards shopping and app use, as IKEA New Zealand seeks to deepen loyalty in one of its fastest-growing markets.
Australians lost GBP £1.1 billion to scams last year, underscoring how banks now must protect customers' identities as well as their systems.
Financial institutions still face hidden fourth-party risks even after Microsoft, Google Cloud, AWS and Oracle were designated as critical providers.
Customers face heightened scam risks as Origin Energy investigates claims that a hacker accessed two million records and alerted regulators.
Malicious attacks are growing costlier as AI-generated elements feature in nearly a third of incidents, IBM's study found.