The next stage of AI-powered commerce may not stop at product recommendations. AI agents are increasingly being designed to search, compare and eventually transact on a consumer’s behalf, putting banks and payment networks under pressure to make autonomous purchasing both useful and trustworthy. DBS Bank (Hong Kong) is responding on two fronts: continuing its work…
Accounting firms are increasingly becoming technology buyers, investors and product testers as artificial intelligence reshapes how tax, audit, advisory and professional services work gets delivered. Aprio, the 20th-largest business advisory and accounting firm in the U.S., is formalizing that strategy with Aprio Ventures, a corporate investment program focused on AI, automation and enterprise software. The…
AI is lowering the barrier between having a digital idea and actually building it. Tencent Cloud’s 2026 “AI CAN DO IT” Game Development Hackathon is putting that shift to the test, with 10 finalist teams from Hong Kong and Macau presenting AI-powered games, cultural experiences and social-impact projects at a regional Demo Day. The competition…
Bitmine Immersion Technologies is doubling down on Ethereum as an institutional digital-asset strategy, reporting $11.4 billion in combined cryptocurrency, cash, marketable securities and private-company investments as of August 16, 2026. The company now holds 5.82 million ETH, equivalent to about 4.8% of Ethereum’s reported circulating supply, while continuing weekly purchases, staking and share buybacks. Bitmine’s…
Yiren Digital is moving beyond isolated AI deployments with a shared enterprise architecture designed to reuse models, agents and workflows across its financial-services businesses. The company says the approach is helping it turn AI developed for credit, insurance and other functions into a repeatable operating capability spanning risk, customer operations, marketing and compliance. The next…
