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Square expands credit card & adds Bill Pay feature
Fintech

Square expands credit card & adds Bill Pay feature

Small businesses can now use Square Credit Card to cover vendor bills, with 3% cash back on Bill Pay transactions and broader access.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Last month
Payouts.com & Replit expand partnership to speed builds
Software-as-a-Service

Payouts.com & Replit expand partnership to speed builds

The move could cut Payouts.com's product development cycle from months to days while keeping audit trails and PCI controls in place.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Last month
Firm360 launches AutoPrep for tax return automation
Software-as-a-Service

Firm360 launches AutoPrep for tax return automation

Tax season staff could save hours as extracted client data is pushed straight into return systems, reducing manual rekeying and errors.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Fri, 17th Jul 2026

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Conexiom launches AI-native Relay for order automation
Software-as-a-Service

Conexiom launches AI-native Relay for order automation

Manufacturers and distributors could cut manual retyping as the system handles messy orders from emails, notes and images, with visibility controls.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • 4 days ago
Appian honours Accenture, Deloitte & others in APJ
Digital Transformation

Appian honours Accenture, Deloitte & others in APJ

Public sector agencies and enterprises in Asia Pacific and Japan are using Appian partners to speed up workflows and cut manual work.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • 4 days ago
Xero expands AI tools for accountants & small firms
Software-as-a-Service

Xero expands AI tools for accountants & small firms

The update is aimed at cutting hours of manual bookkeeping for small firms as rivals race to embed AI into finance workflows.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 5 min read • Last month
SlateWorks wins ABBYY hackathon with mortgage AI tool
Manufacturing

SlateWorks wins ABBYY hackathon with mortgage AI tool

Mortgage lenders could soon automate file checks more quickly as SlateWorks' award-winning AI targets compliance-heavy reviews still done manually.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Last month
Massey researcher backs AI for low-resource languages
Data sovereignty

Massey researcher backs AI for low-resource languages

A new 100,000-sentence dataset could improve translation and classroom tools for Sinhala and Tamil, where AI support remains patchy.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 5 min read • Mon, 27th Jul 2026
Shufti launches Glocal Platform for compliance teams
Software-as-a-Service

Shufti launches Glocal Platform for compliance teams

Compliance teams facing fragmented systems may cut integrations and vendor sprawl as Shufti folds onboarding, screening and monitoring into one platform.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Fri, 24th Jul 2026
EazyPetition launches AI USCIS form platform in US
Software-as-a-Service

EazyPetition launches AI USCIS form platform in US

Immigration applicants and their advisers could cut repeated filing work and errors as the Texas legal tech firm rolls out its AI-assisted USCIS forms tool.

By Mark Tarre • 3 min read • Mon, 13th Jul 2026
Xero adds AI tools to JAX for small business finance
Software-as-a-Service

Xero adds AI tools to JAX for small business finance

The rollout aims to cut manual bookkeeping and speed cash flow decisions for Xero's 5 million customers worldwide.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Thu, 9th Jul 2026
Asia-Pacific digital economies face highest identity fraud
Data Protection

Asia-Pacific digital economies face highest identity fraud

Remote onboarding is leaving Asia-Pacific's most digital markets exposed, with Indonesia seeing the highest identity-fraud signals in Shufti's data.

By Sean Mitchell • 5 min read • Thu, 2nd Jul 2026

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Cygnet.One launches Agentic AI platform for accounts payable
Software-as-a-Service

Cygnet.One launches Agentic AI platform for accounts payable

Enterprise finance teams could cut invoice delays and payment risks as Cygnet.One automates tax checks, matching and approvals.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Last month
HP launches Print AI in New Zealand for home printers
Document Management

HP launches Print AI in New Zealand for home printers

Compatible home and office printers in New Zealand will now auto-fix awkward web pages, cutting wasted paper, ink and reprints.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 3 min read • Last month
HomeVault launches AI property records platform globally
Software-as-a-Service

HomeVault launches AI property records platform globally

Missing warranties and compliance papers could now delay claims and sales less often, as the New Zealand startup takes its property records tool worldwide.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Last month
Tencent launches digital Jingdezhen porcelain adventure
Gaming

Tencent launches digital Jingdezhen porcelain adventure

UNESCO status has spurred a push to open Jingdezhen's porcelain archives to researchers and the public through AI, datasets and a game.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Mon, 27th Jul 2026
PFU launches Ricoh scanners for shared office scanning
Digital Transformation

PFU launches Ricoh scanners for shared office scanning

Shared offices can now scan without a PC as PFU's new Ricoh models aim to speed up digitisation and cut setup time.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Fri, 3rd Jul 2026