Bank of England: UK economy risks ‘large and overlapping’ shocks April 1, 2026 The Bank of England has issued a major warning that the financial system is facing increasing risks of “large, frequent and potentially overlapping shocks” amid the volatility from the Middle East war‘ and ongoing market risks’s impact on energy and global markets. In the latest meeting of the central bank’s Financial Policy Committee top officials [...]
Options Technology Completes Acquisition of Crossvale, Expanding Private Cloud and AI Modernization Capabilities March 31, 2026 Options Technology (Options), the leading provider of institutional-grade infrastructure, market data, and managed services for global financial services, today announced the successful completion of its acquisition of Crossvale, a US-headquartered leader in application and platform modernization. The completed acquisition strengthens Options’ ability to help financial services firms modernize legacy environments, reduce technology debt, and accelerate [...]
For FSCS sake: Meet the body that protects Britain’s savers in a financial crisis March 30, 2026 As echoes of 2008 percolate through the banking system, the body that serves to protect Britain in a financial crisis says it’s ready to weather any storm. A combination of fears around private credit, the “stretched” value of artificial intelligence firms and more recently, concerns around a global energy shock, have made top bankers sound [...]
Next: Iran war costs retailer £15m and could push up prices March 26, 2026 High street giant Next has said it will take a £15m hit from the soaring air freight and fuel prices caused by the Iran war, as it races to make savings elsewhere to offset the costs. The FTSE 100 firm said it expects the conflict to constrain its growth in the Middle East, which accounts [...]
MiQ Acquires Adsmovil, Creating Largest Independent Programmatic Offering In Latin America March 25, 2026 Acquisition combines Adsmovil’s market-leading retail media, mobile and DOOH capabilities with MiQ’s AI-powered operating system to serve global brands across the region
HGS Brings Certainty to AI‑Led Transformation With Intelligent Experience March 25, 2026 Helping enterprises move beyond pilots to measurable results at scale
The AI panic about offices may be premature March 25, 2026 The AI Narrative vs Reality If you listened only to the headlines, you would think artificial intelligence (AI) is about to empty the office. Every few weeks brings another prediction that AI will replace huge swathes of white-collar jobs, with the inevitable conclusion that fewer workers will mean less demand for office space. On the [...]
Arm moves into chips as boss says firm will deliver silicon March 25, 2026 Arm boss Rene Haas said the company will begin delivering its own chips as it unveiled its first in-house processor, marking a major shift for the UK tech firm. “With today’s announcement, we’re expanding the Arm compute platform to include delivery of production silicon with our Arm AGI CPU,” Haas said. The Cambridge-based company revealed [...]
Clarity AI Partners with RiskThinking.ai to Deliver Market-Leading Physical Risk and Asset-Level Intelligence March 25, 2026 Clarity AI, the leading global technology platform for extra-financial intelligence, today announced a strategic partnership with RiskThinking.ai, the trusted provider of asset-level physical climate risk modelling. This collaboration integrates RiskThinking.ai’s granular asset-level data and advanced physical risk modeling into Clarity AI’s award-winning platform, insights, and native AI capabilities, providing financial institutions and corporations with unprecedented [...]
Autobrains Becomes First Automotive Company to Apply Agentic AI to ADAS and Automated Driving March 25, 2026 Autobrains’ patented Agentic AI architecture is now deployed with global automotive partners