Australian stories

Ant International and Citi are targeting Australian export SMEs with a real-time PayTo option, aiming to ease cash flow and speed cross-border top-ups.

Australian manufacturers are being pushed to tighten oversight of labour hire, casual staff and payroll systems as modern slavery rules widen scrutiny at home.

CommBank deploys agentic AI to uncover emerging fraud and scam patterns, generating detection rules across 80 million daily payment signals.

Australia's AI data-centre boom could be tamed by real-time streaming, cutting power use as batch processing pushes energy costs higher.

World IP Day spotlights how sports brands' trademark wars, NFT disputes and licensing fights underpin billions in commercial value.

Semperis broadens Purple Knight scanning to help public sector and defence teams assess hybrid identity risks in high-assurance US government clouds.

Elastic brings native Prometheus ingestion and PromQL to Kibana in technical preview, aiming to simplify incident response for SREs.

Elastic and Google add AI-driven threat detection to air-gapped cloud systems as defence and government customers seek tighter data sovereignty.

Pepperstone Crypto says digital assets are moving into the mainstream as regulation, ETFs and younger investors reshape how traders access markets.

Australia's online gambling operators face tighter identity checks as regulators intensify scrutiny over fraud, money laundering and responsible gaming.

GapMaps names Peter Holmes Chief Executive Officer as Melbourne software company steps up global expansion and investment in AI-driven location intelligence.

Coach Logic lands Basketball Australia and Football Association of Ireland deals as its new AI platform targets coach development.

Queensland researchers find large language models can show partisan bias in hate-speech moderation, despite similar overall accuracy.

Getac's G140 rugged tablet lands in Australia and New Zealand with AMD chips, AI-ready power and field-first features for frontline workers.

Granicus has honoured seven Australia and New Zealand public sector projects for measurable gains in citizen engagement, service delivery and transparency.

White Rook Cyber gains CREST accreditation as defence and critical infrastructure buyers seek certified penetration testing providers.

Australian regulators formalise joint action on age checks and digital harms as privacy watchdog and eSafety align oversight of platforms.

Coro elevates Benjamin Morrell to Vice President of Security Strategy as it ties product design more closely to internal operations and AI-led protection.

EIP and Nexacore team up to offer insurers and retailers a single device protection route across Southeast Asia and Australia.

Cerillion's first-half trading was boosted by a GBP £42.5 million Omantel deal, sending new orders higher and setting up a stronger second half.