Process automation stories - Page 3

Sixthfin debuts Closing in the UK, an AI-enabled tool to automate period-end account reconciliation and tighten financial close controls.

Xelix research warns large UK and US firms lose up to USD $53 billion a year to accounts payable errors, duplicates, missed credits and fraud.

Sage adds AI copilots, finance automation and supply chain intelligence to Sage X3, promising faster insight for mid-sized firms.

Zendesk promotes Craig Flower to chief operating officer, tasking him with accelerating its AI-first customer service and operations strategy.

Ignored ‘low-risk’ security alerts are seeding real enterprise breaches, with Intezer warning of dozens of overlooked threats each year.

Sage adds Copilot, AI agents and smarter automation to Sage X3, promising faster decisions for mid-sized finance and supply chain teams.

Oracle launches an AI agent platform for retail banks, blending autonomous agents and human oversight to automate and personalise services.

Discovery Consulting names SAP specialist Mark Miranda to spearhead NSW mid-market growth, targeting preferred partner status by 2028.

Salesforce denies axing 4,000 jobs for AI as critics question Agentforce reliability and the need for hard-coded fallbacks in workflows.

AI use has surged among Australian public servants, but rising data siloes and fragmented systems threaten to blunt productivity gains.

AI use in Australian payroll soars to 77%, yet more than a third of employers still doubt they are consistently paying staff correctly.

Event planners in Australia and New Zealand face tighter budgets, faster turnarounds and lingering doubts over AI’s place in their work.

Berlin-based Recare secures EUR €37m to scale its hospital AI agent, boosting discharge workflows in Germany and driving global expansion.

VEON will use MindBridge AI to scrutinise all financial transactions in real time, replacing traditional sample-based internal audits.

20i unveils Twentie, an AI assistant embedded in its hosting platform, offering account-aware support, reports and analytics with unlimited use.

WealthAi secures $1m pre-seed to scale its modular AI wealth platform for UK advisers, targeting system sprawl and manual workflows.

TeamSystem buys Spain’s AIG Classic to deepen its SME software reach and tap looming mandatory e‑invoicing rules across the country.

Enterprises ringfence AI spend as core infrastructure, racing from pilots to orchestrated, governed systems despite economic headwinds.

WEL launches a digital approvals platform that greenlights most home solar and battery connections across its NZ network in under five minutes.

Adeptia launches Automate for Retirement Benefits Enrolment to automate fragmented data intake and speed record-keeping enrolment flows.