Microsoft

225 results about this entity

Period: 05 Apr 2018 - 13 Nov 2025

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Commerzbank builds GenAI-powered virtual assistant

Commerzbank is working with Microsoft to use generative AI and avatar technology for a new virtual assistant in its mobile app.

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Nexi expands partnership with Microsoft

Nexi, the European PayTech, and Microsoft have strengthened their partnership for the digitisation of payments in Europe, first announced in July 2022.

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Ousted OpenAI boss to work for Microsoft

Sam Altman, the former CEO of OpenAI, the developer of generative AI platform ChatGPT, has resurfaced at Microsoft just days after he was pushed out by the board of directors.

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Singapore develops generative AI risk framework; digital money and ESG also to the fore

The Monetary Authority of Singapore has brought together banks and tech firms to develop a generative AI risk framework and is now exploring how the technology can be used in the financial services sector.

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BlueSnap partners with Microsoft ISV to strengthen e-commerce experience

BlueSnap, a global payment orchestration platform of choice for leading B2B and B2C businesses, has announced their partnership with Retail Realm, a multinational Microsoft ISV specializing in payments. BlueSnap’s Global Payment Orchestration platform will provide Microsoft Dynamics 365 users with the ability to create more dynamic global payment experiences for their customers, while increasing payment ROI for their business.

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Amazon Web Services and Microsoft cloud duopoly to be investigated by Ofcom

Historically, it could be argued that financial institutions were beholden to pick between AWS, Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure for all workloads due to availability, but with other smaller cloud providers offering private cloud fabrics, financial organisations are considering hybrid or multicloud options. However, Ofcom has an alternative view.

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UOB trials Microsoft 365 Copilot generative AI tool

Singapore-based bank UOB is set to trial Microsoft 365 Copilot, a generative AI-powered productivity tool, with several hundred employees.

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Finastra and Microsoft ink deal to modernise trade platforms

Finastra today announced a multi-year agreement with Microsoft focused on trade platform modernisation to address evolving corporate customer expectations.

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Big names join Brazil's CBDC pilot phase

Brazil's central bank has picked 16 proposals - from firms including Nubank, Microsoft, Visa and SETL - for the pilot phase of its Drex CBDC project.

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Microsoft and Aptos Labs partner to combine blockchain and AI for banks

Microsoft has teamed up with Aptos Labs on an effort to combine the power of AI and the blockchain to drive web3 into the mainstream.

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LSEG and Microsoft join forces to build generative AI models

The London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) and Microsoft are partnering with banks to form customised generative AI models.

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Microsoft adds more PayPal options

PayPal Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: PYPL) and Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT), today announced Microsoft's integration of PayPal's Pay Later solution in the U.S., U.K., Australia, Germany, France, Spain, and Italy.