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Debbie is joining from Swift, the messaging network used for international transactions between banks, where she was the chief security officer. Debbie has worked for industry-leading financial services, technology companies, and top government organizations, where she has built and executed security strategies and implemented security programmes.

Visa today announced it has completed its acquisition of Featurespace, a developer of real-time artificial intelligence (AI) payment protection technology that prevents and mitigates payments fraud and financial crime risks. This will bolster Visa’s fraud protection capabilities and enhance security for its customers and consumers worldwide.

Temenos today announced that it has been named a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Digital Banking Processing Platforms, Q4 2024. According to Temenos, this reflects the flexibility and rich functionality of its comprehensive core banking solutions, which are further enhanced by a strong partner ecosystem and Temenos’ continued investment in innovation.

The Changing AI Landscape

Alibaba Cloud, the digital technology and intelligence backbone of Alibaba Group, has been recently named a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Public Cloud Platforms Q4 2024 report. Alibaba Cloud believes this designation recognises its depth of its cloud and AI offerings and strategy, its significant global presence, as well as the ability to provide its global customers with a wide range of products and services. This is the first time Alibaba Cloud has been recognised as a Leader among other significant public cloud platform providers in this report. 

Data is at the heart of Bank of Georgia’s operations, informing everything from its customer relations to product development. Using Cloudera to bring multiple data sources into one centralised location, the bank can provide intelligent and personalised customer experiences and effectively utilise data to drive innovation.

X Financial, a leading online personal finance company in China, today announced that it has entered into a repurchase agreement with a major shareholder on December 16, 2024, pursuant to which the Company will repurchase 6,349,206 American depositary shares ("ADSs"), representing 38,095,236 Class A ordinary shares of the Company, at a price of US$7.67 per ADS with a total repurchase price of approximately US$48.7 million (the "Repurchase").