About Karen Joy
Karen Joy Bacudo
Finance Editor
Karen wears two hats at TechDay, balancing her role as an editor while assisting with finance tasks. She bridges writing content and reconciling numbers to support the team, with the same level of accuracy and precision.
Stories by Karen Joy - Page 4
MSCI to acquire Compass to boost multi-asset indexes
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risk & compliance
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data management
MSCI is buying Compass Financial Technologies to deepen its multi-asset and crypto index capabilities and expand bespoke benchmark services.
Celonis users save USD $10 billion with AI operations
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manufacturing
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data analytics
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digital transformation
Celonis says its process intelligence platform has helped customers save USD $10 billion by underpinning AI-driven operations and automation.
Nory opens New York base to power AI for US eateries
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saas
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data analytics
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digital transformation
Irish-founded Nory opens a New York HQ to spearhead a US rollout of its AI platform aimed at cutting costs for pressured restaurants.
Rainforest adds PayPal to unify vertical software checkout
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crypto
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fintech
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cx
Rainforest adds PayPal, Venmo and PayPal Pay Later to its unified checkout for vertical software, aiming to shift users from cash and cheques.
British Business Bank backs Wayve with £25m investment
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cartech
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ai
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ai ethics & governance
British Business Bank invests GBP £25m in Wayve as part of a USD $1.2bn Series D, backing UK autonomous driving and AI scale-up ambitions.
Tariffs, AI, new trade routes reshape supply chains
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hyperscale
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fintech
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blockchain
Tariff hikes, AI adoption and regional supply chains are redrawing global trade as firms diversify sourcing and tighten working capital.
ShiftCare earns USD $20,000 via Xero referral push
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fintech
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partner programmes
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financial systems
ShiftCare nets over USD $20,000 from Xero referrals after baking accounting recommendations into onboarding and in-app workflows.
Xero adds AI invoicing tools to help payments land
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fintech
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cx
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martech
Xero unveils AI-powered invoicing and payment tools, promising to cut late payments and ease cash-flow strain for small businesses.
Xero adds richer credit note webhooks for developers
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fintech
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financial systems
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xero
Xero rolls out richer credit note webhooks so developers can ditch heavy polling, cut API traffic and get faster, event-driven updates.
Xero Power Lists boost app discovery, developer reach
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fintech
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financial systems
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erp
Xero launches App Store Power Lists to spotlight top referred apps, boosting discovery for small businesses and reach for developers.
Telgea raises USD $5m to expand global mobile platform
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uc
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paas
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digital transformation
Telgea raises USD $5m led by Telenor to scale its unified global mobile platform for operators and multinational enterprise customers.
Linux report shows open source giving fivefold returns
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virtualisation
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devops
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digital transformation
Linux Foundation research finds active open source contributors gain up to a fivefold ROI, while passive users rack up hidden technical debt.
GenAI drives USD $4.96 trillion global IT spend by 2026
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datacentre infrastructure
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digital transformation
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hyperscale
Generative AI surge set to push global enterprise IT spend to USD $4.96tr by 2026, as services and cloud outpace hardware and comms.
BPC named tech leader in 2025 SPARK Matrix ranking
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paas
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crypto
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fintech
BPC has been named a technology leader in QKS Group's 2025 SPARK Matrix for merchant payment platforms, recognising SmartVista's breadth.
Cato Networks' ARR surges past USD $350m amid SASE boom
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firewalls
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network infrastructure
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hybrid cloud
Cato Networks' ARR jumps 43% to top USD $350m as enterprises flock to its SASE platform and investors pour in more than USD $1b.
Oxford study to shape UK's future open finance regime
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digital transformation
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fintech
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blockchain
Oxford's Saïd Business School and Raidiam will design and test rival models to underpin the UK's future open finance and smart data regime.
TMF boosts margins by GBP £32m with Enate platform
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digital transformation
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cx
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martech
TMF reports GBP £32 million margin boost after deploying Enate's orchestration platform to streamline services and expand automation.
Myriad360 buys Advizex to build AI-led IT platform
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hybrid cloud
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digital transformation
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hyperscale
Myriad360 buys Advizex, creating a global AI-focused IT services platform with more than USD $900 million in annual run-rate revenue.
Monzo launches free in-app tax tool for sole traders
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fintech
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financial systems
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risk & compliance
Monzo launches a free in-app tax tool for sole traders and landlords as Making Tax Digital rules tighten ahead of phased rollout from 2026.
GSMA unveils global fund for green mobile innovation
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digital transformation
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iot
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supply chain
GSMA launches global Green Transition fund, offering GBP £100,000-£200,000 grants for mobile-led clean energy and circular device projects.