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Bitget has published research with Block Scholes on using tokenised equities as collateral in a unified trading account. The study found that this approach cut required capital by nearly 49% in a model portfolio. Block Scholes examined how tokenised US stocks held alongside crypto derivatives could reduce the capital traders need to commit across separate accounts.

Mastek has been selected by Staffordshire County Council to deliver an Oracle Cloud transformation programme covering finance, procurement, human resources and payroll. The project will use Mastek's ADOPT-AI platform to create a single system for those functions at one of England's largest county councils. Staffordshire County Council serves more than 875,000 residents and runs services across education, social care, highways and community services.

E3G has warned that debt, energy security and climate pressures will dominate the IMF-World Bank Annual Meetings in Bangkok, testing how international financial institutions and their shareholders respond to mounting strain on developing economies. The meetings follow severe flooding in Bangkok and take place against a backdrop of fossil fuel supply shocks, rising borrowing costs and growing climate-related losses.

EY reported global revenue of USD $57 billion for its 2026 financial year, up 4.7% in local currency from the previous year. Revenue grew across all service lines and regions as the professional services firm expanded both its core audit and tax work and its AI-related business. Over the past five years, EY's compound annual growth rate was 8.3%.

Gartner expects global quantum computing revenue to reach USD $1.1 billion in 2027, after forecasting a market total of USD $869.9 million in 2026. Spending is rising even though the sector remains at an early stage and still faces technical and commercial hurdles. Progress in algorithm development, gate speeds and scaling also suggests breakthroughs are happening faster. Quantum computing spending is being driven by a mix of government interest, corporate research and early commercial use cases.

Microsoft has introduced a redesigned Copilot with new Home, Code and Autopilot features. The update also brings Word, Excel and PowerPoint functions directly into Copilot. Home and Code will roll out through its Frontier programme in the coming weeks, while Autopilot will expand to private preview by the end of the month. The changes reflect a broader push to make Copilot a single interface for chat, delegated work, software building and office productivity tasks.

FedEx Dataworks and Stripe have agreed a long-term strategic collaboration focused on financing and payments for small and medium-sized businesses. The first joint product is due to launch in early 2027. It will combine shipping data from the FedEx network with Stripe's financial systems. At the core of the arrangement is a plan to widen access to finance for smaller businesses that depend heavily on logistics.

Animoca Brands and Franklin Templeton have agreed on a strategic collaboration to bring tokenised real-world assets to the NUVA marketplace. The deal broadens the range of assets available through the platform backed by Animoca Brands. Under the collaboration, tokenised real-world assets will be added to NUVA, a vault marketplace co-incubated by Animoca Brands and Nuva Labs.

AIR and Minds by Animoca Brands have partnered with Reap and Pivota to develop identity-based agentic commerce, centred on AI agents making purchases on behalf of verified users. The arrangement is designed to let an AI agent prove a user's eligibility for offers or benefits, choose a product and merchant, and complete a purchase within limits set by that user.

Smart Communications has expanded its AI-assisted migration tools for enterprises moving off legacy communications systems. The changes are aimed at regulated organisations modernising customer communications and preparing to use AI more widely. The update focuses on two migration tasks that have often required extensive manual effort.