Excel stories
Anthropic rolls out 10 AI agent templates for financial services, with Microsoft 365 add-ins, new data links and banking workflow tools.
CollectivIQ expands its AI platform with model selection, image generation and team workspaces as chief executive officer John Davie backs multi-model use.
Logitech widens Logi Options+ support for MX devices, adding one-key switching, more Actions Ring controls and new plugins for Microsoft Office and Slack.
Finologee teams with Gresham to embed Control into Banking Orchestrator, automating depositary reconciliation for insurers, fund managers and asset servicers.
StructureFlow expands its AI platform to turn PDFs, diagrams and spreadsheets into editable legal and financial models for deal teams.
Anthropic brings Claude into Microsoft Word as a beta add-in, letting users edit tracked changes, check documents and draft in templates.
Datarails launches FinanceOS, a unified data layer and MCP link to AI tools, promising governed, real-time finance workflows at scale.
Microsoft launches Agent 365 and Microsoft 365 E7, blending AI agents, Copilot upgrades and security tools in a single enterprise push.
Microsoft shifts Copilot from assistant to AI agents and unveils the E7 Frontier Suite to bundle automation, security and governance.
Anthropic upgrades Claude Cowork with private plugin marketplaces, richer admin controls and Office-linked workflows for enterprise teams.
Anthropic launches Claude Sonnet 4.6 with major coding and computer-use upgrades, keeping pricing flat at USD $3 and USD $15 per million tokens.
Leadership and communication top 2026 workplace learning as employees prioritise human and business skills alongside rising AI adoption.
Anthropic launches Claude Opus 4.6, boosting coding, agent workflows and pro tasks with a 1m-token context window and benchmark gains.
Big banks and AI leaders signal they will layer new AI tools on top of, not instead of, core enterprise software systems.
Finance teams ditch manual spreadsheets for integrated, real-time platforms as tighter 2026 reporting demands reshape core processes.
Ireland's data and AI hiring market tightens as most professionals stay put, with firms planning bigger teams and stronger pay and development offers.
NE2NE rolls out expanded PDFFlex AI to turn complex payroll PDFs into structured data, cutting onboarding time and manual processing.
London fintech Stacks raises USD $23m to scale AI-driven finance automation as it launches Flux tool for faster close and reporting.
Finance teams clinging to spreadsheets risk cash flow chaos, poor forecasting and lost talent as automated AR tools rapidly raise the bar.
Kaleidoscope.com urges UK firms to treat mid-January as the real start of Q1 planning, warning December forecasts are built on distorted data.
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