Rory Bathgate

ING Spain is closing in on purchasing a 40 per cent stake in the Singular Bank, a move that would bring it into the private banking sector in Spain for the first time, according to Reuters.

Microsoft has announced a new operating business intended to help customers deploy AI and realise return on investment with the technology, backed by a $2.5 billion investment.

The US FinTech Fiserv is exploring the sale of its debit card payments infrastructure and has spoken to major US banks, according to Reuters, amid ongoing financial difficulties.

Archie Norman, chairman of Marks & Spencer (M&S), has said that the cost of taxes and employing workers is preventing businesses from investing as much as they could in the UK.

UniCredit has announced it now holds 47.59 per cent of the German lender Commerzbank, after its voluntary share exchange offer closed.

JPMorgan Chase (JPMC) has appointed Michael Flynn as head of small-cap investment banking, as the firm expands its offerings to smaller enterprises and corporate clients.

Chinese researchers say they have overcome one of the trickiest problems of battery chemistry by developing a special gel.

OpenAI has announced the general availability of its GPT-5.6 models, which it has claimed offer best-in-class coding, knowledge work, and cybersecurity performance alongside more affordable AI outputs.

Bodycare has appointed Charles Denton as its first chief executive and president since the firm went into administration and closed its 147 stores.

Over a year on from the biggest cyber attacks against British retail, Retail Systems associate editor Rory Bathgate examines the incidents and asks experts what lessons retailers have learned