Standard Bank outperforms global rivals for innovation in hyper-personalisation and digital banking

Standard Bank outperforms global rivals for innovation in hyper-personalisation and digital banking

Funeka Montjane, Chief Executive Officer of Personal and Private Banking at Standard Bank Group. Standard Bank has cemented its status as an industry leader in hyper-personalisation, winning four top accolades at The Digital Banker’s Global Retail Banking Innovation Awards 2026 in Singapore. “Our clients remain at the centre of every solution we build. Smart…

Alibaba’s new AI model scores higher than OpenAI, Google rivals in coding ranking

Alibaba’s new AI model scores higher than OpenAI, Google rivals in coding ranking

Alibaba Group Holding’s latest artificial intelligence model has clinched a top-tier spot on a major global coding leaderboard, making the Chinese technology giant the only developer other than Anthropic to break into the ranking’s top five spots.Qwen3.7-Max, Alibaba’s latest AI model, scored 1,541 on the Code Arena ranking to claim the fourth spot globally, placing…