Tagged: google cloud

October 29, 2026 @ 8:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Google Cloud has publicly outlined a new Multi-party Compute (MPC) platform designed to support institutional custody of digital assets, with a particular focus on Bitcoin. The service, currently available in preview, reportedly enables multiple parties to collaboratively authorize and sign blockchain transactions without any single… Read More

October 23, 2026 @ 5:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

European financial supervisors have reached out to Google following a significant cloud computing disruption earlier this week that temporarily disabled online services at multiple major banks. The outage, which occurred on Tuesday and persisted for several hours, stemmed from a power-related incident at a third-party… Read More

August 26, 2026 @ 8:25 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Google Cloud has introduced a specialized artificial intelligence solution tailored for professionals in the financial sector, marking a significant step in applying advanced agentic technology to regulated industry workflows. Announced on August 25, 2026, the offering—known as Gemini Enterprise for Financial Services—targets capital markets and… Read More

November 12, 2025 @ 10:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Hexaware Technologies (NSE: HEXT), an international provider of IT solutions and services, announced the launch of new insurance solutions developed exclusively for Google Cloud. The offerings strengthen Hexaware’s collaboration with Google and reflect a focus on accelerating digital transformation via automation, AI, and scalable cloud-native… Read More

October 15, 2025 @ 10:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Klarna (NYSE:KLAR), the global digital bank and flexible payments provider, and Google Cloud announced a strategic, AI-focused partnership to accelerate tech advancements, creativity, and customer-centric solutions to BNPL Fintech firm Klarna’s  consumers worldwide. Klarna will leverage Google Cloud’s AI stack, from infrastructure, to platform, to models,… Read More

September 5, 2025 @ 9:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital bank Revolut is making moves to solidify its position as a global financial services provider while strategically delaying its transition to a publicly traded company. In a series of recent announcements, the company unveiled a share buyback program, deepened its partnership with Google Cloud,… Read More

June 25, 2025 @ 5:56 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Cloud outages, centralization, and data sovereignty were on Web3’s mind this week Google Cloud outage shows conflict between modern demands, older systems “(The recent) Google Cloud outage, which affected users and businesses across the globe, shows archaic systems crumbling under the immense pressure of modern-day… Read More

May 23, 2025 @ 10:19 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Google Cloud has unveiled a comprehensive suite of artificial intelligence (AI) initiatives aimed at accelerating Indonesia’s digital economy in support of the government’s Indonesia Emas 2045 vision. The move comes alongside the expansion of Google Cloud’s Jakarta region infrastructure to meet rising demand for enterprise-grade… Read More

May 16, 2025 @ 5:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

UniCredit, the pan-European commercial bank, and Google Cloud  announced the signing of an MoU outlining a 10-year agreement to accelerate UniCredit’s digital transformation. This collaboration will see UniCredit draw on Google Cloud’s best-in-class infrastructure, AI, and data analytics solutions to “streamline its digital architecture and… Read More

March 30, 2025 @ 10:54 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Blockchain and cryptocurrency executives comment on some of this week’s Web3 news. The removal of sanctions from Tornado Cash is a signal that crypto developers can innovate without fear of repercussions. “The recent decision by the US Treasury Department to lift sanctions against Tornado Cash… Read More

March 26, 2025 @ 3:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Further expanding their partnership, CME Group and Google Cloud announced that they are piloting solutions for wholesale payments and tokenization of assets. CME Group has reportedly completed the first phase of integration and testing of Google Cloud Universal Ledger (GCUL), a distributed ledger from Google… Read More

February 18, 2025 @ 9:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Corridor Platforms collaborates with Google Cloud in order to solve GenAI governance for banks. The partnership enables banks to deploy GenAI apps, leveraging Corridor’s GenGuardX platform for governance, compliance, and risk management Corridor Platforms, the enabler of AI governance solutions, announces a partnership with Google… Read More

November 3, 2024 @ 4:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Quantiphi, an AI-powered digital engineering company, announced a multi-year partnership with Google Cloud to advance enterprise adoption of generative AI and expand its product, engineering and resources to address the demand for Google Cloud’s AI technologies. The partnership builds on the companies’ history of accelerating… Read More

October 4, 2024 @ 12:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Paypal (NASDAQ: PYPL), EY and Google Cloud are said to be currently using Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) for B2B payments. More Fortune 500 companies are reportedly teaming up with Coinbase to explore crypto payments. With a 12-year record of custodying cryptoassets, the digital assets firm says tha… Read More

May 5, 2024 @ 9:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Sui, the Layer 1 blockchain and smart contract platform created and launched by the core research team responsible for building Facebook’s Libra and Diem projects, is collaborating with Google Cloud to support the future of Web3, via a partnership with Mysten Labs. This joint effort… Read More

April 12, 2024 @ 9:15 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Scotiabank announced an expanded partnership with Google Cloud, naming it the enterprise cloud platform of choice for the next phase of the Bank’s cloud acceleration journey. The bank will leverage Google Cloud technology “to enhance client and employee experience, strengthen Bank security, and adopt new… Read More

February 17, 2024 @ 4:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

A new report from Mambu, released in partnership with Google Cloud, highlights why banks must begin to “provide services for tech-empowered customers to avoid being left behind by tech-savvy competitors.” Research shows that banks “that successfully switch to a cloud core will be bigger, more… Read More

February 15, 2024 @ 10:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Admiral, a financial services company in the UK and part of the Admiral Group, has selected Google Cloud as a strategic cloud partner. Under the terms of the agreement, Admiral’s core insurance operations, “including insurance policy administration and digital systems, will now be powered by… Read More

February 11, 2024 @ 11:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

HSBC (NYSE: HSBC) announced a partnership with Google Cloud to accelerate climate mitigation and resilience through financing and support for companies in the Google Cloud Ready – Sustainability (GCR-Sustainability) program. GCR-Sustainability is a validation program for companies with solutions available on Google Cloud that help… Read More

September 23, 2023 @ 11:15 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Exabeam, a global cybersecurity firm that created New-Scale SIEM for advancing security operations, and a 2023 Google Cloud Technology Partner of the Year for Security – Analytics, announced it is expanding its partnership with Google Cloud in “the development of generative artificial intelligence (AI) models… Read More