Abstract: Neural code models (NCMs) have demonstrated extraordinary capabilities in code intelligence tasks. Meanwhile, the security of NCMs and NCMs-based systems has garnered increasing attention.

South Africans are being warned about a fast-growing and highly dangerous form of digital fraud that is increasingly targeting people through their smartphones. Known as RAT attacks, these scams are ...

Dehan Scherman from Financial Wealth Holdings has raised concerns over the popularity of Buy Now, Pay Later options in South Africa, warning that they could lead many people into financial distress.

An independent review of the Customer Owned Banking Code of Practice has kicked off, with a public consultation now open and set to reshape conduct and consumer protections across customer-owned banks ...

Engineers in Silicon Valley have been raving about Anthropic’s AI coding tool, Claude Code, for months. But recently, the buzz feels as if it’s reached a fever pitch. Earlier this week, I sat down ...

Anthropic’s agentic tool Claude Code has been an enormous hit with some software developers and hobbyists, and now the company is bringing that modality to more general office work with a new feature ...

British lender Lloyds Banking Group is claiming bragging rights for completing the first U.K. gilt purchase using tokenized deposits, or blockchain representations of fiat currency bank deposits.

Three in 10 consumers have used Pay by Bank in the past year, but despite growing awareness, the payment method remains a niche option rather than a mainstream alternative to cards. A PYMNTS ...

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) is going all out to use artificial intelligence (AI) in all parts of its business, moving beyond using AI as a tool to deploying AI agents that will work ...

Open banking has made leaps forward in recent years. It currently accounts for over 31 million monthly payments, 13.3 million regular users and £4.1bn to the UK economy. But to level up and reach its ...

NewtekOne, established in 1998, recently acquired a manual, single branch New York City-based bank, and by utilizing technology, people, and process, has transformed what is now known as Newtek Bank, ...

Japan’s top banks plan to launch a joint yen-based stablecoin using MUFG’s Progmat platform to modernize payments and corporate settlements. Three of Japan’s largest banks reportedly plan to jointly ...