Digital Transformation

London and St Helier, Jersey – September 21, 2026 -- Bloomsbury Money Group has appointed Thomas Holst, a former SAP health-technology engineer with more than a decade of experience, as Chief Technology Officer to lead the build-out of its multi-jurisdiction banking platform.

Holst will unify fiat, digital assets and payment rails onto one platform

Holst joins from SAP's health technology ecosystem in Germany, where he spent 13 years building data-intensive, privacy-critical software for hospitals and research institutions and the cloud infrastructure supporting it. At Bloomsbury Money, he will oversee technology strategy, engineering and platform architecture as the group consolidates its multi-currency accounts, foreign exchange, cross-border payments and regulated virtual asset services onto a single infrastructure designed to operate under one standard of control across multiple regulatory regimes.

Southlake, Texas – September 21, 2026 -- Sabre Corporation (NASDAQ: SABR) has moved nearly 80 customers into piloting or full production on its Model Context Protocol (MCP) server, a year after launching the technology that lets AI agents book, sell and service travel directly on the company's data and inventory.

Sabre launched its MCP server in September 2025, a full year ahead of rivals now announcing similar agentic AI plans

The server acts as a connective layer allowing AI agents to transact directly against Sabre's travel data and inventory. Clients using the technology include Virgin Australia, Flight Centre, and Internova — spanning its Global Travel Collection, Nexion, ALTOUR and Travel Leaders Network brands — with the company citing real bookings and cost savings already realized.

Seattle – September 21, 2026 -- Convera and JustLogin have partnered to embed regulated cross-border payroll and business payment capabilities directly into JustLogin's HR platform, enabling companies to initiate payments in up to 16 currencies across Singapore and Southeast Asia.

Partnership targets $105 billion regional B2B payments opportunity

Southeast Asia's B2B payments market was valued at approximately USD 44.5 billion in 2024 and is projected to exceed USD 105 billion by 2033, according to figures cited by the companies. The integration positions JustLogin's HR platform to capture a share of that growth by letting customers manage payroll disbursement without leaving their existing workflow.

Singapore – September 21, 2026 -- 01F Group has made an investment in DANA, Indonesia's leading digital e-wallet and financial services platform, through its growth-stage fintech private equity arm, 01Fintech. The deal deepens 01F Group's exposure to Southeast Asia's fintech sector as Indonesia's digital payments market is projected to approach USD 1 trillion by 2030.

DANA's platform reaches millions of users across Tier 2 to Tier 4 regions

DANA operates an integrated digital financial ecosystem serving consumers, merchants and financial institutions, with particular penetration among micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) outside Indonesia's major metropolitan centers. Founded in 2018, the platform combines digital payments, QRIS transactions, money transfers and AI-powered financial tools.

Beijing – September 21, 2026 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping has ordered sustained expansion of advanced manufacturing, calling for smart, green and integrated industrial upgrading to strengthen supply-chain self-sufficiency, according to instructions conveyed at a national conference on advanced manufacturing in Beijing reported by Xinhua News Agency.

Xi, who also chairs the Central Military Commission, said industrial chains must become more self-supporting and risk-resilient while pursuing higher-quality development and greater security. Premier Li Qiang told the conference that developing advanced manufacturing must be treated as a major strategic task.

Shanghai – – September 21, 2026 -- Huawei Digital Power unveiled a full-stack portfolio of grid-forming and AI-integrated energy solutions at the 4th International Digital Energy Expo, held September 15-17 in Shanghai, covering utility-scale PV, energy storage, microgrids, EV charging and AI data centers.

Utility PV solution debuts industry's first 1000VAC and grid-forming string inverter

The FusionSolar9.0 Utility PV Solution introduced what Huawei calls the industry's first 1000VAC architecture, first grid-forming string inverter, and largest 11MW smart transformer station. On September 21, 2026, Huawei's Smart I-V Curve Diagnosis solution became the first in the industry to pass the L5 certification, the highest level, from China General Certification Center.

Suzhou, China – September 21, 2026 -- AISpeech launched two new AI-driven audio products, the MC04 educational ceiling microphone and the MT200 multimodal audio-visual tracking box, at a global virtual event that drew more than 100 distributors and system integrators from North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East and South America.

Global partners join virtual Suzhou headquarters tour on September 17

The AISpeech Global Virtual Launch, held September 17 China time, gave international partners a direct look at the company's R&D operations and its solution set spanning smart mobility, IoT smart home, smart office, smart classroom and smart-space audio applications.

Shanghai – – September 21, 2026 -- Huawei unveiled a grid-interactive AI data center (AIDC) solution at HUAWEI CONNECT 2026, targeting maximum tokens-per-watt output as AI workloads strain power grids worldwide.

Huawei ties compute and energy infrastructure directly to grid stability

Hou Jinlong, Director of the Board of Huawei and President of Huawei Digital Power, opened the AIDC Facility Summit by outlining four design priorities: power acquisition, power quality, rack-level power and cooling, and faster engineering delivery. He stated that maximizing tokens per watt and minimizing cost per token will define the competitiveness of future compute factories.

Santa Clara, Calif. – September 21, 2026 -- Clivet debuted its next-generation magnetic levitation compressor and a full data center cooling portfolio at AI Infra Summit 2026, targeting thermal management gaps created by rising AI computing densities.

Dual-rotor compressor design targets variable AI workload conditions

The new compressor uses a DUO POWER BOOST dual-rotor variable-speed architecture with two-stage compression. Two rotors and their impellers adjust speed independently to adapt to different flow rates and pressure ratios, factoring in data center load variations, water temperature conditions, and system operating strategies into cooling source design.

Atlanta – September 21, 2026 -- Siemba, an offensive security provider, has been named a Sample Vendor for Penetration Testing as a Service (PTaaS) in three separate 2026 Gartner Hype Cycle reports, marking the third consecutive year the company has secured this recognition across all three publications.

Siemba earns placement across security operations, application security and XaaS research

The company was cited in the 2026 Hype Cycle for Security Operations, the Hype Cycle for Application Security, and the Hype Cycle for XaaS. The Security Operations report examines the growth of Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM) as a priority for enterprise security teams, while the Application Security report covers how AI transformation and agentic applications are reshaping enterprise risk. The XaaS report addresses the shift toward platform-driven, everything-as-a-service consumption models in IT.