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October 15, 2025

Building Psychological Safety in the Workplace: A Practical Guide for Leaders

Most teams start out with people who want to help and speak up. Then something happens: an idea gets laughed off, a mistake gets punished, or a meeting shuts someone down. Bit by bit, people stop sharing what they see....

Experience KSA 2025 - Powering Vision 2030 Through Data, Technology & Human Insight

By David Dungay

October 15, 2025

Experience KSA 2025 – Powering Vision 2030 Through Data, Technology & Human Insight

On 15th October 2025, senior leaders from government, business, and technology will gather at the Crowne Plaza Riyadh RDC Hotel & Convention for Experience KSA 2025 — a strategic summit where data, technology, and human insight converge to accelerate Saudi...

By Geoff Spick

October 14, 2025

UKCXA Finalist, Overclockers UK Highlights Microsoft Copilot and PC Hardware

Looking through the list of UK Customer Experience Award finalists, one name popped out from among the list of B2B giants, banks, telcos and other luminaries. Overclockers UK appeals, largely to my early career as a video game/PC tech journalist....

The State of AI Fraud and Privacy Report, based on a survey of 300 fraud and technology leaders, paints a troubling picture of how AI has reshaped cybercrime. From phishing emails generated by large language models to automated bot attacks that mimic human behavior, fraud has become faster, cheaper, and harder to trace. Ninety-nine percent of respondents reported losses from AI-enabled attacks in the past 12 months, with the average annual cost per company sitting around $414,000. But the impact isn’t just financial—93% of fraud teams say operations have been disrupted, with many struggling to keep up with manual reviews and false positives. The strain is particularly visible in the B2B SaaS industry, where 62% of organizations have seen a sharp rise in manual fraud checks as bots overwhelm existing systems. Privacy Regulations Tighten the Net Adding to the challenge, privacy-first technologies are making it harder for fraud teams to do their job. Shifts like Apple’s Intelligent Tracking Prevention, along with VPNs and stricter browser privacy settings, have dismantled the digital fingerprints companies once relied on to verify users. More than three-quarters of respondents (76%) said these privacy tools have impacted their ability to detect fraud, and 40% claim identification accuracy has dropped significantly as a result. Banks Lag, Fintechs Adapt The financial sector remains the biggest target for AI-driven scams. Fifty-four percent of banks report facing AI-powered fraud attempts—the highest of any industry. Yet banks also appear slower to modernize, with just one-third exploring AI-based fraud detection tools. Fintechs, by contrast, are moving faster. Over half (52%) say they’re already testing AI-powered defenses. Still, nearly half have faced attacks involving synthetic identities or forged documents, a growing trend among cybercriminals using generative AI to create convincing fake profiles. SaaS Firms Feel the Weight of Scale For SaaS providers, the issue isn’t just detection—it’s scale. High volumes of logins and privacy-conscious users make it difficult to distinguish between real and fraudulent activity. That’s led to more credential stuffing, session spoofing, and bot-driven takeovers, all requiring time-consuming manual reviews. Two-thirds of SaaS leaders still express confidence in their tools but admit they’re struggling to manage the workload that comes with these evolving threats. Fighting Back with Privacy-First Identification Despite the mounting costs, companies are not standing still. The report found that 90% of organizations plan to adopt more persistent, privacy-compliant identification tools within the next year. This shift aligns with a broader industry move toward frictionless security—moving away from traditional passwords and multi-factor authentication in favor of device intelligence that can silently verify trusted users. As AI continues to blur the line between human and machine behavior, businesses face an uncomfortable truth: the smarter the technology gets, the smarter the fraud becomes. And for many, the bill has already hit seven figures.

By Sandra Radlovacki

October 14, 2025

AI Scams Cost Businesses Up to $1M a Year

Artificial intelligence is proving to be a double-edged sword for business. While companies embrace it to improve operations and customer experience, fraudsters are using the same technology to launch more sophisticated attacks, costing organisations serious money. A new report from Fingerprint...

The UK's New Shopping Habit Is Artificially Intelligent

By Sandra Radlovacki

October 14, 2025

The UK’s New Shopping Habit Is Artificially Intelligent

Once seen as a novelty, artificial intelligence has insidiously found its way into the everyday shopping routine of millions of Britons. And rightfully so, as its advanced features make the journey easier than ever before. It now compares prices, suggests...

By Geoff Spick

October 14, 2025

Cisco’s AI Readiness Index 2025 Reports “Mind the Gap”

The Cisco AI Readiness Index 2025 is out now, showing a widening gap between AI ambition and actual readiness. This survey of 8,000 global AI leaders, highlights two major trends shaping enterprise AI: AI Agents: 83% of companies plan to deploy...

Measuring Employee Engagement: The Roadmap from Data to Action

By David Dungay

October 14, 2025

Measuring Employee Engagement: The Roadmap from Data to Action

The symptoms of disengagement aren’t always dramatic at first. Deadlines slip slightly. Fewer people speak up in meetings. People stop challenging ideas and start protecting their own time. But, before long, the best performers are fielding recruiter calls, and costs...

By Geoff Spick

October 14, 2025

The Future of Customer Experience Beyond the Petrol Station Forecourt

Petrol/diesel/fuel/electric, whatever you put in your vehicle, there’s something vaguely depressing about the modern forecourt. Fortunately, it is due for an upgrade as smart solutions hit the pumps. That could help in the UK, where the one member of staff at...

By Geoff Spick

October 13, 2025

US Retailer Giant Eagle Revamps Loyalty Scheme

Legacy loyalty systems are just one element of business that weigh heavily on grocers and most other retailers. They’re expensive to maintain (writes someone with a Nectar card with all the numbers rubbed off), slow to adapt, and rarely deliver...

Gap Taps Google Cloud to Thread AI Through Every Corner of Retail

By Sandra Radlovacki

October 13, 2025

Gap Taps Google Cloud to Thread AI Through Every Corner of Retail

Gap Inc. is bringing artificial intelligence to the heart of its business. The retail group behind Gap, Old Navy, Banana Republic, and Athleta has entered a multi-year partnership with Google Cloud, aiming to reinvent how products are designed, marketed, and...