Douzone Bizon said its fintech affiliate Techfin Ratings signed an MOU with Korea Credit Bureau to jointly pursue a corporate credit bureau business. The two companies plan to combine data, networks of financial firms and corporate evaluation capabilities to build a new system for corporate assessment and supply chain finance in South Korea. They also plan joint research, business model development, marketing and external communications.

Microsoft added three features for financial professionals to Excel Copilot: skills, plans and external data integration. Skills let users define processes Copilot will perform in Excel, while plans show a task list before Copilot changes spreadsheet data and allow users to approve or revise actions. After completion, change links appear in chat and AI edits are displayed with human edits. Copilot can also pull in external data from third-party platforms.