Commercial Bank of Dubai (CBD) announces strategic partnerships, collaborations and industry dialogue at Dubai FinTech Summit 2026. * CBD announces a collaboration with Microsoft, alongside strategic agreements with Silent Eight, Comarch, Zamp, Harvey, Sirion and Flank across AI, compliance, digital wealth, operational transformation and legal technology * DeFa by InvoiceMate named winner of the CBD FinTech World Cup Qualifier, progressing to the Grand Final at Dubai FinTech Summit 2026 * CBD leaders contribute to discussions on the future of finance, financial inclusion and Agentic AI at Dubai FinTech Summit 2026 Commercial Bank of Dubai (CBD) announced a series of strategic partnerships, collaborations and initiatives at Dubai FinTech Summit 2026, reflecting its focus on innovation, technology and customer-centric banking solutions. Held at Madinat Jumeirah, Dubai, the summit gathers industry leaders, policymakers, entrepreneurs and technology innovators to explore the trends, technologies and partnerships shaping the future of financial services. As Strategic Banking Partner of Dubai FinTech Summit 2026, Commercial Bank of Dubai is playing an active role across the two-day program. The VIP Lounge powered by Commercial Bank of Dubai has served as a focal point for meetings and discussions throughout the summit, providing a setting for stakeholders from across the financial services ecosystem to exchange perspectives on technology, innovation, payments, artificial intelligence and the future of banking. Dr. Bernd van Linder, Chief Executive Officer of Commercial Bank of Dubai, said: "Dubai FinTech Summit continues to strengthen the UAE's position as a global center for financial innovation by bringing together the organisations and individuals shaping the future of finance. As Strategic Banking Partner, we are proud to play an active role in these conversations and to contribute to the advancement of a more connected, intelligent and inclusive financial ecosystem." "The discussions taking place across the summit highlight the growing importance of collaboration between financial institutions, technology providers, regulators and entrepreneurs. Through our investments in digital transformation, artificial intelligence and Open Finance, alongside strategic partnerships with leading technology providers, we remain focused on delivering innovative solutions that create meaningful value for our customers while supporting the UAE's long-term vision for the future of financial services." Supporting the Next Generation of Fintech Innovation Ahead of the summit, Commercial Bank of Dubai hosted the CBD FinTech World Cup Qualifier, bringing together six fintech companies to present innovative solutions across areas including payments, financial services and digital innovation. The initiative forms part of the global FinTech World Cup program, which provides emerging companies with access to investors, industry leaders and international markets. Following the competition, DeFa by InvoiceMate was selected as the CBD qualifying winner and will progress to the FinTech World Cup Grand Final taking place during Dubai FinTech Summit 2026. The initiative highlights CBD's commitment to supporting entrepreneurship, innovation and the development of emerging financial technologies. Executive Discussions on the Future of Banking On the opening day, Dr. Bernd van Linder participated in the Global Plenary Session, "The Future of Finance: Fragmentation, Innovation and the Next Decade of Growth." The discussion explored how financial institutions are responding to evolving customer expectations, rapid technological advancement and the increasing importance of connected financial ecosystems. Commercial Bank of Dubai also contributed to the panel "Banking for Everyone: Shaping the Future of Accessible and Inclusive Finance," which examined the role of connected finance, ecosystem partnerships and digital innovation in improving access to financial services for individuals, entrepreneurs and SMEs. Partnerships Announced at Dubai FinTech Summit During the summit, CBD signed a series of Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) and agreements aimed at advancing the Bank's capabilities across artificial intelligence, compliance, digital wealth, operations and legal technology. To accelerate AI adoption across the organization, Commercial Bank of Dubai will support AI enablement and the development of innovative use cases across business functions supported by Microsoft. Commercial Bank of Dubai also entered into an agreement with Silent Eight to explore AI-powered name-screening solutions aimed at strengthening compliance processes, enhancing operational efficiency and supporting effective risk management. As part of its continued efforts in expanding digital wealth services, CBD signed a strategic collaboration agreement with Comarch AI Wealth to support the ongoing development of its digital wealth platform and investment offerings. The Bank also partnered with Zamp to advance operational transformation through intelligent automation and AI-driven solutions designed to streamline processes and improve efficiency across the organization. In legal technology, CBD signed a strategic agreement with Harvey, Sirion and Flank to deploy advanced solutions that support legal operations, strengthen governance frameworks and enhance contract lifecycle management capabilities. The agreements reflect CBD's continued investment in technology and strategic collaboration as it advances its digital transformation agenda. They also support the wider ambitions of Business Today the UAE 2031 to build a forward-looking, globally competitive economy underpinned by advanced technology and digital capabilities, while contributing to the continued evolution of the UAE's financial services sector. Commercial Bank of Dubai continues its participation at Dubai FinTech Summit 2026 through industry discussions, executive engagements and conversations at the VIP Lounge powered by CBD, including the session, "Core Banking, Rewired: How Leading Financial Institutions are Scaling Agentic AI".

Harvey to bring Jus Mundi's arbitration agent into legal Workflows - unite.ai. Reading Time: 2 mins read Harvey announced on November 4, 2026 a partnership to integrate Jus Mundi's Jus AI arbitration agent into its Assistant, Agents, Vault and Workflows products. The integration is intended for international arbitration and cross-border disputes teams, with global availability to joint customers planned by the end of 2026 at no additional cost. You may also like. Research connected to case files. The integration is designed to place specialist research beside the matter record. Once activated, a lawyer evaluating a client's position could draw on applicable awards, treaty practice and institutional rules, then test the resulting research against documents in the matter's Harvey Vault. The matter remains in Harvey, and findings can be carried into a memo, pleading or witness-preparation outline. Each authority links back to its source document on Jus Mundi's platform. Those results can be reviewed in the context of the matter's pleadings, exhibits and transcripts. Pinpoint citations support checking the underlying material before an answer is presented to a tribunal. Recurring disputes work covered by the integration includes preparing a Request for Arbitration, checking authorities while drafting, comparing exhibit bundles with precedent and identifying clauses that rely on superseded international rules. Arbitration sources and model design. Jus Mundi's source base spans investment and commercial awards, decisions, treaties, procedural materials and publications. Content relationships include the IBA and arbitral institutions including the ICC, AAA-ICDR, LCIA, SIAC, HKIAC, DIAC and Court of Arbitration for Sport. Secondary materials include the ICC Dispute Resolution Bulletin, ICSID Review and Redfern and Hunter on International Arbitration. Jus Mundi's Jus AI product page says Jus Mundi Data contains more than 125,000 case documents, awards and leading publications through more than 110 exclusive institutional and publisher partnerships. Its My Sources feature can search and analyze up to 10,000 user documents, with files secured and encrypted in a private Vault. Jus AI runs on Jus AI Tenet V5, which Jus Mundi describes as a proprietary large language model trained on arbitration and international law. Users can choose four reasoning modes - Auto, Light, Think and Deep - and inspect reasoning steps, check citations and follow links back to sources. Security and rollout. The integration will operate within Harvey's existing security, confidentiality and data-governance controls. Jus Mundi separately lists ISO 27001 and ISO 42001 certifications and a SOC 2 Type II attestation for Jus AI. The security provisions are central to a workflow that combines outside research with confidential case materials and private user documents. Access requires both a Harvey subscription and a Jus AI plan, and eligible firms must activate the integration through their Jus Mundi account team. The rollout therefore targets joint customers rather than every Harvey subscriber. Harvey Chief Business Officer John Haddock said the partnership responds to clients seeking deep domain expertise inside the platform where they manage important matters. Emmanuel Jacomy, a partner at A&O Shearman, said bringing the tools together would give arbitration teams a new way of working, with more time for client advocacy and strategic tasks. For arbitration teams, the key change is where the work happens: source research, citation checking and drafting are designed to share one matter context, reducing the handoffs between a specialist research platform and the case file.

Spencer West begins firmwide rollout of Harvey's legal AI platform - unite.ai. Harvey announced on November 3, 2026, that international law firm Spencer West has selected its legal AI platform for a firmwide rollout. The deployment covers more than 360 partners across 25 jurisdictions and follows a pilot and an extensive evaluation of the legal AI market. The rollout is now underway across Spencer West's international practice. Harvey supports the firm's lawyers in corporate, litigation and cross-border matters. Uses include researching legal questions, preparing drafts, analyzing contracts and reviewing documents, while AI-driven workflows address complicated tasks that arise repeatedly and aim to reduce the lawyer time they consume. Evaluation and pilot outcomes. Spencer West chose the platform after both the pilot and its broader market review. Its decision rested on the range of work Harvey can support, research adapted to particular jurisdictions, assistance for a global practice, and security and governance designed specifically for the platform. Those criteria bear directly on the deployment's international scope, linking research to the jurisdiction in which work is performed and placing support and governance alongside feature breadth in the adoption decision. Pilot participants among Spencer West's partners said Harvey helped them give more attention to strategic, high-value work. Peter Reeve, Harvey's UK country leader, said partners spent less time on labour-intensive tasks during the trial and directed more attention to advising clients strategically and addressing their needs. That is the operating change the firmwide deployment is intended to reproduce: less effort absorbed by repeatable work and more available for counselling clients. Spencer West's partner-led model. Spencer West's structure helps explain why the adoption is framed around lawyers' independence as well as common infrastructure. The firm characterizes itself as collaborative and entrepreneurial, with experienced lawyers contributing industry knowledge and advice grounded in clients' commercial concerns. Partners can develop independent practices but still draw on shared infrastructure, colleagues' expertise and the firm's international footprint. A shared AI platform adds common research and drafting tools within that model. AI's Role in the Firm's Growth. Simeon Spencer, Spencer West's senior partner and co-founder, said the firm sees AI's potential as much broader than efficiency. The technology is intended to build on its existing strengths and respond to evolving client needs. Its expected contribution is to help lawyers strengthen relationships with clients, anticipate new challenges and use their expertise across more of the business issues clients face internationally. That rationale makes the rollout part of the firm's plans to expand its capabilities and international reach, rather than solely a drive to complete existing tasks faster. Reeve said the combination of an entrepreneurial structure and experienced lawyers with a commercial outlook gives Spencer West a solid foundation for integrating AI. Harvey is also intended to help the firm serve clients across jurisdictions, widen the scope of its work and advance its international plans. Moving from a pilot to an international rollout makes the reported change in lawyers' focus the central issue: whether streamlining recurring work can create more capacity for commercial decision-making, strategic counselling and client relationships across a geographically dispersed, partner-led firm.