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AI is becoming standard in CX; execution is becoming the differentiator. The competitive gap is shifting from who has the most AI features to who can connect intelligence across customer context, enterprise systems and workflows to resolve outcomes end to end.

The Twimbit AI-CX Vendor Landscape 2026 therefore evaluates vendors across both AI capability and innovation and market execution and adoption, revealing who can turn AI from impressive technology into scalable enterprise impact.

AI-CX Vendor Landscape 2026

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Hong Leong Bank, Malaysia's fifth-largest banking group by assets and fourth-largest by market capitalisation, operates 232 branches and over 1,000 self-service terminals across Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong and Vietnam. Disciplined cost management has driven a steady improvement in its cost-to-income ratio over recent fiscal years, while net interest margin has held broadly stable on the back of loan and financing portfolio growth across key business segments.
Digital adoption sits at the centre of Hong Leong Bank's strategy, with millions of users now active across its HLB Connect mobile app and online banking platform, and the large majority of banking transactions now completed digitally rather than in branch. Business-focused tools such as ConnectFirst target regional SME growth, while a streamlined online account application process has cut onboarding time for new-to-bank business customers from days to minutes.
A separate app enables business owners to accept customer payments through multiple QR code standards, reflecting a broader push to make digital banking practical for small and medium enterprises rather than retail customers alone.
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<li>Trends in ICT spending relative to peer Malaysian banks such as RHB and Maybank</li>
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Retail and SME banking strategists across Southeast Asia will find a detailed account of how a mid-sized regional bank is scaling digital-first banking.

HLB: Creating a digital-first future with innovative technology 

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Managed access to Chinese frontier AI models is reshaping enterprise AI strategy. The arrival of Moonshot AI’s Kimi K3 on Amazon Bedrock signals a shift in how large organizations approach AI model selection, procurement, and governance. Enterprises can now leverage advanced, open-weight Chinese AI through familiar AWS APIs, billing, and security frameworks, reducing operational friction and enabling new options for cost management and deployment flexibility.Kimi K3’s integration with Amazon Bedrock introduces prompt caching and supports multi-model architectures, allowing organizations to distribute workloads between open-weight and proprietary models based on cost, complexity, and business needs. This development prompts a re-examination of AI infrastructure, balancing performance, cost efficiency, and governance across diverse use cases.Key considerations for CIOs, CFOs, and CISOs include model provenance, licensing, regulatory compliance, and data residency—especially as regional availability and legal obligations differ across the United States, Europe, and Asia Pacific. The managed environment provides strong infrastructure-level security, but enterprises must still evaluate the governance of Chinese-origin models before adoption.<ul><li>Explores managed deployment options for open-weight AI on AWS</li><li>Assesses security, compliance, and procurement implications</li><li>Compares regional constraints and opportunities for global enterprises</li></ul><blockquote>How will the availability of Chinese frontier AI models like Kimi K3 on Amazon Bedrock change enterprise AI procurement and governance strategies?</blockquote>

The Managed Front Door to Chinese Frontier AI: What Kimi K3 on Amazon Bedrock Means for Enterprise Buyers

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AI compute and chips are undergoing rapid transformation as enterprises shift from a focus on peak training performance to a more nuanced approach that weighs workload requirements, utilisation economics, and infrastructure flexibility. The landscape now extends beyond general-purpose GPUs to include hyperscaler-designed silicon, specialised processors, and regionally controlled architectures. This evolution is driven by growing demand for inference, AI agents, real-time applications, and distributed deployment models, all of which are reshaping how compute is sourced and deployed.Key considerations now include not only processing power, but also cost per workload, energy efficiency, software compatibility, supply resilience, and long-term adaptability. Enterprises must evaluate chip architectures and suppliers across technical, financial, strategic, and operational dimensions, with an increasing emphasis on matching infrastructure to specific application needs rather than standardising on a single chip type.<ul><li>Coverage of general-purpose GPUs, custom cloud silicon, inference specialists, and regional AI chip providers</li><li>Analysis of workload-driven procurement strategies for AI infrastructure</li><li>Examination of supplier risk, software lock-in, and multi-chip strategies</li></ul>For CIOs and technology leaders, the central question is no longer which chip is the fastest, but which combination of compute, software, and supplier ecosystem best supports evolving business and AI workload requirements.<blockquote>How are enterprise AI infrastructure decisions shifting from performance-led to workload-led strategies, and what forces are redefining the AI chip market?</blockquote>

AI Compute & Chips​: Trends and analysis in a fast-evolving market​

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