IBanFirst connects Claude AI to Excel to turn spreadsheet into a live treasury agent

For a decade, treasury technology has promised more: more software, more platforms, more logins, all while the working reality for most finance teams has barely changed.
Windows Report

Microsoft Brings Custom Skills and Finance Data Connectors to Excel Copilot

Microsoft expands Excel Copilot with custom Skills, FactSet and Morningstar connectors, planning mode, and improved ...

Microsoft Copilot can now handle more of your finance work in Excel with reusable skills and data connectors

Microsoft added reusable Skills, new financial data connectors, and traceability features to Copilot in Excel, built specifically for finance teams.
SFGate

AI data centers, already harmful, appear to be creating their own microclimates

As global temperatures rise, data centers for artificial intelligence are creating “heat islands” that could have significant impacts on communities and their surrounding environments in the years to ...
Diginomica

How Create Music Group strikes the right note by placing data at the heart of the music-streaming process

As seen on diginomica passim, the music industry has a complicated relationship with data and AI. While there’s justifiable concern that emerging technology can be used to shortcut the creative ...
note

Seamless from Excel to PowerPoint! How Claude's 'Work across files' Automatically Turned Data into Slides

Claude descends into Excel! I tried organizing and analyzing business data in its entirety [Claude in Excel Beta Verification] verified the 4 basic functions of Claude in Excel using Q4 sales data ...
JournalofAccountancy

Create interactive dashboards with Excel PivotCharts and slicers

Q. How can I use Excel to turn static financial reports into interactive dashboards that decision-makers can explore? A. You can use Excel for creating interactive dashboards using PivotCharts ...
Neowin

Good news for Excel users: You can now import data from CSV files without Power Query

To make it easier to pull a .csv or .txt file directly into Excel without having to deal with Power Query, Microsoft is introducing two new import functions. Microsoft is making two new Import ...
ZDNet

Microsoft's new AI agents create your Word, Excel, and PowerPoint projects now

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The Verge

Copilot on Windows can now create Office documents and connect to Gmail

You can create Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files from the Copilot chat interface. You can create Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files from the Copilot chat interface. is a senior correspondent and author ...
BGR

Claude Can Now Create PDF, Word, And Excel Files For You

Anthropic on Tuesday announced a new Claude feature that some users should appreciate. The chatbot can now create files for you based on the instructions you provide in a prompt. Claude can generate ...