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Mistral

Mistral raises €3bn to make sovereign AI the frontier

Mistral, the Paris-based artificial intelligence company known for its open-weight large language models, has closed a €3bn Series D funding round that values the...
risk assessment

Risk assessments are missing the channel problem

Financial services once moved through channels that were easy to watch: branches, telephone banking, card networks and conventional payment rails. Compliance teams could monitor...
Chime to acquire Stride Bank for $590m

Chime to acquire Stride Bank for $590m

Chime, the Nasdaq-listed US FinTech, is set to acquire Stride Bank, N.A., its long-standing banking partner, for $590m as it moves to bring its...
AML

The hidden price of AML failure goes far beyond fines

Regulatory heat is intensifying across South Africa's financial sector, and headline-grabbing AML fines are only part of the story. A multi-million-rand penalty makes for...
SEON

SEON, Exist deepen Southeast Asia AML push

SEON has partnered with Exist Software Labs to extend its fraud prevention and anti-money laundering coverage across Southeast Asia. The tie-up gives Exist's client base...

News Stories

Revolut clears US hurdle on path to national bank

Revolut clears US hurdle on path to national bank

Revolut has taken a major step towards establishing a banking presence in the US after securing conditional approval from the Office of the Comptroller...
TIN validation vs matching: why the gap matters

TIN validation vs matching: why the gap matters

Tax Identification Numbers (TINs) underpin tax documentation and reporting across financial services. Whether institutions are collecting Forms W-8 and W-9, gathering CRS or CARF...
Chime to acquire Stride Bank for $590m

Chime to acquire Stride Bank for $590m

Chime, the Nasdaq-listed US FinTech, is set to acquire Stride Bank, N.A., its long-standing banking partner, for $590m as it moves to bring its...
Mastercard, Backbase push banks towards AI-native transformation

Mastercard, Backbase team up to accelerate AI-native banking

Mastercard, the global payments and technology company, and Backbase, the provider of an AI-native Banking Operating System, have partnered to help financial institutions move...
Why banks and insurers need one platform, not many

Why banks and insurers need one platform, not many

Most banks, insurers, wealth managers and pension providers still run their operations across a patchwork of disconnected systems, with product governance, market data, financial...

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