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























