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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...
ZeroRisk

ZeroRisk’s $10m bet on next-gen merchant cyber risk

ZeroRisk, the Dublin-headquartered cybersecurity firm that helps banks and payment providers manage cyber risk across their merchant portfolios, has closed a $10m Series A...
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...
Thailand

Thailand’s central bank moves to choke off digital fraud

The Bank of Thailand, the country's central monetary authority responsible for overseeing financial stability and payments infrastructure, is preparing to roll out a sector-wide...

News Stories

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...
Blee raises $20m to govern AI marketing content

Blee raises $20m to govern AI marketing content

Blee, an AI-first marketing compliance platform, has raised $20m in a Series A funding round designed to help legal, compliance, and brand teams keep...

Surely partners with Heka on flexible life cover

Surely, the life insurance brand from Certua Life, which it claims is the first new protection-focused life insurer to be authorised in the UK...

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