Monthly Archives: February 2026

AI

AI agent speeds up fraud alert reviews

Fraud alert reviews just got a whole lot faster and easier for financial institutions. Banks and other financial institutions are facing an unprecedented wave...
Lupiya extends Series A to $11.25m

Lupiya extends Series A to $11.25m

Zambian neobank Lupiya, an AI-powered digital bank offering loans, payments and investments, has extended its Series A funding round to $11.25m, according to a...
Vivox AI

TransferMate deploys Vivox AI for global KYB

TransferMate has completed a full global rollout of Vivox AI’s next-generation Know Your Business (KYB) automation platform. The deployment marks a significant step in the...
Thrive Financial upsizes facility to fuel growth

Thrive Financial upsizes facility to fuel growth

Thrive Financial, a Virginia-based technology platform for point-of-sale financing of home improvement projects, has announced an upsizing of its financing facility with Macquarie Group. The...
OFAC

$1.7m OFAC settlement exposes sanctions gaps

In late February 2026, a prominent US educational institution agreed to pay $1.72m to the US Treasury to settle allegations that it processed tuition...
BIP Wealth secures strategic investment from CWC

BIP Wealth secures strategic investment from CWC

BIP Wealth, an Atlanta-headquartered registered investment advisor with more than $5.5bn in assets under management, has secured a strategic minority investment from Constellation Wealth...
adverse media

Smarter adverse media screening without noise

Adverse media alert fatigue is becoming a structural weakness in many AML and financial crime programmes. According to Opoint, when analysts no longer trust the...
Hypercore secures $13.5m Series A from Insight

Hypercore secures $13.5m Series A from Insight

Hypercore, a loan management platform for private credit funds, has raised $13.5m in Series A funding led by global software investor Insight Partner. The $13.5m...
Sherpas secures $3.2m seed to power AI in wealth management

Sherpas secures $3.2m seed to power AI in wealth management

Sherpas, an AI-native infrastructure platform for wealth management firms, has raised $3.2m in seed funding. The round was led by 1248, the family office of...
HYPR

HYPR unveils context-based identity verification

RegTech firm HYPR has introduced a new innovation called Context-Based Attestation, designed to strengthen identity verification beyond traditional checks. According to Crowdfund Insider, the new...

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