Retail investment and preparing for retirement is gaining traction in the Middle East. For Fredrik Davéus, CEO and co-founder of Kidbrooke, this isn’t just a simple market trend, but instead it is a “structural shift.” He explained, “You have a young, digitally native population, strong economic growth in key hubs like the UAE and Saudi Arabia and increasing regulatory support...

As the Netherlands' pension sector navigates its Wet toekomst pensioenen (Wtp) transition, a growing body of regulatory guidance and independent research suggests that the industry's default approach to participant communication is producing dangerously skewed expectations. Kidbrooke, the financial forecasting infrastructure firm, has outlined why simply showing participants optimistic projections is no longer fit for purpose — and what a...

The Nordic region is among the most cashless in the world, with cash accounting for fewer than 5% of all transactions in Norway and Sweden, and just under 10% in Denmark. While this digital shift brings convenience, it has also made the region an increasingly attractive target for fraudsters, with attempted fraud reaching unprecedented levels in recent years. Tieto, which...

Global FinTech funding continued its strong surge over the past two weeks, with approximately $2.17bn raised across 23 deals, as cybersecurity firms saw a swathe of investment. Across subsectors, RegTech firms accounted for over a third of the total transactions recorded during the past two weeks, with eight. The companies focused primarily on cybersecurity, identity governance, fraud detection and compliance...

Artificial intelligence is rapidly embedding itself into document-heavy organisations, promising to transform everything from contract analysis to compliance monitoring. Yet despite this momentum, many initiatives struggle to deliver real business impact. According to M-Files, the missing piece is metadata. M-Files, which offers a document management system, recently delved into how metadata can supercharge AI document processing. When metadata is treated as...

For a defined benefit (DB) pension scheme considering a "run-on" strategy, day-to-day operations will remain broadly familiar — assets continue to be managed by the scheme, and benefit payments are met as they fall due. However, according to Ortec Finance, there are several critical factors that trustees and sponsors must carefully consider before committing to this path. The WealthTech company...

Pello Companies, an open finance-focused firm, has announced a definitive agreement to acquire ByAllAccounts, a data aggregation technology provider for financial applications, from investment research giant Morningstar, Inc. Upon completion of the deal, ByAllAccounts will function as an independent company. The transaction is expected to conclude during the first half of 2026, pending standard closing conditions, though financial terms have...

Akur8, the global actuarial platform, has announced a new collaboration with Tune Protect Malaysia, with the digital insurer adopting its actuarial AI platform to strengthen pricing capabilities across its property and casualty (P&C) insurance portfolio. Tune Protect Malaysia, the general insurance subsidiary of Tune Protect Group Berhad, will use Akur8’s pricing solution to support more data-driven pricing decisions and deliver...

Quandri has announced new integrations with Vertafore AMS360 and HawkSoft, expanding access to its AI-powered renewal intelligence platform across two of the most widely used agency management systems in North America. The integrations extend Quandri’s renewal automation capabilities to thousands of additional independent insurance agencies, complementing the platform’s existing integration with Applied Epic. By embedding its technology directly within agency management...

Atrium has deployed Sofix’s BrokerBrief solution to bring AI-powered claim analysis and summaries directly into its claims workflow across all classes of business. The deployment sees the Lloyd’s specialty insurer integrate BrokerBrief into its claims management system, enabling the platform to automatically convert early claim information and supporting documentation into structured summaries attached to each claim record. Developed by InsurTech Sofix,...