Investors

SEBI introduces new charter for securities market investors

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has published an investor charter aimed at those who invest in securities markets.

Discrimination, stereotyping and boys club mentality – the state of gender inequality in FinTech

The gender gap is showing little sign of narrowing in the world of finance. Debate around gender inequality and a lack of women in finance has raged on for years but more action is needed to empower female professionals and founders.

Klarna backer launches new VC enterprise to fill seed funding gap

The co-founder of European VC Atomico Mattias Ljungman has launched Moonfire Ventures – a VC aimed at providing seed stage funding for FinTechs among others.

San Francisco VC firm eyes Lithuanian FinTech investment

Venture capital startup Launchpad Capital is investing up to $35m in early-stage Lithuanian startups who are looking to break into the North American market.

OneStream bags $200m Series B, secures $6bn valuation

Corporate Performance Management (CPM) business OneStream Software has raised $200m in investment from a Series B funding round and now has a $6bn valuation.

Razorpay seeks to double its valuation to $2bn via plans to secure up to...

FinTech startup Razorpay is reportedly in talks with existing investor Singapore investment fund GIC to raise circa $150m to $200m in a new financing round.

Andy Murray backs GoodBox £9m funding round

Manchester-based GoodBox, which provides charities with contactless payment tools, closed a £9m funding round from existing backers including tennis champion Andy Murray.

Introducing the Global RegTech Buyer’s Guide 2021 to help financial firm pick the right...

Picking the right RegTech company to invest in is difficult. Luckily, the Global RegTech Buyer's Guide 2021 has just been launched to help make it easier to make the right choice.

Does more attention need to be put on mental health within FinTech?

Monzo’s co-founder’s exit has prompted the FinTech industry to take a hard look at how it protects the mental health of its staff.

What’s next for Sweden’s FinTech ecosystem?

After years of record growth and it briefly being home to Europe's most valuable FinTech, how will Sweden's emerging FinTech ecosystem come out of the Covid-19 pandemic?

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Theta Lake

Theta Lake expands globally after record customer growth

Theta Lake has announced a record year of customer growth alongside the expansion of its global data centre footprint, including full support for dedicated...
AI

AI agents cut false positives in AML monitoring

AI agents have been helping large and mid-sized banks and other financial institutions (FIs) — including FinTechs and payment providers — reduce the cost...
Artificial intelligence may dominate the current conversation around insurance technology, but the story of InsurTech itself has followed a different trajectory. A decade ago, the sector was defined by the promise of disruption. Venture capital flowed into startups promising to rebuild insurance from the ground up. This swell of momentum saw surged to record levels, peaking at more than $15bn globally in 2021, according to CB Insights.

The next phase of InsurTech: From disruption to durability

Artificial intelligence may dominate the current conversation around insurance technology, but the story of InsurTech itself has followed a different trajectory. A decade ago,...

AI security firm BlueFlag bags $28m Series A funding

BlueFlag Security, an identity-centric software development lifecycle (SDLC) security platform, has announced a significant milestone, revealing it has raised $28m to date alongside posting...
risk

Financial crime risk assessments: The new regulatory standard

Regulatory scrutiny of financial crime risk assessments has intensified dramatically in recent years, marking the end of an era in which these documents were...

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