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FBI unveils plan to shift cybercrime approach away from arrest-first

The FBI has revealed it is intending to move away from its indictment and arrest-first model to a cost-imposing and incident response model.

Payment Systems Regulator fines five companies in prepaid card cartel

The UK’s Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) has issued fines to Mastercard, allpay, Advanced Payment Solutions, Prepaid Financial Services and Sulion.

Is Request to Pay a new challenger to established payment methods?

A survey by Icon Solutions has found the Request to Pay payment method is expected to challenge current payment methods such as direct debit and payment cards in the near future.

WTW and Tempcover team up for usage-based insurance

Willis Towers Watson (WTW) global advisory, broking and solutions company, has partnered with InsurTech Tempcover to deliver a usage-based automotive insurance solution for the digital generation.

UK lawmakers underline key stability and privacy risks of CBDCs

A report by the House of Lords’ Economic Affairs Committee has warned how a digital pound could harm financial stability, raise credit costs and erode privacy.

3 trends driving digital transformation in insurance in 2022

As the world settles into 2022, cloud-based InsurTech Novidea has outlined the three major trends it expects to drive digital transformation this year.

Blockchain security firm Redefine claims $11m seed

Israeli blockchain security startup Redefine has scored $11m in seed funding capital.

Blockchain-based insurance to save $10bn in claims admin

Blockchain-based insurance will transform claims administration and save $10bn in costs globally by 2024, up from $1.1bn in 2021, according to a report from Juniper Research.

FinTech Farm herds $7.4m in seed funding raise

London-based firm FinTech Farm has secured $7.4m from a seed funding round co-led by Flyer One Ventures and Solid.

Amazon backtracks Visa ban

Amazon has shelved its plans to stop accepting Visa credit cards and is instead working on a “potential solution” to allow customers to continue using them.

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Cosine builds UK's first sovereign frontier AI model

Cosine builds UK’s first sovereign frontier AI model

Cosine, a British sovereign AI frontier lab founded in London in 2023 and selected by the UK government as part of its sovereign AI...

TCS wins AI transformation deal with Canada Life

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), a global IT services and consulting firm, has entered into a multiyear transformation and managed services agreement with Canada Life,...
Al Ahly Capital leads MNT-Halan investment round

Al Ahly Capital leads MNT-Halan investment round

MNT-Halan, Egypt and MENA's first FinTech unicorn, has completed the first closing of a new investment round led by Al Ahly Capital, the investment...
compliance

From fragmented to connected compliance: Connecting the dots for crypto compliance in tomorrow’s RegTech

What’s the future of compliance inside banks? Smarter, faster, more joined-up systems informed by intelligent analytical agents. To help make it happen, the recent...

Zinnia launches headless annuity order entry platform

Zinnia, an Eldridge Industries business and life and annuity insurance technology platform backed by KKR and Vista Credit Partners, has launched headless annuity order...

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