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CSS expands aosphere alliance to integrate data services with investment platform

Compliance Solutions Strategies (CSS) has expanded its collaboration with legal firm aosphere to integrate the latter’s market data services with CSS’ investment monitoring platform.

Boubyan unveils mobile-only Islamic bank in UK market

Kuwaiti-based Boubyan Bank has introduced a digital-centric, Sharia-compliant bank in the UK.

UK-based InsurTech YuLife nabs a $70m Series B to reinvent life insurance

Tech-driven insurance company which incentivises and rewards users to focus on their physical and mental health through a gamified interface, YuLife raised $70m in Series B funding led by Target Global.

Research provides guide for financial services industry in reducing gambling harm

UK charity GambleAware has published a guide to help companies in the financial services market reduce gambling-related harm to customers.

Americans have lost a total of $487m through covid-19 related fraud incidents

Americans lost a total of $487.9m through fraud over the past 18 months, according to new data from the Federal Trade Commission.

Stytch snags $30m from Thrive Capital to improve security with passwordless authentication

Canada-based passwordless authentication company Stytch raised $30m in Series A funding led by Thrive Capital.

Financial ‘super app’ M1 Finance gains unicorn status after SoftBank Vision Fund 2-led $150m...

M1 Finance, which offers a financial super app featuring automated investing, lending, and banking services, has secured $150m in Series E funding round led by SoftBank’s Vision Fund 2 at a valuation of $1.6bn.

Met Police seize record £180m in cryptocurrency as part of suspected money laundering case

The Met Police have made the UK’s largest cryptocurrency seizure, taking nearly £180m in connection with suspected money laundering.

Virsec nabs $100m in highly subscribed Series C

Cybersecurity platform Virsec has secured $100m from a Series C funding round led by BlueIO.

Ex-US Treasury official’s VC backs cybersecurity firm Cybereason in $275m round

Cybereason, a US-Israeli late-stage cybersecurity startup that provides extended detection and response (XDR) services, has secured $275m in Series F funding.

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