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Pollinate teams up with Mastercard to enhance its software capabilities

Pollinate, a software developer helping digitise merchant acquiring for banks, has partnered with Mastercard to improve data insights for banks serving SMEs around the world.

Hippo Insurance acquires US P&C insurer Spinnaker Insurance Company

Home insurance company Hippo Insurance has acquired US-based national property and casualty insurer Spinnaker Insurance Company.

What is the biggest challenge InsurTech startups face?

From bigger investment rounds to more insurers adopting the latest tech, many things are rapidly changing in the InsurTech space.

Gig economy FinTech Sonovate taps RegTech company TruNarrative to help strengthen its onboarding processes

Cardiff-based FinTech company Sonovate is on a mission to strengthen its customer onboarding processes. To succeed, it recently turned to TruNarrative, the RegTech company.

Should banks face heavy fines for IT failures?

Despite the large adoption of digital banking services in the UK, many providers do not have safeguards in place for if their services go down. In the event of a system failure, it can mean millions of customers are left in the dark about their finances, unable to check accounts or even complete transactions.

US regulatory bodies issue statement on digital assets

US regulators have come together to issue a joint statement reminding those engaged with digital asset to meet anti-money laundering (AML) and counter financing terrorism (CFT).

Senate banking committee to hold hearing on crypto regulation

The US' Senate Banking Committee will meet on July 30 to discuss regulations for cryptocurrency and blockchain.

The Monetary Authority of Singapore proposes fast-track sandbox

The Monetary Authority of Singapore has proposed the launch of a new regulatory sandbox which will have fast-track approvals.This new Sandbox Express will complement...

ID Exchange & digi.me create commercial RegTech sandbox facility

Australian startup ID Exchange and UK-based firm digi.me have partnered to establish a commercial RegTech sandbox facility.
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NetGuardians signs first client in North America

RegTech 100 company NetGuardians, a provider of anti-fraud and risk mitigation solutions, has signed its first client in North America.

News Stories

Strong week in the FinTech sector with $1.7bn raised

FinTech Global this week reported on 21 recorded deals in the FinTech sector, with a strong showing in the reinsurance space bringing the total value recorded over $1bn.

EU regulator suggests revamp in sustainable investment rules

The ESMA has recently recommended a significant overhaul of the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) within the EU.
MNT-Halan, Egypt’s largest non-bank financial institution and FinTech, has acquired Tam Finans, a prominent commercial finance company in Turkey.

MNT-Halan expands into Turkey with acquisition of Tam Finans

MNT-Halan, Egypt’s largest non-bank financial institution and FinTech, has acquired Tam Finans, a prominent commercial finance company in Turkey.

EU banks and insurers lag in green compliance, PwC study finds

A recent PwC study has uncovered a striking deficiency in the alignment of financial institutions’ activities with the EU's taxonomy for sustainable activities. According...
India

India’s new climate finance taxonomy to propel green transition

India is poised to implement a climate finance taxonomy, as announced by the Minister of Finance, Nirmala Sitharaman, during the annual budget.

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