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Verisk Analytics has reportedly acquired geospatial technology company LocationAware.io to improve its property insurance solution.

The RegTech sector has seen some massive investment rounds in the past few months despite the global pandemic.

Travel insurance has been hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic. There’s no need for buying a policy when you can’t leave your house, but as the lockdown measures begin to ease, holidays will be top of people’s priorities, giving travel insurance a much needed resurgence. Air Doctor has issued a white paper exploring the opportunity ahead.

The ripple effects of the coronavirus pandemic could cause companies to de-prioritise their digitalisation, but Nucoro believes that would be a “significant missed opportunity.” Instead of stopping, firms should be doubling down.

The Bank of Ireland has been fined €1.66m ($1.95m) by the Central Bank of Ireland for misleading the institution about a security breach back in 2014.

TransferWise is on a roll, having announced both a new investment round and the expansion of its banking services to Asia through its new partnership with challenger bank Aspire.

Big tech firms already control what people watch, buy and find online. Now, some of them are trying the waters of FinTech.

Remitly, the provider of remittances and financial services for immigrants, has secured $85m to fund the further development of its offerings.

First-party fraud, or “friendly fraud”, is now 50% more common than third-party fraud, according to a report from Fraud.net.

Dutch bunq is said to have become the first European challenger bank to offer mortgages, entering the mortgage market through a silent partnership.