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Can water technology give insurers a better way to manage property risk?

Quensus bets on prevention data to tackle costly water claims

Escape-of-water claims remain a major cost for UK property insurers, prompting greater scrutiny of technologies that can detect leaks, automatically stop water flow and...
When compliance instincts cost you money at home

When compliance instincts cost you money at home

Years spent hunting for red flags can rewire the way compliance professionals see the world. Unusual transactions, oddly phrased emails and businesses that never...
One Mortgage System integrates property valuation technology into lending workflows

One Mortgage System integrates property valuation technology into lending workflows

One Mortgage System (OMS), a provider of CRM and loan origination software for intermediaries and lenders, has embedded Rightmove’s automated valuation model (AVM) within...
NBB taps TerraPay to bypass costly cross-border integrations

NBB taps TerraPay to bypass costly cross-border integrations

The National Bank of Bahrain (NBB) has teamed up with TerraPay, a worldwide digital money transfer specialist, in a move designed to widen the...
ID Finance lands €545m to scale Plazo in Spain

ID Finance lands €545m to scale Plazo in Spain

ID Finance, the consumer finance group behind the Plazo app, has raised €545m in a combined equity and debt package, giving its flagship product...
FCA clock starts ticking on MiFIR reporting overhaul

FCA clock starts ticking on MiFIR reporting overhaul

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has moved a step closer to replacing the UK MiFIR transaction reporting framework with the publication of consultation paper...
Why your Right to Work provider is now a compliance risk

Why your Right to Work provider is now a compliance risk

Hidden within the Home Office’s revised Right to Work regime is a technical requirement that many businesses may overlook, but which could carry significant...
Korea’s FSC orders bank-wide checks after AI cyberattacks

Korea’s FSC orders bank-wide checks after AI cyberattacks

South Korea’s Financial Services Commission (FSC), the country’s financial regulator, has instructed banks and credit card issuers to carry out sweeping security reviews after...
FCA bets on continuity with permanent ombudsman chair

FCA bets on continuity with permanent ombudsman chair

The Financial Ombudsman Service, the body responsible for resolving disputes between consumers and financial firms, has confirmed Liam Coleman as its permanent chair, ending...
Fear and groupthink are distorting your risk assessments

Fear and groupthink are distorting your risk assessments

Firms invest heavily in scoring models, regulatory alignment and workflow design for their financial crime risk assessments. Yet the most influential variable in these...

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FinTech funding tops $2.8bn as Ramp leads with $1.85bn raise

FinTech funding tops $2.8bn as Ramp leads with $1.85bn raise

More than $2.8bn was raised across FinTech funding rounds this week, compared to $1.33bn last week, with 17 deals across artificial intelligence, payments, insurance,...
EXANTE’s Codey hits 75% success, but humans keep control

EXANTE’s Codey hits 75% success, but humans keep control

Investment firm EXANTE has spent six months embedding an autonomous AI developer into its engineering teams. Its experience suggests that the real barrier to...
CUBE: AI provenance and second-layer risk reshape compliance

CUBE: AI provenance and second-layer risk reshape compliance

Compliance and risk teams can no longer rely on simply knowing that a rule exists. According to the latest edition of The CUBE Read...
Compliance sprawl: firms juggle nearly 14 systems, MCO finds

Compliance sprawl: firms juggle nearly 14 systems, MCO finds

Financial services firms are pouring more money into compliance, yet new research from MCO (MyComplianceOffice) suggests that much of this investment is being absorbed...
MSCI unveils SignalLab to unify investment signals

MSCI unveils SignalLab to unify investment signals

MSCI has rolled out SignalLab, a new platform that combines governed, research-based signals from several investment domains with the tools investment teams need to...

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