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Ant

Ant International lands $1.2bn to power cross-border payments

Ant International, a global digital payment, digitisation and FinTech provider, has closed a Series A equity financing round worth approximately $1.2bn to strengthen its...
Empirical Security

Empirical Security lands $25m to fight AI-driven exploits

Empirical Security has closed a $25m Series A round as it looks to arm security teams against the accelerating wave of AI-driven exploits. Brightmind Partners...
Neo

Neo lands $100m as agentic AI outpaces security teams

Neo has emerged from stealth with $100m in funding to help enterprises govern the rapid spread of AI agents across their software estates. The round...
PEP

PEP screening pitfalls that expose FinTech compliance teams

A politically exposed persons check (PEP check) sits among the most consequential controls in any AML compliance programme. Done well, it surfaces elevated risk...
Adclear lands Marshmallow as Consumer Duty pressure grows

Adclear lands Marshmallow as Consumer Duty pressure grows

As the FCA increases its focus on Consumer Duty compliance, UK InsurTech Marshmallow has partnered with communications compliance platform Adclear to strengthen oversight of...
RegTech

What are the biggest barriers to third-party RegTech adoption?

Despite the booming growth of the RegTech sector in recent years, barriers still remain, particularly in the area of third-party adoption. A key question...
FinRegE

FinregE guide warns firms of costly compliance crunch

FinregE has released an expert guide claiming that delaying action until rules become legally binding has evolved from prudent caution into a systemic threat...
Salv

Salv Bridge hits five years as EU sharing rules loom

On 13 July 2021, a fraud analyst in Estonia noticed a phishing pattern spreading across SmartID logins and fired off a warning to a...
compliance

Which sector is really winning the compliance race?

Compliance has moved from a back-office function to a strategic priority across every regulated industry, yet no two sectors are grappling with identical pressures. According...
CDD

CDD or EDD? The risk trigger firms must get right

CDD and EDD sit at the heart of every regulated firm's defences, yet the distinction between the two is often misunderstood. In short, CDD is...

News Stories

NatWest teams with Uinsure to simplify home insurance

NatWest teams with Uinsure to simplify home insurance

NatWest, one of the UK's largest retail banks, has entered an exclusive partnership with InsurTech platform Uinsure to roll out a home insurance proposition...
Arch tops $500bn in assets as new Series B backers revealed

Arch tops $500bn in assets as new Series B backers revealed

Arch, an AI-driven platform for administering and monitoring private markets portfolios, has passed the $500bn mark in private market assets held on its platform,...
PSQ doubles down on FinTech after EveryLife divestment

PSQ doubles down on FinTech after EveryLife divestment

PSQ Holdings, the NYSE-listed payments and financial infrastructure company, has agreed to sell its direct-to-consumer baby products business EveryLife for $5.5m in cash as...
InvestiFi lands $20m to boost embedded investing

InvestiFi lands $20m to boost embedded investing

InvestiFi, a Credit Union Service Organisation (CUSO) and InvestTech platform that lets credit unions and community banks embed digital investing inside their online banking,...
Encore AI secures $30m to scale revenue-driving AI agents

Encore AI secures $30m to scale revenue-driving AI agents

Encore AI, an agentic customer interaction platform designed to boost revenue rather than deflect calls, has raised $30m in Series A funding. The round was...

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