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Fourthline seals Veridas merger as identity market heats up

Fourthline seals Veridas merger as identity market heats up

Fourthline and Veridas have finalised their merger, creating a cross-continental identity verification group as AI-driven fraud and expanding regulation squeeze regulated businesses. The deal, unveiled...
FATF targets scam compounds draining billions a year

FATF targets scam compounds draining billions a year

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the global anti-money laundering standard setter, has published a new report that traces the money behind scam compounds. These...
FinTech funding roundup: AI deals lead $454.5m week

FinTech funding roundup: AI deals lead $454.5m week

FinTech funding continued at pace this week, with nine companies securing a combined $454.5m in disclosed equity and strategic investment across the 12 deals...
Progressive Building Society bets on ALMIS Cobalt

Progressive Building Society bets on ALMIS Cobalt

Progressive Building Society, a long-standing ALMIS International client, has replaced the treasury system it relied on for more than 20 years, switching to Cobalt,...
Will flawed AI in the Control Room spark enforcement?

Will flawed AI in the Control Room spark enforcement?

Artificial intelligence is steadily advancing in the Control Room, shifting from basic task automation towards more sophisticated uses such as conflict identification, workflow automation...

Dost’s AskDost puts AI agents in finance teams’ hands

Dost has introduced AskDost, a business intelligence assistant that lets finance and operations teams question their ERP data in natural language, trigger approved workflows...
Guava secures $12.5m for high-stakes voice AI calls

Guava secures $12.5m for high-stakes voice AI calls

Guava, a Los Angeles-based developer platform for artificial intelligence voice agents, has raised $12.5m in seed funding as it looks to bring more reliable...
AI communication and interaction governance in financial services

AI communication and interaction governance in financial services

Communication and interaction governance in the financial services space in relation to AI is fast evolving. FinTech Global recently spoke to Stacey English, director...
PowerUp Money bets $10m on AI-led wealth advice in India

PowerUp Money bets $10m on AI-led wealth advice in India

Indian WealthTech platform PowerUp Money, an AI-led investment advisory business, has secured $10m in early-stage funding at a $73m valuation as it moves to...
Money laundering losses fall for first time, but $3tn at stake

Money laundering losses fall for first time, but $3tn at stake

Napier AI has released the third edition of its AML Index, covering 2026 to 2027. It finds that global money laundering losses have fallen...

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Databento hits $1.1bn valuation with $100m Series C

Databento hits $1.1bn valuation with $100m Series C

Databento, a platform supplying market data to the modern financial industry, has secured $100m in a Series C round that values the business at...
Optalitix brings agentic AI to insurance pricing

Optalitix brings agentic AI to insurance pricing

Optalitix, the InsurTech firm specialising in pricing and underwriting, has rolled out agentic AI functionality within its Optalitix Quote platform. The move allows carriers...
GreenieRE picks INTX Re to tighten reinsurance data control

GreenieRE picks INTX Re to tighten reinsurance data control

GreenieRE, a reinsurer focused on supporting clean energy, has chosen INTX Re, the assumed reinsurance platform from INTX Insurance Software, to improve how it...
Crown Agents Bank taps ALMIS to tame interest rate exposure

Crown Agents Bank taps ALMIS to tame interest rate exposure

Crown Agents Bank has sharply lowered its sensitivity to interest rate movements after launching a multi-currency swap hedging programme with treasury technology provider ALMIS...
Why AI speed could weaken AML compliance at UK firms

Why AI speed could weaken AML compliance at UK firms

Four years after ChatGPT arrived, AI has become a fixture of the working week, and financial services is no exception. A 2026 survey by the...

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