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Gumtree adopts Mangopay for wallet-first payments

Gumtree adopts Mangopay for wallet-first payments

Gumtree has joined forces with Mangopay to support its evolution from a classifieds website into a fully transactional consumer-to-consumer (C2C) marketplace. The collaboration will enable...
GenAI and Agentic AI drive next wave of FCC innovation

GenAI and Agentic AI drive next wave of FCC innovation

The banking industry is entering a new chapter in financial crime compliance (FCC), powered by artificial intelligence (AI). New research from Hawk and Chartis Research reveals...
money

Inside the verified account economy: how accounts sell

Resistant AI’s Threat Intelligence Unit has delved into one of the darker corners of the internet to test a worrying hypothesis: it is possible...
Black Innovation Summit fuels tech investment

Black Innovation Summit fuels tech investment

Toronto Metropolitan University’s DMZ has celebrated a milestone with its fifth annual Black Innovation Summit, themed “Black Means Business.” The event marked the largest in...
Brighte secures $40m CEFC funding for home energy push

Brighte secures $40m CEFC funding for home energy push

Brighte, an Australian FinTech specialising in household energy financing, has secured up to $40m from the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) under the Federal...
FinTech platform Lettuce raises $28m to empower solo workers

FinTech platform Lettuce raises $28m to empower solo workers

Lettuce, a FinTech platform dedicated to empowering independent professionals, has raised $28m in new funding led by existing investor Zeev Ventures. Alongside the funding, the...
ID

Is the UK’s proposed digital ID a compliance opportunity or a privacy minefield?

The UK government's push for a digital identity system has sparked a predictable split: tech optimists see streamlined services and reduced fraud, while privacy...
Stream

Stream raises $4m to simplify B2B payments in MENA

Stream has secured $4m in seed funding to accelerate its mission of removing friction from business transactions. According to Wamda, the funding round was led...
SteelEye

FundApps and SteelEye merge to form global RegTech leader

FundApps and SteelEye have announced a definitive agreement to merge, creating one of the most comprehensive RegTech platforms in the global financial services industry. The...
sanctions

How lawyers and agents can strengthen sanctions compliance

Sanctions screening has become a crucial line of defence in the fight against financial crime, helping to prevent professional and financial services from being...

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FICO

How Absa improved fraud prevention using FICO tech

Absa Group, one of South Africa's five largest banks, has significantly enhanced its fraud prevention capabilities and debt collection outcomes by deploying customer communications...
Leak detection technology has long been a staple across commercial buildings, data centres and critical infrastructure, helping organisations identify water ingress before it causes costly disruption. Traditional systems, particularly those using leak detection cables, have offered a relatively simple monitoring solution. However, these systems typically rely on fixed alert thresholds, which often fail to reflect the variability of real-world environments. As a result, while detection capabilities exist, their reliability has frequently been called into question.

Why traditional leak detection systems fail in real environments

Leak detection technology has long been a staple across commercial buildings, data centres and critical infrastructure, helping organisations identify water ingress before it causes...
The first wave of the InsurTech revolution has delivered significant innovation, but it has also left critical structural gaps unresolved. Over the past decade, the sector has made notable progress in areas such as digital distribution, API connectivity, embedded insurance, and the modernisation of agency management systems. However, beneath these advancements lies a growing concern, according to Producerflow.

Producer data chaos could derail InsurTech growth

The first wave of the InsurTech revolution has delivered significant innovation, but it has also left critical structural gaps unresolved. Over the past decade,...
Liberty Mutual has partnered with life insurance technology company Ethos to expand its direct-to-consumer life insurance offering in the US.

Liberty Mutual partners Ethos to expand digital life insurance offering

Liberty Mutual has partnered with life insurance technology company Ethos to expand its direct-to-consumer life insurance offering in the US. The collaboration will see Liberty...
compliance

How compliance teams are tackling the RegTech surge

Regulatory change is accelerating at a pace that is leaving many financial services firms struggling to keep up. New rules land daily, guidance documents...

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