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Financial crime risk assessments have outgrown spreadsheets

Financial crime risk assessments have outgrown spreadsheets

For years, spreadsheets have been the default tool for financial crime risk assessments. They were familiar, flexible and easy to adapt, and for a...
Synthetic UBOs expose the weak link in AML frameworks

Synthetic UBOs expose the weak link in AML frameworks

Ultimate beneficial ownership (UBO) registers rest on a simple premise: behind every company sits a real person who can be identified. According to RelyComply, that...
Samsung Wallet adds stablecoin cash-outs through Coinflow

Samsung Wallet adds stablecoin cash-outs through Coinflow

Coinflow, a payments infrastructure provider, has partnered with Bastion, a stablecoin technology and compliance specialist, to enable US Samsung Wallet users to convert stablecoin...
SiriusPoint turns to RiverStone to streamline legacy exposure

SiriusPoint turns to RiverStone to streamline legacy exposure

RiverStone International, a global specialist in acquiring and managing legacy insurance and reinsurance portfolios, has agreed to take on around $400m in net legacy...
Kraken owner brings 200+ European stocks onchain

Kraken owner brings 200+ European stocks onchain

Payward, the financial infrastructure group behind Kraken, has expanded its xStocks tokenised equities framework into UK and European markets, bringing more than 200 heavily...
Sumsub and Jelou AI bring ID checks into WhatsApp

Sumsub and Jelou AI bring ID checks into WhatsApp

Sumsub has joined forces with Jelou AI to embed identity checks directly into financial services onboarding that begins on WhatsApp.  Under the arrangement, Sumsub’s verification...
Wall Street banks commit $270m to stablecoin venture

Wall Street banks commit $270m to stablecoin venture

A group of major global banks, including Goldman Sachs and Citigroup, has reportedly committed around $270m to fund Project Faro, a joint venture preparing...
Alta raises $80m as banks demand private blockchains

Alta raises $80m as banks demand private blockchains

Alta, a financial infrastructure start-up developing blockchain rails for regulated institutions, has secured $47.5m in Series A capital, lifting its total funding to $80m...
Fingerprint takes aim at one-size-fits-all fraud scoring

Fingerprint takes aim at one-size-fits-all fraud scoring

Fingerprint, a device intelligence specialist, has rolled out Fraud Score, a predictive tool that builds fraud models from each customer’s own outcomes and, in...
BioCatch moves to unmask AI agents before money moves

BioCatch moves to unmask AI agents before money moves

BioCatch has unveiled BioCatch AiRE (Agentic AI Risk Essentials), a capability built to identify AI agents operating inside banking sessions before any funds are...

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KYCP’s COT 2.1.7 targets friction in client onboarding

KYCP’s COT 2.1.7 targets friction in client onboarding

Client onboarding remains one of the most stubborn pain points in financial services, where unclear instructions, messy document collection and cluttered data views can...
AI financing fears trigger equity rotation, EXANTE finds

AI financing fears trigger equity rotation, EXANTE finds

Strong corporate earnings are no longer enough to move markets, according to EXANTE’s October equity review. The investment firm describes a growing disconnect between...
fincite brings AI and tokenisation debate to Swiss banking

fincite brings AI and tokenisation debate to Swiss banking

What will AI and WealthTech actually leave behind for Swiss banks? According to fincite, that was the central question drawing more than 150 decision-makers...
PremFina and boom team up on premium finance

PremFina and boom team up on premium finance

PremFina, a UK-based premium finance provider, has entered a long-term strategic partnership with boom, the digital insurance brand run by Abacai Technologies Limited, to...
Amdocs moves into InsurTech with $340m EIS acquisition

Amdocs moves into InsurTech with $340m EIS acquisition

Amdocs, a provider of mission-critical systems for communications firms, has agreed to buy EIS, a San Francisco-based InsurTech platform provider, for roughly $340m in...

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