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













