KYC

KYB

Why KYB is getting harder to ignore in 2026

Know Your Business (KYB) is the process of confirming that a company is legally registered, genuinely exists, and is controlled by people who are...
RegTech

Where is RegTech heading in the second half of 2026?

The RegTech market has spent the first half of 2026 dealing with rapid changes in technology, regulation and financial crime. The question now is...
Has AML and KYC become too fragmented to fight modern financial crime?

Has AML and KYC become too fragmented?

Financial crime is becoming faster, more connected and increasingly difficult to detect through isolated compliance checks. As financial institutions add more AML, KYC, fraud...
Kyndryl

Incore Bank trials Gemini-powered KYC with Kyndryl

Kyndryl has completed a cloud-enabled agentic AI proof of concept with Incore Bank, a Swiss private bank, using Google Cloud's Gemini models to help...
Neobanks

Neobanks race to cut KYC friction without inviting fraud

Neobanks have built their reputation on speed. Customers expect to open an account from a phone in minutes, without a branch visit, a stack...
The future of tax operations: How AI is transforming documentation, withholding and reporting

How AI is transforming tax documentation, withholding and reporting

AI is beginning to reshape tax operations, automating repetitive compliance processes while allowing professionals to focus on complex cases, oversight and strategic decision-making. Tax operations...
AI KYC

AI cuts KYC drudgery, but who keeps the final call?

KYC and AML compliance work absorbs enormous analyst time, yet most of that time isn't spent on genuine judgment calls. It's spent wrangling documents,...
KYC

Continuous KYC isn’t enough as risk moves in real time

For decades, financial institutions built their compliance programmes on one core assumption: risk could be assessed on a schedule. According to Saifr, customer due diligence...
280m identities could reshape Southeast Asia KYC

280m identities could reshape Southeast Asia KYC

Hopae Connect is expanding its identity verification network across Southeast Asia, adding the Philippines National ID and Indonesia’s NIK to its platform and giving...
compliance

The compliance blind spot costing FinTechs millions

Financial crime is growing more sophisticated, and compliance teams that still rely on disconnected fraud and AML systems risk falling behind both fraudsters and...

News Stories

Are firms seeing a realised return on AI investment?

Financial institutions are increasing their investment in artificial intelligence, but the scale of spending varies considerably by organisation size, raising questions about how effectively...
Insurers face a simulation gap, not a pricing gap

Insurers face a simulation gap, not a pricing gap

Insurance pricing has reached a level of sophistication few would have predicted a decade ago. Carriers have poured resources into predictive modelling, AI, advanced...
FINMA tightens AML rules as FATF scrutiny looms

FINMA tightens AML rules as FATF scrutiny looms

The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA), the country’s financial markets watchdog, has finalised a partial overhaul of its Anti-Money Laundering Ordinance. This places fresh...
Finite State raises $27m to secure firmware before attackers do

Finite State raises $27m to secure firmware before attackers do

Finite State, a specialist in product security and software supply chain risk management, has secured $27m in a Series C round to help manufacturers...
Bay raises $50m as AI agents test enterprise security limits

Bay raises $50m as AI agents test enterprise security limits

Bay has come out of stealth with $50m in total funding and a customer roster that already includes Micron, Peloton, ClickUp and Wix, less...

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