RegTech

Combating fraud often feels like an unwinnable battle, but firms can do a lot more than they think to prevent scams.

Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission has said that some NFTs that constitute investment products will have to be regulated.   

There is no doubt FinTech is a booming industry. The sector, according to Statista, is expected to grow at an average rate of 12% to reach a value of €188bn by 2024. This makes transaction monitoring a hot-button issue going forward.

A report by INSPIRE has found that central banks are increasingly aligning their pensions and portfolios to sustainable outcomes, in the growing shift to sustainable investing.

HackNotice, a company that enables employees to identify and defend against cyber threats, has bagged $7m in a Series A round.

Established in 2017, Plan A was co-founded by Lubomila Jordanova and Nathan Bonnisseau on the belief that every company – however big or small – has the power to pave the way to a more sustainable future.

The FBI is asking for a further $106m in its fiscal 2023 budget to manage a range of pressing cybersecurity issues.

With the rise of cryptocurrencies showing no signs of slowing down, the growth of central bank digital currencies (CBDC) appears to be another trend on the ascendancy. Will 2022 prove to be a red-letter year for CBDC adoption?

An operation codenamed ‘Killer Bee’ by Interpol has led to the arrest of three individuals behind cyber operations targeting firms in Southeast Asia.

Prosecutors in Germany raided the headquarters of Deutsche Bank and its subsidiary DWS over allegations of misleading investors regarding green investments.