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SaaS Alerts

CyberTech SaaS Alerts rakes in $22m

SaaS Alerts, a cybersecurity firm built for managed service providers, has secured a $22m growth investment from Insight Partners.
Google Mandiant

Google wraps up $5.4bn acquisition of Mandiant

Google has completed the acquisition of cyber and threat intelligence firm Mandiant in a $5.4bn all-cash deal.
Sigma

Sigma Ratings closes Series A headed by Mosaik Partners

Risk screening and monitoring platform Sigma Ratings has secured a Series A investment round.  
plan

What are the implications of SEC’s strategic plan?

The US Securities and Exchange Commission has recently outlined its three-year strategic plan for fiscal 2022-2026. What will the plan involve?
HKMA

HKMA unveils tougher regulations for BNPL sector

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has issued a circular to banks on buy now pay later (BNPL) products to implement new consumer protection measures.
dollar

US Treasury set to call on government to issue a digital dollar

The US Treasury Department has revealed it is planning to advise the government to issue a digital dollar.
bank

Bank of England could face showdown with Truss over EU rulebook easing

The EU is planning to ease its own Basel rulebook and diverge in certain areas, meaning UK banks could be forced to implement tougher standards, TBC UK has claimed.
CISA

CISA seeks feedback on cyber incident reporting rules

US federal cyber officials will ask industry leaders to help shape the regulatory structure for cybersecurity incident reporting, according to Cyberscoop.
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The Big Green Short – what is it and why should we care?

Globally, companies and assets are about to be revalued upwards or downwards according to their climate risk valuation. The stakes are high and the price of getting this valuation wrong could be disastrous, companies can no longer afford to kick climate risk down the road.
Open

Data security firm Open Raven snaps up $20m

Open Raven, a business that specialises in data security, has pulled in $20m from a Series B round headed by Pelion Venture Partners.

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Akamai

Akamai acquires LayerX to close enterprise AI gap

Akamai Technologies has struck a definitive agreement to acquire LayerX, a Tel Aviv-based provider of browser-native AI usage control and secure enterprise browser technology,...
PRA

PRA consults on shared services to ease compliance burden

The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA), the UK's banking regulator, is planning to consult on changes to shared operational services rules for ring-fenced banks, a...
compliance

Is compliance becoming a real-time control system?

For decades, compliance has operated as a rear-view mirror — periodic reviews, retrospective audits and manual checks designed to catch problems after they emerge....
Agentic AI is emerging as the next major technology shift for UK mortgage lenders, promising to accelerate loan processing while preserving the relationship-led service many borrowers still value, according to nCino

Agentic AI set to reshape the future of UK mortgages

Agentic AI is emerging as the next major technology shift for UK mortgage lenders, promising to accelerate loan processing while preserving the relationship-led service...
Sherlocq

How Sherlocq is fixing compliance’s $300bn research problem

The compliance profession has a productivity crisis hiding in plain sight. Financial institutions and regulated businesses together spend more than $300bn annually on compliance,...

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