RegTech

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,...
FATCA

Why filing FATCA and CRS reports is only half the job

FATCA and CRS reporting season tends to end the same way for many financial firms: the file is prepared, reviewed, submitted, and the team...
Socure

Socure hits $5.2bn valuation in fraud-fighting AI push

Socure has landed a strategic growth investment valuing the business at $5.2bn, alongside its acquisition of Fravity, an agentic platform built to automate fraud,...
Nasdaq

Nasdaq Verafin taps Q6 Cyber to close dark web fraud gap

Nasdaq Verafin has partnered with Q6 Cyber to combine dark web monitoring with consortium transaction data on a single platform, aiming to help banks...
Outdated W-8 and W-9 forms could cost firms compliance

Outdated W-8 and W-9 forms could cost firms compliance

IRS tax forms are under constant revision, and RegTech provider Comply Exchange warns that keeping pace with the changes is becoming a growing challenge...
How trafficking profits hide in everyday payments

How trafficking profits hide in everyday payments

Human trafficking generates an estimated $236bn in illegal profits each year, with much of that money moving through financial activity that can appear entirely...
AiPrise

AiPrise turns business onboarding into a single click

AiPrise has launched Business Pre-fill, a product built to shrink lengthy business onboarding forms down to two fields. Under the new system, an applicant supplies...
AI

Navigating the new standards for AI trust in security and compliance

For many years, the customer due diligence playbook in financial services was predictable. Procurement teams asked for SOC 2 Type II and a PCI...
financial crime

The real cost of building financial crime tools in-house

It is a familiar boardroom moment. A compliance team flags the need to modernise its financial crime risk assessment process, and someone from IT...
Sumsub

Sumsub overhauls flagship course as fraud tactics evolve

Sumsub Academy, the free training arm of identity verification and compliance platform Sumsub, has relaunched its flagship course as AML Transaction Monitoring 2.0. The programme...

News Stories

Just $336m was raised across this week's 11 FinTech deals

Just $389m was raised across this week’s 12 FinTech deals

The summer months continue to prove a slow period for FinTech deals, with just $389m raised across 12 deals.  It was a similar picture to...
Leeds United announce multi-year etoro partnership

Leeds United announce multi-year etoro partnership

Leeds United, the English football club competing in the Premier League, has entered into a new multi-year partnership with etoro, the trading and investing...
Interactive Brokers adds Bucharest Exchange access

Interactive Brokers adds Bucharest Exchange access

Interactive Brokers, an automated global broker, has added the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) to its trading platform. The addition gives eligible IBKR clients the ability...
BitGo acquires NYDIG's institutional trading arm

BitGo acquires NYDIG’s institutional trading arm

BitGo, the digital asset infrastructure company offering custody, trading, staking, financing and settlement services from regulated cold storage, has entered into a definitive agreement...
Why data centre location won't save wealth managers' sovereignty

Why data centre location won’t save wealth managers’ sovereignty

Digital sovereignty in wealth management is not decided by where a data centre sits, but by who retains control over data, technology and advisory...

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