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Hawk bolsters leadership with new president and CRO

Hawk, an AI-powered anti-financial crime technology provider, has appointed Eli Chamoun as its new President & Chief Revenue Officer. The hire is intended to speed...
Monzo and Nest Pensions centre target self-employed pension gap

Monzo and Nest centre target self-employed pension gap

The Centre for Inclusive Money at Nest, formerly known as Nest Insight, has joined forces with Monzo, a UK digital bank serving over 15...
Ebury named official transfer partner of Real Betis

Ebury named official transfer partner of Real Betis

Ebury, the global financial solutions firm, has agreed a strategic sponsorship with Spanish football club Real Betis Balompié, becoming the club's Official Transfer Partner...
Twenty7tec opens ADAPT to all RESEARCH users for free

Twenty7tec opens ADAPT to all RESEARCH users for free

Twenty7tec, a FinTech for advisers, has opened up complimentary access to ADAPT, its proactive market surveillance solution, for every RESEARCH user over a two-month...
RegTech

Financial crime’s trillion-dollar toll drives RegTech push

Financial crime is growing in scale, sophistication and cost, and for regulated organisations, understanding the threat landscape has become a survival requirement rather than...
Visa and Airwallex target freight payments overhaul

Visa and Airwallex target freight payments overhaul

Visa, the global payments giant, has teamed up with Airwallex, the embedded finance and multi-currency infrastructure provider, to develop financial solutions built specifically for...
ZestyAI enters London market through MAP Underwriting deal

ZestyAI enters London market through MAP Underwriting deal

ZestyAI, the Risk Decision Platform for the insurance industry, has secured its first customer in the London market after Lloyd's of London managing agency...
FCA

The FCA’s sanctions review and why it demands urgent firm action

The FCA's latest sanctions review, spanning more than 150 firms, is far more than another best-practice publication. According to ACA Group, it signals how...
FCA

FCA trims SM&CR: streamlining or a new culture risk?

The FCA and PRA have confirmed a package of changes to the Senior Managers and Certification Regime (SM&CR), reducing the number of certified persons,...
Earnix

Why generic AI won’t save the UK’s agile MGAs

The UK's managing general agent (MGA) sector has emerged as one of the standout performers in insurance, frequently beating the wider market across commercial,...

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What were the big WealthTech trends in H1 2026?

The first six months of 2026 were unpredictable, with major developments that have heavily impacted global markets. With the dynamic landscape, what were the...
Why AI could strip banks of their last advantage

Why AI could strip banks of their last advantage

For decades, banks built their wealth management business on knowing more than their clients. According to fincite, that advantage has already slipped away, and...

Why fragmented AML defences are losing to networked crime

The future of financial crime detection will hinge less on how well individual firms manage risk in isolation, and more on how effectively the...

Hawk bolsters leadership with new president and CRO

Hawk, an AI-powered anti-financial crime technology provider, has appointed Eli Chamoun as its new President & Chief Revenue Officer. The hire is intended to speed...
Monzo and Nest Pensions centre target self-employed pension gap

Monzo and Nest centre target self-employed pension gap

The Centre for Inclusive Money at Nest, formerly known as Nest Insight, has joined forces with Monzo, a UK digital bank serving over 15...

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