Sector Updates

Alliant to acquire Nava in AI benefits push

Alliant to acquire Nava in AI benefits push

Alliant Insurance Services, one of the largest insurance brokers and consultants in the US offering risk management, insurance, employee benefits and underwriting services, has...
Salad Finance raises £4.3m to aid credit-invisible workers

Salad Finance raises £4.3m to aid credit-invisible workers

Salad Finance, which claims to be the UK's largest consumer lending Community Development Finance Institution (CDFI), the largest cumulative raiser of retail capital of...
RockRose Risk lands $12.5m Series A for wildfire cover

RockRose Risk lands $12.5m Series A for wildfire cover

RockRose Risk, the InsurTech firm that gives property owners discounted premiums in exchange for wildfire mitigation work, has raised $12.5m in a Series A...
Velatir raises €5m to scale AI infrastructure in Europe

Velatir raises €5m to scale AI infrastructure in Europe

Velatir, a Danish AI infrastructure company that gives organisations visibility, protection and guidance over how AI tools are used across their workforce, has reportedly...
XSquare secures funding for B2B finance platform

XSquare secures funding for B2B finance platform

XSquare, a B2B financial operations platform, that integrates regulated banking services and payment tools into a single interface, has reportedly secured a new investment...
RegTech

What’s really holding back RegTech adoption?

RegTech is no longer an experimental corner of financial services. It is becoming part of the infrastructure firms rely on to manage an increasingly...
Rezolv bags $12.5m to scale AI-led debt collection

Rezolv bags $12.5m to scale AI-led debt collection

Rezolv, an Indian AI-native lending technology platform, has closed a $12.5m Series A funding round. The round was led by Norwest, with Vertex Ventures Southeast...
Natural lands $100m credit line for AI agent payments

Natural lands $100m credit line for AI agent payments

Natural, a start-up developing the underlying payments infrastructure for AI agents, has agreed a credit facility of up to $100m with Upper90 Capital Management,...
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...
Stash taps Capitalize to tackle forgotten 401(k) savings

Stash taps Capitalize to tackle forgotten 401(k) savings

Stash is embedding Capitalize’s rollover technology into its app, giving eligible US customers a way to locate and consolidate old 401(k) accounts without leaving...

News Stories

Santander expands US banking reach with Webster deal

Santander expands US banking reach with Webster deal

Santander has completed its acquisition of Webster Financial Corporation, bringing the US banking groups together and expanding Santander’s presence across retail, commercial and wealth...
BOCHK and Ant International expand cross-border payments partnership

BOCHK and Ant International expand cross-border payments partnership

Bank of China (Hong Kong) and Ant International are expanding their partnership across cross-border payments, digital wallets and corporate treasury as businesses look for...
Munich Re's $575m bet on the SME cyber risk gap

Munich Re’s $575m bet on the SME cyber risk gap

Munich Re has acquired US cyber InsurTech At-Bay for $575m, strengthening its position in a market where insurers are increasingly combining cyber cover with...
Why German private banks are rethinking WealthTech vendor selection

Why German private banks are rethinking WealthTech vendor selection

Choosing a WealthTech platform ranks among the most consequential decisions a private bank can make, according to fincite, shaping how advisors work, how compliance...
Alliant to acquire Nava in AI benefits push

Alliant to acquire Nava in AI benefits push

Alliant Insurance Services, one of the largest insurance brokers and consultants in the US offering risk management, insurance, employee benefits and underwriting services, has...

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