CyberTech

ZeroRisk

ZeroRisk’s $10m bet on next-gen merchant cyber risk

ZeroRisk, the Dublin-headquartered cybersecurity firm that helps banks and payment providers manage cyber risk across their merchant portfolios, has closed a $10m Series A...
Mastercard, Backbase push banks towards AI-native transformation

Mastercard, Backbase team up to accelerate AI-native banking

Mastercard, the global payments and technology company, and Backbase, the provider of an AI-native Banking Operating System, have partnered to help financial institutions move...
Cylake

Cylake raises $245m to challenge cloud-first cybersecurity

Cylake has raised $245m through a convertible note ahead of the beta launch of its next-generation product. The round saw participation from Lightspeed Venture Partners,...
cyber

BIS and IOSCO push FMIs to shore up cyber defences

The Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures (CPMI) and the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO have jointly issued two new publications addressing resilience...
Upwind

Upwind becomes first unicorn in modern cloud security

Upwind has raised $250m in a Series B funding round, propelling the company to unicorn status just two years after it emerged from stealth. The...
Finzly embeds AI security layer into BankOS

Finzly embeds AI security layer into BankOS

Finzly, the banking technology company behind BankOS, has launched Assure, an AI-powered security and assurance layer designed to give banks continuous monitoring across security,...
Guardio

Guardio raises $40m as scammers turn to AI at scale

Guardio, a consumer-focused cybersecurity company that shields individuals from scams, phishing attempts and AI-generated fraud, has raised $40m and reached a valuation of $1.1bn. The...

HiddenLayer bags $100m to guard enterprise AI agents

HiddenLayer, the AI security company that protects agentic, generative and predictive AI applications for enterprises, has closed a $100m Series B funding round. The round...
Palo Alto

Palo Alto Networks bets on AI agents with Console deal

Palo Alto Networks, the Nasdaq-listed cybersecurity company, has acquired Console, an AI-native platform built to bring agentic capabilities to enterprise security operations. The deal is...
ZEDEDA and VAS bring edge AI to Saudi Arabia

ZEDEDA and VAS bring edge AI to Saudi Arabia

ZEDEDA, an edge intelligence platform provider, has partnered with VAS Limited, a value-added technology distributor, to bring its Edge Intelligence Platform to government, enterprise...

News Stories

AI can spot scams early, but humans must still decide

AI can spot scams early, but humans must still decide

A payment can pass every check and still be the product of manipulation. The account name matches, the customer insists they know the recipient,...
Why the RegTech and SupTech divide is about to disappear

Why the RegTech and SupTech divide is about to disappear

The long-standing wall between the technology firms use to comply and the technology regulators use to supervise is coming down, according to CUBE, the...
DACH banks must rethink platforms as AI and rules collide

DACH banks must rethink platforms as AI and rules collide

Banks across Germany, Austria and Switzerland that are replacing their wealth management platforms face a difficult balancing act. According to fincite, the DACH region...
Ema secures $77m Series B to scale AI Employees

Ema secures $77m Series B to scale AI Employees

Ema, an enterprise platform that provides agentic AI Employees, has closed a $77m Series B round as it looks to take its autonomous workforce...
Compliance teams trust data but struggle with audit trails

Compliance teams trust data but struggle with audit trails

LSEG Risk Intelligence, the risk-focused arm of LSEG, has published global research showing that although nearly all compliance leaders trust their screening data, fewer...

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