CyberTech

Baselayer

Baselayer lands $35m to verify AI agents before fraud hits

Baselayer, an identity and risk infrastructure provider used by one in five US financial institutions, has secured $35m in Series A funding and unveiled...
Dragos

Dragos buys NetRise and runZero to widen xOT defences

Dragos has acquired NetRise and runZero, two companies specialising in firmware and asset visibility, in a move designed to broaden protection across connected devices,...
How film finance can expose hidden money laundering risks

Money laundering risks grow across film financing

Film financing is coming under greater scrutiny as complex corporate structures, international investment and fragmented production chains create potential gaps in financial crime controls. According...
Footprint

Footprint bags $25m to arm banks against AI-driven crime

Footprint, the AI operating system for risk and compliance, has closed a $25m Series B funding round to accelerate the rollout of its agentic...
Account takeover fraud exposes gaps beyond authentication

Why account takeover fraud is harder to detect

Account takeover fraud is becoming harder for financial institutions to detect as criminals increasingly operate through legitimate customer credentials. A valid login, established account...
MIND

MIND raises $72m as AI turns data security urgent

MIND, the AI-native data loss prevention platform, has raised $72m in Series B funding, marking its second raise in just over a year as...
Comp AI

Comp AI raises $34m to push security beyond the audit

Comp AI, the AI-native compliance and security platform founded in January 2025, backed by Roo Capital and Grand Ventures, has closed a $34m Series...
Hackuity

Hackuity lands $19m as AI fuels a vulnerability tsunami

Hackuity, the AI-powered vulnerability operations centre specialist, has closed a $19m funding round as enterprises struggle to keep pace with a mounting backlog of...
Cymphony

Cymphony lands $30m as AI agents test data access limits

Cymphony, an AI security startup built to close the access gaps that artificial intelligence tools are exposing across corporate systems, has come out of...
surveillance

Banks’ AI surveillance ambitions stall on legacy systems

Shield, a global communications risk management company purpose-built for financial institutions, has published new research showing that banks are ramping up spending on AI-driven...

News Stories

Over $600m was raised across 14 deals this week

It was another slow week for FinTech deals as the end of 2026 edges closer.  A total of $602m was raised across 14 FinTech deals...
KYCP adds API4ALL to sharpen corporate due diligence

KYCP adds API4ALL to sharpen corporate due diligence

Compliance teams facing growing pressure to uncover who really sits behind a corporate client now have another tool at their disposal. According to KYCP,...
Compliance gets faster but firms trust it less, CUBE finds

Compliance gets faster but firms trust it less, CUBE finds

Financial institutions are processing regulatory change at a much faster pace than a year ago, but their belief that this work is actually effective...

Zing365: Insurance broking must map out career paths

Zing365, an InsurTech-focused learning and development specialist, has called on insurance brokers to set out defined career routes, organised training and mentoring if they...
Agentcard secures $8m to let AI agents shop online

Agentcard secures $8m to let AI agents shop online

Agentcard, a payments firm that lets AI agents make purchases using their users’ own cards, has closed an $8m seed funding round to help...

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