CyberTech

The total volume of fines levied against firms for breaking money laundering, data privacy, MiFID and know your customer rules jumped by 141% and amounted to $10.4bn in total so far this year.

Transaction lifestyle management provider SmartStream Technologies has boosted its global footprint with the launch of SmartStream Air version 3.

Founded in 2019, Schwarzthal Tech is a UK-based RegTech startup that is developing Wunderschild Know Your NetworkTM, an AI-driven platform that provides financial crime intelligence and speeds up the look-up process for beneficiaries. Two years into its existence, what is next for the company?

The UK will invest £5bn into the creation of a Cyber Force unit that will strike back on cyberattacks with retaliatory hacks.

Cybersecurity education platform Curricula has raised $3m in a growth investment from RCP Equity which will help increase its sales and marketing efforts.

Anti-virus software company Avast has seen its shares surge since the spread of the coronavirus, which the company's boss thinks other cybersecurity will experience too.

From Stash’s $113m round to Okra collecting $1m in new investment, the last week has seen a smattering of FinTech companies raise money.

Theom, a cloud data security firm, has closed a $16.4m seed funding round to widen its cloud data security solution.

London-based cybersecurity software platform CybSafe has reeled in £3.5m ($4.6m) through its Series A funding round.

XM Cybera provider of automated APT simulation and remediation, has closed its Series A round on $22m.