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SESAMm bags $37m to bolster the growth of its NLP technology

SESAMm, which develops natural language processing (NLP) technology for global investment firms, has raised $37m for its Series B2 funding round.
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Liquidity Group joins unicorn club after $40m investment

Israel-headquartered Liquidity Group has reportedly joined the unicorn club after a $40m funding round brings its valuation to $1.4bn.
Francisco Partners acquires SaaS analytics platform Sumo Logic

Francisco Partners acquires SaaS analytics platform Sumo Logic

Francisco Partners, a global investment firm, has acquired SaaS analytics platform Sumo Logic in a deal that values the business at $1.7bn.
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FINBOURNE collects £30m debt facility

FINBOURNE Technology, which is on a mission to reduce the cost of investing and increase transparency, has collected £30m in a debt facility.
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EBA publishes final guidelines on remote customer onboarding

The European Banking Authority (EBA) has published its final guidelines on the usage of remote customer onboarding solutions.  According to the EBA, these guidelines set...
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InterPrice raises $7.3m for its transparent financing tool

InterPrice Technologies, which aims to create a transparent financing tool, has closed its Series A funding round on $7.3m.

DataRails scores $50m for its Series B

Financial planning and analysis platform DataRails has scored $50m in its Series B funding round.
Banyan closes Series A for item-level receipt data platform

Banyan closes Series A for item-level receipt data platform

Banyan, which is democratising access to item-level receipt data, has raised $43m in its Series A funding round, which was led by Fin Capital and M13.
SettleMint bags $16m for its blockchain application development kit

SettleMint bags $16m for its blockchain application development kit

SettleMint, which has developed a high-performance low-code platform for blockchain application development, has raised $16m in its Series A.
machine learning

Are regulatory constraints hindering machine learning development?

A Bank of England survey has found UK financial companies blame a lack of regulatory clarity and legacy systems for hampering the deployment of machine learning technology.

News Stories

compliance

Who is the owner of decisions in the age of automated compliance?

Automation was intended to make compliance cleaner, delivering faster decisions, more consistent outcomes, and fewer human errors, but it has made ownership much less...
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Top banking remediation efficiency tools to reduce cost, risk and regulatory pressure

Keeping customer data current is a key compliance requirement. Recent enforcement actions from the FCA, FinCEN and other regulators globally have made clear that...
Mollie launches Tap in-person payments in the UK

Mollie launches Tap in-person payments in the UK

Mollie, one of Europe's leading financial services providers and a platform supporting more than 250,000 businesses across Europe, has announced the UK launch of...
Operational excellence: a guide to business improvement

Operational excellence: a guide to business improvement

Operational excellence is not simply about cutting costs or squeezing out efficiencies — it is about building a business that consistently outperforms its competitors....
Native

Cloud security firm Native emerges from stealth with $42m

Native, a cloud security control plane designed to embed security directly into cloud architecture, has emerged from stealth with $42m in total funding. The company's...

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