Infrastructure/Back-end

Essential features to consider when choosing a document scanner app

Essential features to consider when choosing a document scanner app

In today's digital age, document scanning has become a critical tool for both individuals and businesses. But not every scanning solution is created equal. Scanbot SDK has outlined what you need to know when integrating scanning software into your mobile or web application.
The Tipping Point How Digital Capacity Impacts Insurance Loyalty

The Tipping Point: How Digital Capacity Impacts Insurance Loyalty

In today's insurance landscape, customers eagerly anticipate all services to be available digitally without delay. Gone are the days when tedious paper-based protocols were...
How Shelter Insurance saved $3.3m and 12,000 hours The power of Risk Control Technologies

How Shelter Insurance saved $3.3m and 12,000 hours: The power of Risk Control Technologies

For over ten years, Shelter Insurance® has utilised RCT's groundbreaking software. This partnership traces back to 2007, when Shelter sought RCT's expertise to tackle efficiency and consistency hurdles tied to their vast field surveys.

Irys secures $3.5m in seed round amid aims to tackle legacy competitors

Irys InsurTech Inc. has landed $3.5m in its seed funding round, and is now aiming to take on the legacy competitors across the InsurTech space.

Fize Technology joins HawkSoft’s API partner programme

HawkSoft has announced Fize Technology as its newest API Partner integrated with its insurance platform.

Shaping the future of specialty pricing: The power of data and analytics

Specialty insurance classes pose some of the most intricate pricing challenges in the insurance industry. Their rapidly evolving dynamics, coupled with their long-term nature, demand prices capable of standing the test of time. Gathering sufficient data for these specialty lines often proves difficult due to the nascent stage of many of these books and the inherent complexities in data collection.

How pricing strategy is driving digital transformation in UK insurance sector

The power of pricing transformation in the digital journey of insurance companies cannot be overstated. A pivot towards this aspect can lead to an impressive array of benefits, ranging from competitive edge to talent retention, regulatory adherence and even improvement in loss ratio.
Insurers’ pricing models floundering despite tech investments

Insurers’ pricing models floundering despite tech investments

A recent survey conducted by Coleman Parkes, on behalf of pricing decision intelligence leader hyperexponential, has unveiled the extensive dissatisfaction within the Specialty and Commercial insurance sectors regarding their current pricing and technology.
Claims management tech leader Snapsheet lands investment

Claims management tech leader Snapsheet lands investment

Snapsheet, the Chicago-based firm leading the charge in claims management technology, has successfully secured a strategic investment. As an innovator in its sector, Snapsheet's mission is to redefine the landscape of claims handling through its proprietary platform.
Akur8 and Madison Mutual Insurance join forces to redefine pricing in personal insurance lines

Akur8 and Madison Mutual Insurance join forces to redefine pricing in personal insurance lines

Madison Mutual Insurance Company (MMIC), a prominent Midwest insurer, and Akur8, a groundbreaking solution provider for non-life insurance pricing, have announced their partnership. The collaboration...

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Diverse week for FinTech as $1.1bn raised across 17 deals

Diverse week for FinTech as $1.1bn raised across 17 deals

It was a diverse week for FinTech funding, with deals closing across nine different countries.  There were a total of 17 FinTech funding rounds covered...
Sift enhances fraud insights with new metrics in industry benchmark tool

Sift enhances fraud insights with new metrics in industry benchmark tool

Sift, a leading AI-powered fraud prevention platform, has introduced significant updates to its Fraud Industry Benchmarking Resource (FIBR), a free online tool designed to provide key fraud metrics across various industries, geographies, and timeframes.
Bitsight acquires Cybersixgill in $115m deal to enhance cyber threat intelligence

Bitsight acquires Cybersixgill in $115m deal to enhance cyber threat intelligence

Bitsight, a global leader in cyber risk management, has announced its $115m acquisition of Cybersixgill, a prominent cyber threat intelligence (CTI) provider. This strategic move...
FinCEN issues alert on deepfake fraud schemes targeting financial institutions

FinCEN issues alert on deepfake fraud schemes targeting financial institutions

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has issued a critical alert to assist financial institutions in identifying and addressing fraud schemes involving deepfake media created with generative AI (GenAI) tools.
change communication methods during a verification check.Some identity verification solutions may also flag possible attempts to circumvent verification checks, such as the use of third-party webcam plugins, which can let a customer display previously generated video rather than live video. Use of Deepfake Media in Phishing Attacks and Scams Criminals may also target financial institution customers and employees through sophisticated, GenAI-enabled social engineering attempts in support of other scams and fraud typologies, such as business email compromise (BEC) schemes, spear phishing attacks, elder financial exploitation, romance scams, and virtual currency investment scams.24For example, in family emergency schemes, scammers may use deepfake voices or videos to impersonate a victim’s family member, friend, or other trusted individual.25Similarly, criminals have reportedly used GenAI tools to target companies by impersonating an executive or other trusted employee and then instructing victims to transfer large sums or make payments to accounts ultimately under the scammer’s control.26 Financial Red Flag Indicators of Deepfake Media Abuse FinCEN identified the following red flag indicators to help financial institutions detect, prevent, and report potential suspicious activity related to the use of GenAI tools for illicit purposes.As no single red flag is necessarily indicative of illicit or suspicious activity, financial institutions should consider the surrounding facts and circumstances before determining whether a specific transaction is suspicious or associated with illicit use of GenAI tools. A customer’s photo is internally inconsistent (e.g., shows visual tells of being altered) or is inconsistent with their other identifying information (e.g., a customer’s date of birth indicates that they are much older or younger than the photo would suggest). A customer presents multiple identity documents that are inconsistent with each other.

Folks Finance secures $3.2m in Series A to advance crosschain DeFi solutions

Folks Finance, a DeFi platform specialising in lending, borrowing, and managing digital assets across multiple blockchains, has announced it raised $3.2m in an oversubscribed Series A funding round.

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