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euro

Digital euro cleared by EU committee in payments power shift

The European Parliament's Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee has approved the digital euro, a central bank-backed digital currency designed to reduce Europe's dependence on...
EBA

EBA aligns Pillar 3 framework with EU green agenda

The European Banking Authority (EBA), the EU's banking regulatory body, has published final draft Implementing Technical Standards (ITS) that overhaul its Pillar 3 disclosure...
Airwallex

Airwallex raises $320m Series H at $11bn valuation

Airwallex, a global payments and financial platform, has closed a $320m Series H funding round, pushing its valuation to $11bn from $8bn just six...
MSCI

MSCI acquires First Street to sharpen climate risk edge

MSCI has acquired First Street, a physics-based climate risk data and analytics specialist, in a move designed to deepen its physical climate risk offering...
Arca

Arca exits stealth with $64m to reshape wealth management

Arca, an AI-native WealthTech company focused on personalised, advisor-led financial services, has emerged from stealth and announced it has raised a total of $64m...
Entrust

Entrust targets AI account takeover with biometrics

Entrust, a global provider of identity-centric security solutions, has launched a new biometric authentication product aimed at combatting the growing wave of AI-powered account...
CentSight

CentSight launches with $1.5m pre-seed backing

CentSight, an AI-native financial intelligence platform designed for small and mid-sized businesses, has officially launched publicly, offering business owners access to CFO-grade financial insight...
Runlayer

Runlayer raises $30m to make every employee AI-native

Runlayer, an AI enablement and control platform for enterprises, has closed a $30m Series A led by Felicis, with Khosla Ventures also participating, bringing...

Greenboard CEO: patchwork compliance tools are holding firms back

Despite the rise of digitalisation, many compliance teams are still stuck with slow workflows, largely caused by disjointed tools added gradually over years.  As part...

How Tieto is stopping digital wallet fraud at scale

Digital wallet fraud is escalating at an alarming rate, and FinTech infrastructure firm Tieto Banktech is at the forefront of efforts to stop it. As...

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FinTech

Here are the 17 deals recorded by FinTechs this week – read them all...

There was a total of 17 deals in the FinTech sector recorded by FinTech Global this week, with $914m raised across all of them. The...
Why insurance innovation keeps failing — and how mea Platform is changing this

Why insurance innovation keeps failing — and how mea Platform is changing this

Despite years of digital transformation and rising AI adoption, insurance operations remain largely unchanged, but mea Platform believes it is changing the game. Across the...
Producerflow takes aim at licensing chaos with Partner Portal

Producerflow takes aim at licensing chaos with Partner Portal

Producerflow has launched Partner Portal, a self-service workspace intended to overhaul how carriers work with their distribution partners. The Producerflow product is built and operated...

Tokenised stocks expose a looming tax compliance gap

The migration of traditional equities onto blockchain infrastructure is shifting from experimentation into institutional reality, and according to RegTech firm TAINA Technology, the industry...
Insurance agility crisis: why insurers can't keep pace with risk

Insurance agility crisis: why insurers can’t keep pace with risk

The insurance industry has spent years preparing for what comes next. The trouble, according to InsurTech decisioning specialist Earnix, is that what comes next...

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