Sector Updates

KYC

Why KYC fragmentation is costing firms more than they think

Client onboarding has long been viewed as a regulatory necessity, but leading firms are increasingly treating it as a competitive advantage. By combining KYC,...
CFTC

CFTC opens review of rules blocking FinTech partnerships

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the US federal body overseeing derivatives markets, has launched a formal Request for Information seeking to identify regulatory...
AML

Why fragmented AML tools are costing compliance teams

Compliance officers have long operated in a world of too many systems and too little time. Transaction monitoring sits in one platform, KYC data...
embedded

Embedded finance grows up and regulators take notice

Embedded finance, the invisible layer stitching lending widgets into e-commerce dashboards, insurance upsells into ride-hailing apps, and payroll advances into HR platforms, has quietly...
Liberara

Libeara raises $14m to scale tokenisation infrastructure

Libeara, a provider of tokenisation infrastructure for regulated digital assets, has closed a $14m strategic funding round led by GSR, a global market maker. The...
Sumsub

Sumsub lets AI agents build compliance setups

Sumsub has become the first provider in its space to give AI agents the ability to configure and build out an entire compliance environment...
AI

D&B agentic AI cuts compliance times by up to 96%

Dun & Bradstreet, a business data and analytics provider, has launched agentic AI capabilities within its D&B Risk Analytics platform, enabling organisations to reduce...
Fomo

Fomo raises $75m Series B to scale on-chain trading app

On-chain consumer trading platform fomo, which strips away the technical barriers of decentralised markets, has secured $75m in a Series B funding round led...
Bir

Bir and Paysend bring real-time transfers to Azerbaijan

Bir, the Caucasus' first fully integrated e-commerce, banking and payments ecosystem, has teamed up with UK-based global payments platform Paysend to introduce international money...

How Vneuron is tackling financial crime through unified compliance platforms

Financial crime rarely follows a predictable script. Instead, it moves through networks of accounts, counterparties, jurisdictions and transactions, exploiting the moments where compliance systems...

News Stories

Over $2bn raised across this week’s 22 FinTech deals

Several major FinTech deals help to bring this week's total funding to over $2bn, as a total of 22 companies closed investment rounds.  A total...
Comply Exchange earns SOC 2 to bolster client trust

Comply Exchange earns SOC 2 to bolster client trust

Tax compliance technology firm Comply Exchange has achieved SOC 2 compliance, marking a significant step in its effort to provide clients with independently validated...
AI governance in commercial insurance: why now matters

AI governance in commercial insurance: why now matters

Commercial insurers are rethinking how they scale artificial intelligence, and according to IntellectAI, the question driving boardrooms in 2026 is no longer how fast...

US-China trade war: the decoupling illusion

Research from Italian economic consultancy Prometeia reveals that despite escalating tariff measures between the United States and China, the two economies remain far more...

Realizing value from a modern payments and financial architecture

Founded in 2017, UK-based Finastra is a global leader in financial services software, trusted by 7,000+ customers including 40 of the top 50 banks....

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