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Energy crisis and conflict drag down global growth in 2026

Energy crisis and conflict drag down global growth in 2026

What began as a promising start to 2026 has quickly unravelled. According to Prometeia's latest quarterly economic outlook, military action against Iran and mounting...
How the Middle East crisis is reshaping inflation outlook

How the Middle East crisis is reshaping inflation outlook

Global inflation dynamics are undergoing a significant shift, with fresh CPI data, central bank decisions, and energy market turbulence collectively redrawing the economic outlook...
How digital WealthTech journeys convert clients to advisors

How digital WealthTech journeys convert clients to advisors

Morgan Stanley recently disclosed that more than $100bn migrated from digital and workplace channels into advisor-led relationships in a single year. For Kidbrooke, this...
How AI is reshaping compliance by design in 2026

How AI is reshaping compliance by design in 2026

Regulatory compliance is no longer a box-ticking exercise. That is the central message from 4CRisk.ai, which argues that 2026 represents a watershed moment for...
AI

Governing AI without slowing down

If the first two parts of The Accountability Gap exposed the problem and questioned where decisions should sit, the next challenge is execution: how...
AI

Digital communications governance: AI in action

Artificial intelligence has moved well beyond buzzword status in financial services. It is now embedded in the day-to-day processes firms use to manage, monitor...
fraud

Synthetic identity fraud: the growing threat in 2026

Synthetic identity fraud is fast becoming one of the most complex threats facing financial institutions and regulated businesses today. According to SmartSearch, unlike conventional fraud,...
cybercrime

How organised cybercrime is overwhelming banks’ AML defences

Organised fraud has transformed into a sophisticated, cross-border industry extracting tens of billions from the US economy every year. According to Consilient, what once appeared...
T+1

T+1 readiness plan unites EU, UK and Switzerland

The UK Accelerated Settlement Taskforce (AST), the EU T+1 Industry Committee (IC), and the Swiss Securities Post Trade Council T+1 Task Force (swissSPTC) have...
The rapid expansion of AI-driven actuarial platforms is forcing InsurTech firms to rethink how they operate internally. As companies scale across markets, adding customers, products and teams in different geographies, operational complexity increases quickly. Data visibility, coordination between offices and the integration of new technologies all become critical factors in maintaining momentum.

Scaling Akur8: how the company is building for global growth

The rapid expansion of AI-driven actuarial platforms is forcing InsurTech firms to rethink how they operate internally. As companies scale across markets, adding customers,...

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RegTech

Is RegTech evolving into infrastructure itself?

For much of the last decade, RegTech has been viewed as a category in its own right: a fast-growing ecosystem of specialist providers helping...
Anomaly Insights raises $17m to tackle payer asymmetry

Anomaly Insights raises $17m to tackle payer asymmetry

Anomaly Insights, an AI-powered payer intelligence platform designed to close the knowledge gap disadvantaging healthcare providers, has secured $17m in new funding, bringing its...

Kroo Bank and Glenhawk in UK property lending deal

Kroo Bank, a fully licensed UK digital bank, has completed a loan portfolio acquisition and entered into a forward flow funding arrangement with Glenhawk,...

Alpha FMC acquires Elgin White to boost platform capability

Alpha Financial Markets Consulting (Alpha FMC), a global financial services consultancy, has agreed to acquire Elgin White Limited, a specialist investment technology and platform...

SAP Taulia launches AI working capital tools

SAP Taulia, a provider of working capital solutions, has unveiled a suite of AI-driven tools designed to help finance teams streamline liquidity management and...

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