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Tieto Caretech wins Nittedal workforce management contract

Tieto Caretech wins Nittedal workforce management contract

Nittedal municipality, a local government authority in Norway, has selected Tieto Caretech's Lifecare Workforce Planner to modernise its staff resource management. The municipality will deploy...
The insurance sector in the UK faces a year of mounting challenges. From technological disruption and market consolidation to evolving risks and customer expectations, brokers, underwriters, and networks are under pressure to adapt quickly.

A guide for UK insurers to manage compliance in 2026

The insurance sector in the UK faces a year of mounting challenges. From technological disruption and market consolidation to evolving risks and customer expectations,...

Qevlar AI secures $30m to build autonomous AI SOC platform

Qevlar AI, an autonomous AI security operations centre (SOC) platform, has raised $30m to push its technology beyond alert investigations and towards organisation-wide security...
AML

How AML compliance tools are priced in financial services

Anti-money laundering compliance has become an unavoidable reality for financial institutions operating in today’s heavily regulated environment. From FinTech start-ups to global banks, firms...
Embedded insurance platform Kayna has raised €1.5m ($1.7m) in a seed funding round to support expansion in the UK and US markets.

Embedded insurance startup Kayna raises $1.7m

Embedded insurance platform Kayna has raised €1.5m ($1.7m) in a seed funding round to support expansion in the UK and US markets. The round was...
AutoRek

AutoRek unveils RegToolKit compliance platform

AutoRek, a financial technology company specialising in automated reconciliation and financial control solutions, has launched RegToolKit, a new regulatory compliance platform designed to help...
Outpost raises $17.5m Series A to simplify global trade

Outpost raises $17.5m Series A to simplify global trade

Outpost, the AI-powered payments and compliance infrastructure platform for cross-border commerce, has raised $17.5m in a Series A funding round led by Ribbit, the...
Jazz

Data security firm Jazz lands $61m to reinvent DLP

Jazz, a cybersecurity startup focused on transforming DLP into an AI-driven intelligence platform that understands how corporate data is used, has emerged from stealth...
New York auto insurer Country-Wide Insurance has partnered with insurance technology provider Duck Creek Technologies to deploy the Duck Creek Clarity data and analytics platform.

Country-Wide adopts Duck Creek data platform

New York auto insurer Country-Wide Insurance has partnered with insurance technology provider Duck Creek Technologies to deploy the Duck Creek Clarity data and analytics...
Healthcare AI startup Delphyr has raised €1.75m to expand its platform for medical professionals, with backing from the founders of Hugging Face and DEGIRO.

Dutch health AI startup Delphyr raises €1.75m

Healthcare AI startup Delphyr has raised €1.75m to expand its platform for medical professionals, with backing from the founders of Hugging Face and DEGIRO. The...

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compliance

Is compliance becoming a real-time control system?

For decades, compliance has operated as a rear-view mirror — periodic reviews, retrospective audits and manual checks designed to catch problems after they emerge....
Agentic AI is emerging as the next major technology shift for UK mortgage lenders, promising to accelerate loan processing while preserving the relationship-led service many borrowers still value, according to nCino

Agentic AI set to reshape the future of UK mortgages

Agentic AI is emerging as the next major technology shift for UK mortgage lenders, promising to accelerate loan processing while preserving the relationship-led service...
Sherlocq

How Sherlocq is fixing compliance’s $300bn research problem

The compliance profession has a productivity crisis hiding in plain sight. Financial institutions and regulated businesses together spend more than $300bn annually on compliance,...
AI

UK regulators warn firms on AI-driven cyber risks

The Bank of England, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and HM Treasury have issued a joint statement warning that frontier AI models pose a...
FATCA

FATCA and CRS: the compliance gap that’s quietly growing

Online trading platforms built for speed are running headlong into one of global finance's most demanding regulatory frameworks — and the cracks are starting...

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