Anti-Fraud

RiskScout raises capital to arm small banks against fraud

RiskScout raises capital to arm small banks against fraud

RiskScout, a US platform combining BSA/AML compliance and fraud prevention for banks and credit unions, has secured fresh investment as community lenders face growing...
Marble lands €6.5m to automate fraud and AML compliance

Marble lands €6.5m to automate fraud and AML compliance

Marble, a Paris-based fraud detection and anti-money laundering (AML) compliance platform, has secured €6.5m in Series A funding as it looks to make AI-driven...
LexisNexis AI tool slashes fraud false positives by 80%

LexisNexis AI tool slashes fraud false positives by 80%

LexisNexis Risk Solutions, the risk intelligence provider behind the Emailage brand, has introduced Emailage Adaptive, an AI-driven risk scoring tool that recalibrates itself automatically....
Uneven human capability is weakening financial crime checks

Uneven human capability is weakening financial crime checks

Firms can invest heavily in sophisticated systems and refined methodologies, but neither will produce a reliable financial crime risk assessment without capable people behind...
Socure

Socure brings AI identity checks to Circle’s Arc blockchain

Socure, a provider of AI-native trust infrastructure for identity and risk intelligence worldwide, has deployed its RiskOS platform to handle identity verification and fraud...
CDD

South Africa’s CDD bar rises after FATF greylist exit

Customer due diligence (CDD) has grown from a simple know your customer (KYC) exercise into one of the most demanding parts of the anti-money...
compliance

A7 scandal exposes gaps in periodic compliance checks

Kremlin-backed FinTech A7 has funnelled more than $6.9bn through the international banking system despite sanctions on Russia, according to a Financial Times investigation. UK...
Equifax

Equifax targets bot-driven fraud with real-time trust scores

Equifax has introduced two new intelligence tools, Signal Score for Email and Signal Score for Device, as automated fraud networks increasingly outpace the conventional...
FCA warns laundering networks outpace mule crackdown

FCA warns laundering networks outpace mule crackdown

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the UK's financial regulator, has revealed that firms shut down 238,396 suspected money mule accounts in 2025. Its research also...
Baselayer

Baselayer lands $35m to verify AI agents before fraud hits

Baselayer, an identity and risk infrastructure provider used by one in five US financial institutions, has secured $35m in Series A funding and unveiled...

News Stories

OCC finds all nine top US banks debanked customers

OCC finds all nine top US banks debanked customers

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the federal supervisor of national banks in the US, has concluded that each of the...
Is there an open-source infrastructure crisis in wealth management?

Is there an open-source infrastructure crisis in wealth management?

Many wealth management firms could be exposing themselves to significant risk without even realising it. They might not realise how dependent they are on...
Salmon secures $140m to expand lending in the Philippines

Salmon secures $140m to expand lending in the Philippines

Salmon Group, a Philippines-based banking and lending platform built around technology, has raised a further $140m (PHP 8.8bn) as it steps up its expansion...
Plinto secures €2.9m to drive real-time finance with AI

Plinto secures €2.9m to drive real-time finance with AI

Plinto, a FinTech company focused on bringing real-time finance to businesses, has closed a €2.9m pre-seed round backed by People Ventures and Emblem. The two...
Seismic and Theta Lake target the AI execution gap

Seismic and Theta Lake target the AI execution gap

Seismic, a company focused on go-to-market performance, has broadened its offering for banks, wealth managers and insurers with a new compliance product, upgraded social...

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