FDIC settles with lawsuit against HomeStreet bank for alleged legal violations
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) have settled a case against Seattle-based HomeStreet Bank, with the bank paying a $1.35m fine without acknowledging any wrongdoing.
ESMA is asking people in the industry for what they think about new changes...
The EU’s top markets authority is looking for input from the financial industry about changes to one of its trickier pieces of legislation.
DataGrail scores additional capital for Series A
Data privacy management company DataGrail has added to its Series A round with an investment from American Express Ventures.
RegTech scaleup Ascent has bagged $19.3m in a new Series B funding round
Ascent, the enterprise using tech to boost compliance, has just announced a $19.3m funding round led by Drive Capital, the venture capital firm that has previously invested in InsurTech company Root Insurance among other businesses.
Is the EU’s new suggested authority really taking the fight against money laundering or...
European finance ministers are expected to urge the European Commission to set up a new anti-money laundering authority. But is it enough?
Facebook is accused of discriminating against female financial services consumers
Mark Zuckerberg’s legal woes do not seem limited to getting regulators to approve of Libra, but now Facebook is facing accusations of discriminating against women and old consumers.
The Australian Cyber Security Centre has released a new guide to help SMEs beef...
People Down Under are getting serious about cybersecurity as the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) has published new guidelines to strengthen small businesses’ online protection.
muinmos names Conor Ringland as new chief commercial officer
muinmos, an automated regulatory compliance platform, has named Conor Ringland as its new chief commercial officer.
The EBA makes call for stronger depositor protection in the EU
The European Banking Authority (EBA) has called for stronger depositor protection in the EU
It opinion focuses on the payouts by deposit guarantee schemes (DGSs)...
Theta Lake’s new video explains its audio-call compliance-checking tool
RegTech startup Theta Lake has created a solution to improve companies' compliance and a new video explaining how it eliminates the need for keyword search from voice to text transcriptions.