Identification/Background checks

Experian

Experian launches single-API identity verification tool

Experian, the global information services company, has launched Identity Connect, a new identity verification solution designed to help organisations authenticate customers while meeting the...
Hopae

Hopae adds DigiLocker and PAN to single API

Hopae has made India's two principal digital identity systems accessible through its Hopae Connect API, bringing the country's 1.45 billion-strong enrolled population within reach...
Sumsub

Sumsub bolsters EU compliance with eIDAS 2.0 recertification

Sumsub, a global full-cycle verification platform designed to enable fraud-free and scalable compliance, has reconfirmed its eIDAS 2.0 certification at the High Level of...
Canada

Canada’s FCA bill puts FinTech compliance on notice

Canada's fragmented approach to tackling financial crime has drawn sustained criticism for years. Responsibility for investigating money laundering, fraud, and sanctions offences has historically...
Prove

Identity firm Prove bolsters platform with new hire

Prove has named Frances Zelazny as general manager of new market innovations, with a mandate to build out privacy-preserving biometric and KYC compliance capabilities. Zelazny,...

LSEG launches Identity Gateway for digital ID access

LSEG Risk Intelligence, the risk and identity verification arm of the London Stock Exchange Group, has unveiled Identity Gateway, a new infrastructure layer built...
Trade surveillance is entering a new phase. With financial institutions operating across increasingly complex, high-volume and multi-venue trading environments, firms are under growing pressure to improve detection capability, reduce false positives and demonstrate that surveillance frameworks are operating effectively in practice. The Global State of RegTech 2026 report – authored by RegTech Analyst and Parker & Lawrence Research – explored how the sector is evolving, and where the biggest structural challenges are emerging across financial services.

The surveillance gap firms are still struggling to close

Trade surveillance is entering a new phase. With financial institutions operating across increasingly complex, high-volume and multi-venue trading environments, firms are under growing pressure...
Sumsub

Why Sumsub is closing the gap between login and KYC

Sumsub, a verification and compliance technology provider, has launched an integration with Auth0 that lets businesses build identity verification directly into how they authenticate...
ID-Pal

ID-Pal upgrades defences against deepfake injection fraud

ID-Pal, an identity verification and fraud prevention platform, has announced upgrades to its Injection Attack Detection (IAD) capabilities within its Liveness Testing function, aimed...
Didit

Didit targets programmable identity with $7.5m raise

Didit, an AI-native identity and fraud infrastructure platform founded in 2023, has closed a seed round totalling $7.5m after securing an additional $6m in...

News Stories

Just $336m was raised across this week's 11 FinTech deals

Just $389m was raised across this week’s 12 FinTech deals

The summer months continue to prove a slow period for FinTech deals, with just $389m raised across 12 deals.  It was a similar picture to...
Leeds United announce multi-year etoro partnership

Leeds United announce multi-year etoro partnership

Leeds United, the English football club competing in the Premier League, has entered into a new multi-year partnership with etoro, the trading and investing...
Interactive Brokers adds Bucharest Exchange access

Interactive Brokers adds Bucharest Exchange access

Interactive Brokers, an automated global broker, has added the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) to its trading platform. The addition gives eligible IBKR clients the ability...
BitGo acquires NYDIG's institutional trading arm

BitGo acquires NYDIG’s institutional trading arm

BitGo, the digital asset infrastructure company offering custody, trading, staking, financing and settlement services from regulated cold storage, has entered into a definitive agreement...
Why data centre location won't save wealth managers' sovereignty

Why data centre location won’t save wealth managers’ sovereignty

Digital sovereignty in wealth management is not decided by where a data centre sits, but by who retains control over data, technology and advisory...

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