RegTech

Signal AI

Risk and reputation firm Signal AI bags $165m funding round

Signal AI, a risk and reputation intelligence platform, has secured $165m in growth-equity investment led by Battery Ventures, a global technology-focused investment firm. The deal...
crime

Intelligence sharing set to reshape financial crime prevention

Criminal activity in financial services continues to evolve at pace, putting pressure on institutions to anticipate threats rather than simply react. While fraudsters exploit...
Flagright

Reap partners with Flagright to strengthen AML compliance

Reap has announced a partnership with Flagright, an AI-native, no-code platform for transaction monitoring and AML compliance. The collaboration will allow Reap to strengthen its...
How firms can ready for FCA AI trials in AML

How firms can ready for FCA AI trials in AML

Artificial intelligence is reshaping financial crime compliance, and regulators are responding. The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will launch AI Live Testing in September...
Ensuring data integrity with KYC Portal CLM

Ensuring data integrity with KYC Portal CLM

The old saying “garbage in, garbage out” takes on a sharper edge in compliance. In KYC processes, poor-quality or outdated data can result in...
AML

From black box to clarity: AML AI models explained

In the world of anti-money laundering (AML), credibility depends on more than mathematical performance. If models cannot be explained clearly, executives won’t trust them...
Trump

US financial enforcement falls 37% under Trump

Regulatory enforcement against US financial services firms has sharply declined in the first half of 2025, according to new findings from Wolters Kluwer’s Regulatory...
AI

Bank of England’s Bailey: AI key to spotting risks

Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey has said that regulators should embrace AI to help them identify risks in the financial services sector before...
Centralised CLM: the solution to KYC fragmentation

Solving KYC inefficiencies with centralised compliance

KYC processes remain one of the most important aspects of compliance for financial institutions, yet too many firms continue to rely on fragmented systems. Spreadsheets,...
RiskSmart

Hippodrome Casino boosts compliance with RiskSmart

Hippodrome Casino has selected RiskSmart to strengthen its risk and assurance framework, marking a significant step in its approach to governance and compliance. The venue,...

News Stories

Over $1bn raised in this week's 16 FinTech deals - Read them all here

Over $1bn raised in this week’s 16 FinTech deals – Read them all here

Two major deals helped to bring this week's total FinTech funding volume past the $1bn mark, with a total of $1.2bn raised across 16...
Are wealth managers finally embracing digital assets?

Are wealth managers finally embracing digital assets?

Despite their rising popularity, particularly with younger generations, digital assets still lack widespread adoption by traditional wealth management firms. However, as regulators continue to...

Figure acquires Kiavi in $717m blockchain deal

Figure Technology Solutions, a blockchain-native capital marketplace, has struck a definitive agreement to acquire Kiavi, an AI-driven lending platform serving residential real estate investors,...

Bluwhale launches AI-native financial operating system

Bluwhale, an AI and blockchain-based personal finance platform, has unveiled an AI-native financial operating system that automates users' financial lives while keeping data ownership...

Grasshopper launches treasury management with Waldo

Grasshopper Bank, a full-service digital bank with approximately $1.6bn in total assets, has launched a new treasury management product in collaboration with Waldo, a...

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