RegTech

Zania

Agentic AI firm Zania bags $18m in NEA-led funding round

Zania, a fast-growing agentic AI company focused on governance, risk and compliance (GRC), has closed an $18m Series A funding round to accelerate its...
ActiveComply

ActiveComply raises funding as Level Equity takes stake

ActiveComply, a RegTech company specialising in digital communication compliance for financial institutions, has secured a strategic growth investment from Level Equity. The funding, announced alongside...
AML

U.S. Treasury pushes AML compliance into the AI era

The U.S. Treasury Department has signalled sweeping changes to the country’s anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing (AML/CFT) regime, with a vision designed to prioritise...
FrankieOne

Daon and FrankieOne unite on global identity verification

FrankieOne, a leading identity and fraud prevention platform that connects to more than 350 global data sources, and Daon, a global leader in biometric...
Why biometrics are the future of fraud prevention

Why biometrics are the future of fraud prevention

Traditional authentication methods such as passwords and one-time codes are no longer strong enough to protect financial institutions against sophisticated fraud. Deloitte estimates synthetic...
Tackling financial crime risks across Middle Eastern markets

Tackling financial crime risks across Middle Eastern markets

The region’s regulatory landscape reflects both global pressures and local realities. With the FATF driving international standards, Middle Eastern countries are under scrutiny to...
False negatives: the hidden risk in AI compliance

False negatives: the hidden risk in AI compliance

False positives are a notorious challenge that plagues compliance teams, but recent advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) have helped to reduce the problem. However,...

LSEG launches World-Check On Demand for real-time compliance

LSEG Risk Intelligence has unveiled World-Check On Demand, a platform designed to deliver real-time risk intelligence data. The launch comes as the company celebrates the...
RegTech platform Deckard raises $3.9m Mighty funding

RegTech firm Deckard Technologies secures $3.9m facility

Deckard Technologies, a GovTech platform helping local governments optimise tax revenue and improve compliance across property rentals, has raised $3.9m in growth credit from...
Wordwatch

Wordwatch expands compliance tools for regulators

Wordwatch has launched its expanded compliance suite for regulated organisations, introducing unified capture, data governance and reconciliation within a single integrated solution. The company said...

News Stories

AI

AI attackers are breaking financial crime compliance

A 1993 New Yorker cartoon showed one dog telling another, "On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog." The joke has held up rather...
FinTech

Red-letter week for FinTechs as $1bn raised across 17 deals

This week was a powerful funding week for FinTech firms, with $1.07bn raised across a healthy 17 deals. This marks a second consecutive week of...
RegTech

Why RegTech’s survival race is just beginning

The RegTech market has entered a new era. What began as an experimental space populated by agile startups has matured into a mainstream industry...
Deluxe

Deluxe acquires Celero Commerce in $625m deal

Deluxe has agreed to acquire FinTech firm Celero Commerce for $625m, in a deal that will significantly accelerate its strategic shift away from legacy...

ASIC seeks $35m as HSBC admits scam protection gaps

HSBC Bank Australia Limited (HSBC), the Australian arm of one of the world's largest banking groups, is facing a $35m penalty after admitting to...

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