RegTech

Diligent, a prominent GRC SaaS company, has announced a groundbreaking partnership with Manifest Climate, to expand its capabilities into the realm of climate risk management.

TruOps, a cybersecurity, risk and compliance management software company, has landed a new investment from Petros Partners.

The Attorney General’s Department (AGD) in Australia initiated a public consultation on 20 April 2023 to discuss proposed reforms to the country’s anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing (AML/CTF) regime. These potential changes aim to broaden the current AML/CTF legislation to cover 'tranche-two' high-risk sectors including lawyers, accountants, real estate agents, company service providers, and dealers in precious metals and stones.

Spyderbat, a cloud native runtime security company, has raised $10m in Series A funding to develop its security offering.

DekaBank has picked Clearstream to handle its post-trading services such as settlement, custody and asset servicing for its securities activity in Europe.

Digital ID verification company OCR Labs Global will deploy its technology into fyio, a new app designed to navigate life and documents.

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has asked for evidence on distributed ledger technology (DLT) and their usage.

RegTech company Exiger has hired former FBI international corruption squad head George McEachern as managing director in the company’s global investigations group.

A study published by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has found that internet service providers (ISPs) are failing to disclose to consumers how they are protecting their privacy.

Identity verification solution Onfido is the latest FinTech company to have received a grant from the Board of Banking Competition Remedies Ltd (BCR).