Waniwani raises $8m to power AI financial distribution
Waniwani, a San Francisco-based revenue and compliance infrastructure provider for the agentic distribution of financial services, has closed an $8m seed funding round to...
EU instant payment rules: banks risk being left behind
With European regulators tightening deadlines around instant payment security, financial infrastructure firm Tietoevry Banking is warning that bank hesitation on Verification of Payee (VoP)...
How the FCA is rewriting the rules on RegTech innovation
For years, the prevailing assumption in technology circles has been that regulation and innovation are fundamentally at odds. Napier AI's experience inside the Financial Conduct...
The hidden culture problem behind weak MLRO engagement
There is a pattern that most money laundering reporting officers (MLROs) will recognise immediately. A request goes out for inputs to the financial crime...
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...
How regulatory reform is exposing MiFIR governance cracks
Transaction reporting has always been the backbone of market abuse surveillance, but the rules of the game are shifting. As regulators deepen their reliance...
Synthetic identity fraud now a systemic threat in 2026
Mitek Systems has released new research developed in partnership with Datos Insights, a financial services research and advisory firm, warning that synthetic identity fraud...
Prediction markets expose firms’ compliance blind spots
For most financial services firms, the regulatory debate around prediction markets has centred on classification: do these instruments fall under securities law, commodities regulation,...
UK moves to simplify climate risk reporting for investors
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the UK's conduct regulator for financial services firms and markets, has proposed scrapping mandatory TCFD-based product-level climate disclosures for...
AI compliance startup Compuvi secures $40m seed round
Compuvi, the LegalTech and RegTech artificial intelligence company behind compliance platform Confinaid, has closed a seed funding round at a $40m post-money valuation.
The round...













