RegTech

Waniwani

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

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

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...
MRLO

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

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...
MiFIR

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

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

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,...
climate

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...

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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