RegTech

AI-driven tax compliance solution provider Blue Dot secured $32m in a Series C round led by Ibex Investors in partnership with Lutetia Technology Partners.

Having published an interim report of its findings in September, the Senate Select Committee on Financial Technology and Regulatory Technology will conduct further consultations with the industry.

Security and compliance platform Drata has netted $25m in its Series A round, which was led by GGV Capital.

Blockchain analysis company Chainalysis has closed a $100m Series C financing round led by Addition, bringing its valuation to over the $1bn threshold.

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued a draft for a new power that would help it accelerate the process of removing regulatory permissions no longer used by financial services firms.

Biometrics will be used to authenticate over $3trn mobile payments around the world by 2025, according to a new study from Juniper Research

Fincom.co, which has designed a multilingual fingerprint service, has received an investment from deep tech fund VentureIsrael and ff Venture Capital.

Nigeria’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has warned capital market operators to stop supporting online investment trading platforms and providing access to unregistered foreign securities in Nigeria.

The three European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA and ESMA) have made a joint list of proposals to keep the EU’s regulatory and supervisory framework...

San Francisco-based cybersecurity firm Vanta has closed a $50m funding round led by Sequoia Capital with participation from Y Combinator.