Risk Management

governance

How governance, data and control failures are driving 2025 penalties

Global enforcements dropped a whopping 72% between 2024 and 2025, with fines dropping to $$5.488bn in total across all four quarters last year. According...
prediction

US prediction markets: Risks and regulation ahead

If 2025 marked the breakout year for prediction markets, 2026 is shaping up to be the year of regulatory reckoning. What began as a...
4CRisk

CUBE acquires 4CRisk to boost AI compliance

CUBE, a global provider of Automated Regulatory Intelligence (ARI) and RCM solutions, has acquired 4CRisk.ai, a RegTech specialising in agentic AI-powered compliance and risk...
FINRA

FINRA warns on AI risks and off-channel use

FINRA’s 2026 Annual Regulatory Oversight Report has set a clear tone for the year ahead, placing generative AI (GenAI) governance and off-channel communications squarely...
Nucleus

Nucleus Security secures $20m Series C funding

Nucleus Security, a cybersecurity company specialising in unified vulnerability and exposure management, has secured fresh backing of $20m. The company positions itself as a system...
CIO

What is the CIO playbook for safe generative AI adoption?

CIOs are facing mounting pressure to roll out generative AI across the digital workplace, even as accountability for risk remains firmly on their shoulders....
fraud

Inside the fraud economy: 7 insights from account farmers

Account farming and identity marketplaces have matured into organised, service-driven ecosystems – and the language fraud enablers use offers rare insight into how these...
APP

APP scams, instant payments and the future of SAR reporting

Rethinking SAR thresholds in 2026 has become unavoidable as APP scams surge alongside the rapid expansion of instant payments across Europe. According to Flagright, as...
risk

Why technology now underpins financial crime risk assessments

Technology has become the backbone of modern financial crime risk assessments. Where these assessments were once built on spreadsheets, word documents and email-driven workflows,...
risk

Eight compliance risks emerging from a fractured world

A fragmented world shaped by geopolitical rivalry, diverging regulatory regimes, supply-chain realignment and weakening international cooperation is fundamentally altering the global financial crime risk...

News Stories

Don’t miss this week’s 17 FinTech funding rounds

It was a slower week for the FinTech sector, compared to some in the past couple of months. A total of $623m was raised...
Goldwise launches to shake up precious metals investing

Goldwise launches to shake up precious metals investing

Goldwise, a UK FinTech founded by former Royal Mint executives, has launched a mobile trading platform designed to give savers and investors a simpler...

AI adoption in financial services accelerates globally

Nearly half of consumers worldwide are now turning to artificial intelligence to inform their savings and investment choices, according to EY, a professional services...

Adyen acquires Talon.One for €750m

Adyen, the global financial technology, has agreed to acquire Berlin-based loyalty and incentives platform Talon.One for a total consideration of €750m. The deal will see...
M-Files launches three industry-specific document solutions

M-Files launches three industry-specific document solutions

Document management specialist M-Files has unveiled three new industry-specific applications: M-Files for Tax Advisory, M-Files for Quality, and M-Files for Contracts. This marks a...

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