Cyera, an AI-native data and security platform focused on protecting enterprise data and artificial intelligence systems, has raised $400m.  The company has secured $400m in a Series F funding round led by funds managed by Blackstone, with participation from existing investors Accel, Coatue, Cyberstarts, Georgian, Greenoaks, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Redpoint, Sapphire, Sequoia Capital and Spark. The raise brings Cyera’s total funding...

Blackbird.AI, an AI-driven cybersecurity company focused on protecting organisations and executives from narrative-based attacks, has announced a significant acceleration in its commercial momentum alongside a fresh injection of strategic capital. The company said it has raised $28m in new funding, with participation from Ten Eleven Ventures, Dorilton Ventures and cybersecurity industry leaders Dave DeWalt and Chris Young. The latest round brings...

Kita, a Lloyd’s of London coverholder focused on innovative risk transfer solutions for emerging markets, has expanded its portfolio of carbon insurance products and services with the launch of a new non-payment insurance (NPI) policy aimed at lenders financing carbon and natural capital projects. The new policy has been introduced in response to growing demand for financial structures that can...

Roots, an InsurTech company specialising in artificial intelligence solutions for insurance operations, has announced that its newly validated Accelerator is now available to Guidewire ClaimCenter users on Guidewire Cloud through the Guidewire Marketplace. The launch of the new Accelerator is driven by a persistent challenge facing insurers: the heavy operational burden of manual document handling within claims teams, according to...

AI is reshaping how regulated financial institutions approach compliance, surveillance and operational resilience, but its effectiveness depends entirely on the quality of the data it can access. As firms accelerate the adoption of advanced analytics, machine learning and natural language processing, many are discovering that fragmented communications records remain a fundamental barrier to unlocking real AI-driven value. Incomplete, siloed...

As the industry draws a line under 2025, it would be easy to characterise the year through its loudest narratives: the backlash against ESG, the unrelenting enthusiasm for AI, or repeated claims that wealth advice is on the verge of reinvention. Yet, as Kidbrooke has previously argued in its Trends research, the most consequential developments across wealth management and...

At the end of December 2025, the European Commission published a notice clarifying how the EU sustainable finance framework and the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive apply to the defence sector. While the notice does not introduce new legal obligations, it sends a strong signal that the way SFDR, particularly Principal Adverse Impact (PAI) assessments, is being applied in...

Artificial intelligence has become impossible to ignore across financial services. Conference agendas, vendor stands and product announcements all highlight AI as the defining capability of modern compliance technology. What began with predictive analytics and evolved into generative AI copilots has now expanded into widespread claims around agentic AI. Yet as AI language becomes more pervasive, it has also become harder...

As financial institutions head into 2026, artificial intelligence is moving from a promising compliance tool to a regulatory necessity. Insights from 4CRisk.ai suggest the coming year will be defined by how effectively firms deploy governed, high-impact AI to manage growing regulatory complexity while meeting heightened supervisory expectations. This shift is explored by Supradeep Appikonda, COO and co-founder at 4CRisk.ai, who...

Zilch, the consumer payments platform powering the future of commerce, has signed an agreement to acquire AB Fjord Bank, a Lithuania-based regulated bank, as it looks to accelerate its expansion across Europe.