DivTax, a Germany-based FinTech startup that helps stock investors reclaim overpaid withholding tax on foreign dividends, has raised reportedly €1m in a pre-seed financing round to accelerate product development and institutional partnerships. The round drew backing from Angel Invest, CapCircle, Superangels, ING COO Dr Ralph Müller, and lemon.markets founder Max Linden, according to a report from EU Startups. DivTax operates a...

Despite being in the data age, many wealth management firms are yet to realise the full potential of their data. An EY study in 2025 polled Chief Data Officers, Chief Technology Officers, IT Directors and Chief Operating Officers across wealth and asset management firms. Of the respondents, 74% believed their data was improving, but 79% believed poor data quality remained a...

Pluvo, an AI-native financial analysis FinTech built for CFOs and FP&A teams, has announced a $5m seed funding round as it looks to accelerate development of its decision intelligence platform and expand its commercial reach. The $5m round saw backing from Andreessen Horowitz’s a16z speedrun, Deel, The Perseverance Fund, StandUp Ventures and AltaIR Capital. A number of strategic angel investors...

The Bank of England has appointed Katharine Braddick CB as the next deputy governor for prudential regulation and CEO of the PRA succeeding Sam Woods when his term concludes in June 2026.  The Bank of England oversees the UK’s financial system, working to maintain stability, supervise key institutions and support sustainable economic growth. Through the PRA, it regulates banks, building...

Annuity providers are operating in an environment shaped by volatility, margin compression and intensifying competition. While many insurers have invested significantly in advanced actuarial capabilities, the core challenge is not a lack of modelling sophistication. Instead, it is structural. According to Earnix, the real pressure point lies in how pricing insight is translated into real-world execution. The gap between projection...

Insurity, a cloud-based software provider for property and casualty insurers, brokers and MGAs, has launched its Borealis product release, introducing enhancements designed to improve speed, clarity and reliability across the insurance lifecycle. The release focuses on removing operational friction that affects loss ratios, cycle times and compliance exposure, replacing manual workarounds, document-heavy claims processes and fragmented data with stronger governance...

Openly, a technology-driven premium insurance provider, has partnered with claimtouch to automate the pricing and valuation of damaged personal property and reduce settlement times for contents claims. The partnership integrates claimtouch’s Personal Property Platform with Openly’s claims management system, enabling adjusters to generate detailed contents inventories and estimates more efficiently through consistent, data-driven valuations. This collaboration is designed to replace manual processes...

Communications governance is moving sharply up the agenda for insurers as regulators tighten expectations around data completeness and retrieval. Supervisors increasingly expect firms to demonstrate that they can access and reconstruct full communications records across voice, video meetings and digital messaging at speed. According to Wordwatch, in 2026, this pressure is set to intensify, particularly as non-financial misconduct scrutiny deepens...

AI InsurTech Sixfold has formed a strategic partnership with INFORCE to accelerate underwriting automation and improve efficiency and decision accuracy across insurer workflows. Under the agreement, INFORCE will integrate Sixfold’s underwriting AI into its digital transformation services, helping insurers modernise operations without re-architecting core systems, according to FF News. Built specifically for insurance underwriting, Sixfold’s AI ingests carrier-specific guidelines to deliver appetite-aligned recommendations, prioritise...

Built to eliminate fragmented licensing, compliance and appointment workflows, Producerflow’s first year demonstrates how modern infrastructure can lower costs, prevent clawbacks and accelerate producer activation. The company delivers a digital platform that unifies onboarding, licensing, appointments and compliance, helping carriers, MGAs and agencies reduce operational friction, manage regulatory exposure and scale more efficiently. Originally developed to solve distribution bottlenecks at its...