Platinum Credit Uganda, a subsidiary of The Platcorp Group and a microfinance lender serving over 100,000 clients, has secured $4m in investment from Symbiotics, a Swiss asset manager, to expand financing for low-income households and micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) across Uganda. The $4m investment was provided over a term of 24 months and disbursed on 22 December 2025....

Alpa, a London-based FinTech building a real-time financial operating layer for the hospitality sector, has raised $3.5m in a pre-seed funding round led by European venture fund Daphni. The round also saw participation from True Capital, 2100 Ventures, Firedrop, Oprtrs Club, Kima Ventures, and Sonorcap. Angel investors include Voodoo founder Alexandre Yazdi and former Burger King France chief executive and McDonald's...

Confido, the embedded financial infrastructure platform built for law firms and legal technology providers, has raised $9m in financing across two rounds, with the latest led by Aquiline Capital Partners. The round also drew participation from The LegalTech Fund (TLTF), Breakwater Ventures, Live Oak Bank, and Context Ventures, which also led the initial round. The funding will be used to strengthen...

IntellectAI has helped a leading Middle East financial services group launch what is described as the region's first robo-advisory platform. The institution, which operates across brokerage, asset management, and investment services, approached the project differently from many of its peers. Rather than beginning with a feature list, the organisation started by asking a more fundamental question: what does it take...

Asset owners such as pension funds, insurance companies and sovereign wealth funds are navigating an increasingly complicated investment landscape, according to Ortec Finance. The WealthTech company recently delved into evaluating performance with attribution based on the investment decision process.  Greater dynamism in asset allocation, heightened governance expectations and a growing mix of internal and external managers have all added layers of...

Boards are no longer permitted to sit at arm’s length from financial crime programmes. Across global markets, regulators have made their expectations unmistakably clear: directors must interrogate, challenge and actively shape ML/TF/PF risk assessments rather than simply receive them. According to Arctic Intelligence, the era of passive oversight has ended. Today, the financial crime risk assessment is the principal...

Nordic software and digital engineering company Tieto has agreed to sell two software businesses from its Tieto Indtech division to EG, an industry-specific software provider active across the Nordics. The transaction covers Edlevo, a prominent provider of learning administration software to pre-schools and schools in Sweden and Finland, and HR & Payroll, a specialist provider of human resources and payroll...

AI is no longer a back-office tool quietly analysing data. It is now embedded directly into the day-to-day communications of financial institutions. From automated meeting notes and call summaries to AI assistants operating within collaboration platforms, AI has become an active participant in workplace dialogue. These AI-driven interactions, increasingly referred to as “aiComms”, are rapidly redefining what constitutes regulated...

Luxembourg and the UK are pressing ahead with sweeping changes to how crypto assets are regulated, with updates from both the CSSF and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) confirming that digital assets are being absorbed into mainstream financial supervision. In Luxembourg, the CSSF published Version 7 of its FAQ on digital assets for collective investment vehicles on 4 February 2026,...

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 to a report by Corlytics, the biggest enforcements were seen in the United States, where fines totalled $3.22bn. Elsewhere, enforcements came to $623m in Ireland, $558m in France, $437m in the United Kingdom, Australia saw...