Specialist asset manager Anthemis’ Female Innovators Lab (FIL) has received additional investments from institutions including Visa and BMO, which sees the fund become the largest early-stage FinTech fund dedicated to companies founded by women.

Stockholm-based Bits Technology, which offers business and customer identity, has raised €4m in its seed funding round.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become a pivotal force in the retail sector, offering an innovative solution to the daunting challenge faced by retailers. Scanbot SDK recently explored how tech is improving sales and customer experience.  The rapid ascendancy of e-commerce mandates businesses to seamlessly integrate their physical and digital strategies, thereby ensuring a personalised and smooth shopping journey for customers....

Regulatory change in the banking industry appears to be on the horizon for 2023. Regional banks are already grappling with an intricate web of state, federal, and international compliance obligations.

Tripleseat, an event management software and integrated payments firm for the hospitality space, has secured an investment from General Atlantic.

Flagright has teamed with OpenAI to introduce Flagright AI, an AI suite to provide AML compliance and fraud prevention capabilities.

Swiss Re Reinsurance and Des Moines-based InsurTech Benekiva, have formed a strategic partnership to develop an end-to-end digital claims management solution.

Deloitte has found less than half are confident in the ability of firms’ collection of ESG metrics for regulatory compliance purposes.  

Smile Identity, a provider of identity verification in Africa, has acquired the parent company of Appruve, which helps firms use financial and identity data for detect fraud.

Digital mortgage platform Tembo has raised £5m in a funding round, as it looks to bolster its instant comparison technology.