The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has announced a collaboration with the Digital Financial Cooperative Research Centre (DFCRC) on a research project to explore potential use cases of CBDC in Australia.

Medical Risk Managers (MRM), a full service Managing General Underwriter (MGU), has selected Gradient AI’s SAIL solution to stop loss insurance to small, self-funded groups.

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced it will tackle competition problems with the trade market data.

The Fortegra Group, a global specialty insurer, has partnered with newly created entity Adlaur to provide underwriting capacity.

Sure, an InsurTech that aims to unlock the potential of digital insurance, has partnered with FinTech Esusu, to offer renters insurance.

Vitraya Technologies, an India-based technology platform that enables automated claims decision making for insurers and real-time payouts to providers, has secured $4.1m in Series A funding.

Ramp, a forecasting analytics startup, has raised $5m in seed funding to transform how global finance teams plan for the future.

StudentFinance, a European FinTech that offers flexible payment plans for education, has raised $41m in Series A funding.

Carbon Underwriting Limited (Carbon) the specialist, independent managing general underwriter (MGU), has expanded its underwriting team with two senior hires.

Socotra, a modern core platform provider for insurers, has launched CorePlus solution in partnership with leading technology providers Mendix, Snapsheet and Stripe.