ViteSicure, an InsurTech specialising in life and personal protection, has raised €2.5m in the first tranche of its Series A funding round, with backing from new investors including Ad4Ventures and Net Insurance, to accelerate its growth strategy and scale operations. The funding will support ViteSicure’s expansion in the Italian market, with a focus on strengthening distribution channels, enhancing its technology...

Versana, a digital infrastructure platform for the broadly syndicated loan and private credit markets, has closed a $43m capital raise led by BNP Paribas, with new strategic investments from Fitch Ventures, MassMutual Ventures, Motive Partners and Apollo. Existing shareholders Bank of America, Barclays, Citi, Deutsche Bank, J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley, U.S. Bancorp and Wells Fargo also made follow-on investments in...

Upstart, an AI-powered lending marketplace, has entered into a forward-flow agreement with funds managed by affiliates of Fortress Investment Group. Under the deal, Fortress will acquire up to $1.25bn in consumer loans originated via the Upstart platform over a 15-month period. Upstart operates as an AI-driven lending marketplace, connecting millions of consumers with more than 100 banks and credit unions. Its AI...

Bengaluru-based broking platform Sahi, backed by Accel and Elevation Capital, has secured $33m in a Series B funding round. The investment was backed by Accel Growth, Elevation Capital and Accel India, according to a report from TechinAsia. Accel Growth contributed approximately $20m to the round, it said.  The Series B represents a 3.3x step-up from its Series A. The Bengaluru-headquartered firm launched...

Financial regulation has always been shaped by the boundaries it seeks to defend. Once, those boundaries were physical—bank branches, vaults, national borders. Then they became digital, defined by networks, firewalls, and systems. Today, those perimeters are dissolving. In their place, a new focal point is emerging: identity. As financial services fragment across platforms, jurisdictions and technologies, the question is...

Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has fined a responsible officer at a licensed securities firm HK$1m and handed down a four-and-a-half-year industry ban following findings of serious misconduct linked to matched trading and undisclosed accounts. MCO (MyComplianceOffice), which unifies compliance functions in a single system, recently explored how SFC enforcement highlights trading oversight gaps. This disciplinary action stems from...

The financial advice industry has spent a decade asking the wrong question. According to analysis from Kidbrooke, the debate over whether automated systems will replace human advisors fundamentally misunderstands what both are capable of and the firms winning right now are the ones that have stopped picking sides. Pure robo-advisors made a compelling entrance. Algorithmically managed portfolios at a fraction...

Generative AI has long dazzled with its technical capabilities, but the real economic question, as analysts at Prometeia point out, is whether it can translate those capabilities into broad, measurable productivity gains across firms, sectors and workers. Early empirical evidence is promising. Research cited by Prometeia shows that in tasks such as writing, coding and text analysis, generative AI can...

Global ETF assets climbed to $21.24 trillion by February 2026, up 7% year-to-date, as investors continue pouring capital into both traditional and alternative strategies, according to a report from LSEG Data & Analytics. Among the fastest-growing corners of this market are alternative ETFs, which attracted nearly $130bn in net inflows during 2025 alone, cementing their position as the third largest...

UnblockPay, a Brazil-founded stablecoin-native banking and payments platform, has closed a $4.5m seed funding round to fuel its international growth and product development. The round was led by Prelude, with additional backing from Plug and Play, Wintermute, Reverie, Signature Ventures, Triaxis Capital, and Crescera Capital. Angel investors from Stone, Zoop, and iFood also took part in the raise. The fresh capital...