Swap has secured fresh growth capital as it looks to accelerate its expansion and deepen its product offering for online brands managing increasingly complex global operations. According to TechEU, the company has raised $100m in a Series C funding round co-led by existing investor Iconiq alongside DST Global. The raise comes around nine months after Swap’s Series B round, when...

Corporate actions data is undergoing a fundamental shift in how it is valued and used across financial markets. What was once treated as a back-office necessity is increasingly being recognised as a strategic asset that can support trading decisions, risk management and client engagement. As firms look to extract more value from data, corporate actions are moving higher up the...

Agentic AI, deepening regulatory divergence and the shift of financial crime risk earlier in the customer lifecycle are among the key trends Napier AI expects to shape financial crime compliance in 2026. The predictions form part of the RegTech firm’s annual outlook, which examines how regulatory pressure, technology maturity and evolving criminal tactics are redefining AML strategies globally. Last year, Napier...

Banks are preparing for a major increase in artificial intelligence investment as they look toward 2026, with compliance and risk teams firmly at the centre of those plans. New research conducted by Hawk and Chartis shows that AI is no longer viewed as an experimental capability but as a core component of modern financial crime and compliance strategies. According to the...

Zeidler Group has strengthened the regulatory reporting capabilities of its Zeidler Swift platform by adding support for the Tripartite Template (TPT), extending its coverage of industry-standard FinDatEx templates. With this update, the platform now supports EMT, EET, EPT and TPT, offering asset managers and insurers a more complete solution for managing regulatory and client reporting requirements across Europe. The addition of...

Transaction monitoring rules sit at the heart of any anti-money laundering programme, but they are not controls that can be implemented once and left untouched. Criminal behaviours evolve, customer profiles change and transaction volumes fluctuate, all of which can quickly erode the effectiveness of even well-designed rules. Many financial institutions operating legacy, rules-based systems still report false-positive rates exceeding...

Benekiva, a people-first platform focused on modernising claims automation, has partnered with Juice Financial, a FinTech specialising in flexible, fully digital payment solutions, to improve how insurers deliver claim payouts. The partnership allows insurers using Benekiva’s claims platform to connect claims adjudication directly with Juice Financial’s payment infrastructure. This enables faster, more secure and more flexible claim payouts, helping carriers...

Zurich North America, a commercial insurance provider, and Players Health, an athlete safety and insurance solutions company, have partnered to launch a new Critical Injury Protection Insurance product designed specifically for the name, image and likeness (NIL) era of college sports. The new solution is aimed at colleges, universities and collectives that make NIL payments to student-athletes, helping protect their...

Securian Financial, a long-standing provider of insurance and protection products for financial institutions and associations, has launched My Coverage, a new digital portal for credit insurance and debt protection claims. The My Coverage portal is designed to simplify how customers file and track claims for coverage purchased through their financial institution or association. Securian Financial said the platform delivers a...

Regulatory oversight across the UK financial services sector has intensified, pushing FCA compliance higher up the strategic agenda for financial institutions. What was once treated as a back-office obligation is now recognised as a core component of consumer protection, operational resilience, and long-term trust. According to Theta Lake, as employee communications expand across video, messaging platforms, collaboration tools, email, and...