AYU, a global private members' community for family offices and alternative investment funds, has launched AYU Capital, a new matching service designed to connect funds and founders with verified family office investors. The new offering aims to streamline access to capital by helping investment seekers understand appetite within the fast-growing family office market and facilitating introductions to interested investors. At...

Mobile compliance has become one of the most complex regulatory challenges facing modern financial services firms. As global organisations adopt diverse mobile strategies, ranging from bring your own device (BYOD) to corporate-owned and hybrid models, the regulatory burden has intensified. According to Theta Lake, for regulated institutions operating across multiple jurisdictions, the ability to capture, monitor and reconcile communications across...

Since late 2022, the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) and its role on operational practices have evolved at a breakneck pace. In the area of compliance, this is no different, with businesses scrambling to future-proof their processes to keep up with the competition.   No longer is AI operating as a standalone control. The technology is being embedded directly into...

Inscope, an AI-powered financial reporting platform serving accounting firms and enterprises, has raised $14.5m in a Series A round to replace manual financial statement preparation workflows. The funding round was led by Norwest, with participation from Storm Ventures, existing investors Better Tomorrow Ventures and Lightspeed Venture Partners, alongside strategic operators from finance and enterprise software. The latest investment brings Inscope’s total...

The speed of modern finance has transformed convenience for consumers, but it has also reshaped the fraud landscape. Instant bank transfers and crypto transactions mean funds can disappear in seconds, leaving little opportunity for recovery. According to Flagright, when a customer is manipulated into authorising a transfer to a fraudster, whether through a fake bank call or an online...

Moroccan RegTech Charikaty, a digital company formation and compliance platform, has raised fresh capital to accelerate its expansion across the country, as it looks to modernise how businesses are created and managed in Morocco. The startup secured MAD 1.5m, approximately $150k, during Season 3 of “Qui Veut Investir Dans Mon Projet?”, Morocco’s leading startup investment show broadcast on national channel...

Key Asian FinTech investment stats in Q4 2025: Asian FinTech funding hit five-quarter high with an increase of 2.9x YoY in Q4 Large deals rose by 4.5x YoY which drove the uptick in funding for the region Airwallex, a Singapore-based global commercial payments and financial platform, secured one of the biggest Asian FinTech deals of the quarter after raising...

Agentic AI is transforming the world of compliance as we know it and firms avoiding it are vulnerable to criminals. Unit21 is at the forefront of the blending of AI with compliance. The RegTech company boasts a suite of no-code solutions for fraud and AML operations, covering payment fraud prevention, sanctions screening, AML transaction monitoring, device intelligence and more. One...

Vestwell’s $385m Series E headlined a red-letter week for FinTech funding, with companies raising around $1.29bn across 18 deals as investment momentum continued to build in early 2026. The size of Vestwell’s round set the tone for the week. The US-based infrastructure platform, which powers savings and retirement products for employers and financial institutions, secured one of the largest FinTech...

Financial institutions are under growing pressure to strengthen anti-money laundering (AML) controls while managing rising compliance costs. Artificial intelligence (AI) is widely seen as part of the solution, yet adoption remains cautious. Financial crime compliance is one of the most tightly regulated areas across banking, payments, WealthTech and InsurTech. Napier AI recently delved into how firms can implement compliance-first AI for...