Levitate, an AI-powered relationship marketing platform serving more than 8,000 businesses, has raised $16m in a new funding round, bringing its total capital raised to $71m. The round was led by Harbert Growth Partners, with participation from Bull City Venture Partners and Northwestern Mutual Future Ventures. The fresh capital will be used to accelerate Levitate's AI innovation roadmap, covering both internal...

US life insurance distribution platform Modern Life has introduced an integrated AI platform designed to reinvent life insurance distribution by embedding AI across every stage of the sales journey. Advisors using the platform gain faster workflows, greater visibility and fewer manual handoffs as the system automates operational steps across the policy lifecycle, according to FF News.  For decades, life insurance distribution...

Key Asian FinTech investment stats in 2025: Asian FinTech funding dropped by 16% in 2025 Deals over $100m declined by 92% amid market uncertainty Click, Uzbekistan’s leading FinTech platform providing digital payments and financial services to millions of users, secured one of the biggest Asian FinTech deals of the year through a landmark $237m strategic partnership with JSC Halyk...

Third-party risk management (TPRM) has become one of the most pressing cybersecurity concerns facing portfolio companies as digital ecosystems expand and organisations rely more heavily on external service providers. According to ACA Group, as businesses digitise operations, outsource critical functions and integrate a growing network of vendors, the traditional cybersecurity perimeter has largely vanished. Sensitive information, operational processes and business...

IntelliGRC, a GRC platform designed for MSPs and MSSPs, has secured fresh capital to accelerate its growth and product development. The company focuses on helping service providers manage complex cyber frameworks and regulatory requirements through an automated compliance platform. The firm confirmed it closed a $3.5m seed funding round on 31 January 2026. The round was co-led by Huntress co-founder...

Njordium Cyber, has launched a new Vendor Management System (VMS) designed to help European organisations streamline third-party risk oversight and meet growing regulatory expectations. The launch comes as financial institutions and enterprises across Europe face mounting pressure to manage vendor risk more effectively. According to the Whistic Third-Party Risk Management 2025 Impact Report, 70% of European organisations experienced a data...

Financial institutions racing to adopt artificial intelligence risk replicating other organisations' mistakes rather than solving their own problems. That was one of the central warnings to emerge from a recent webinar hosted by RegTech firm Hawk in partnership with ACAMS. The panel brought together senior voices from across compliance, risk advisory, and financial crime prevention, including ING global head of financial...

For decades, underwriting portfolio management has been guided largely by hindsight. Insurers reviewed performance through monthly management reports or quarterly portfolio reviews, identifying trends only after risks had already been written and exposures had begun to develop. That model is now beginning to shift. Advances in data infrastructure and artificial intelligence are allowing insurers to embed portfolio insight directly into...

Selecting the right wealth management software has never been more consequential. As advisory firms face mounting regulatory scrutiny, growing client volumes, and increasingly complex product ranges, the technology underpinning their operations is under the spotlight. IntellectAI, which offers AI-powered solutions for wealth and insurance, recently delved into how firms can identify the right wealth management software for them. According to IntellectAI,...

DBS Bank (Hong Kong) has partnered with Know Your Customer to enhance digital account opening for small and medium-sized enterprises. The collaboration aims to address the growing need for faster and more efficient SME onboarding processes, which are often slowed by manual compliance checks and complex corporate verification requirements. By integrating automated business verification capabilities into its onboarding workflows, DBS...