The regulatory environment is creating the perfect storm for RegTech to ‘come out of the cold’ and help solve real challenges according to Anthony Quinn, founder of Arctic Intelligence and co-founder at AML Accelerate. New laws introduced since the global financial crisis in 2008 are constantly being updated, causing mounting pressure on compliance teams to keep on top of managing...

South-East Asian SME lender First Circle has raised $1.3m in a new round from Accion Venture Lab and Deep Blue Ventures.

Boston-headquartered Elsen, a Platform-as-a-Service company for large financial institutions, has raised $2.4m.

Oakam, a digital micro-lender for the UK's unbanked and underbanked consumers, has secured a £35m debt investment from Victory Park Capital.

SME lender Fleximize has secured a £16.3m financing facility from specialist investment fund Hadrian’s Wall Secured Investments.

Bitdefender, a global cybersecurity company, has landed an undisclosed investment from Vitruvian Partners.

New York-based InsurTech startup Jetty has picked up $4m in Seed funding to serve city-dwelling consumers.

Mastercard has announcing the latest 11 companies to join its Start Path, a program aimed to support later-stage FinTechs across the globe.

NS8, an eCommerce fraud prevention solutions company, has raised $7.5m in seed round funding round.

Simplus, a Salesforce partner and quote-to-cash implementation solutions provider, has raised $17.8m in funding.