Securities Commission Malaysia (SC), the country's capital markets regulator, has led a high-level delegation to China as part of efforts to deepen cross-border investment ties under its new Capital Market Masterplan 2026–2030. According to FinTech News Malaysia, the visit sought to broaden investor participation and unlock fresh opportunities for Malaysian investors accessing Chinese markets, with representatives from Bank Negara Malaysia...

Experian, the global data and technology company, has announced the acquisition of digital verification firm Konfir, strengthening its verification offering across the UK market. The integration brings Konfir's technology into Experian's existing suite, combining Open Banking, payroll and tax data to provide employers, landlords and lenders with a clearer picture of applicants' income and employment history stretching back up to...

Something significant happened at NYU Law School on 31 March 2026. David I. Miller, the newly appointed director of enforcement at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), delivered a pointed message to an audience of enforcement professionals, practitioners, and students: the notion that insider trading laws do not apply to prediction markets is a myth — and the CFTC...

The Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) Annual Work Programme for 2026/27 offers the clearest picture yet of how the regulator plans to supervise firms as it moves into the second year of its five-year strategy. According to ACA Group, while many of the themes are not new, the programme marks a meaningful shift from policy ambition to supervisory execution — signalling...

ManyPets, a digital pet insurer, has partnered with veterinary technology firm Vet-AI to integrate digital veterinary services directly into its insurance offering. The collaboration brings Vet-AI’s Joii platform into the ManyPets ecosystem, allowing policyholders to access remote veterinary consultations and AI-powered health assessments through a single digital journey, according to InsurTech Insights. The integration enables customers to receive real-time triage and...

Financial institutions are sitting on a growing compliance problem. Across the sector, customer files are increasingly inaccurate, outdated, and risk-generating. In many cases, records are missing information that regulators now consider essential — and the pressure to act is intensifying. According to KYC360, the FATF's recommendations on customer due diligence set out a comprehensive framework of measures for firms to...

Cloverleaf Analytics, an insurance analytics platform provider, has launched its 2026 Insurance Decision Intelligence Platform designed to streamline data processing and analytics operations across the insurance sector. The platform delivers an automated data pipeline from source ingestion through to Snowflake, powered by artificial intelligence capabilities designed to accelerate how insurers generate insights from operational data. According to the company, the technology...

Better, an AI-native home finance platform, has launched a conversational credit decision engine for mortgages and home equity loans inside ChatGPT through a collaboration with OpenAI. The new application allows lending teams to connect directly to Better’s Tinman AI underwriting engine within ChatGPT, enabling faster credit decisions and providing lenders with decision-ready information. Through the integration, Better is extending access to...

Beyond by RS2, the innovation arm of BaFin-licensed e-money institution RS2 Financial Services GmbH and part of the RS2 Group, has joined forces with Hakisa, a portfolio company of investment holding Maffei & Co., to roll out an integrated card-based expense management solution aimed at social service organisations and municipalities. Under the arrangement, Beyond by RS2 will serve as BIN...

Aqua Global, a financial messaging specialist, has announced that iFAST Global Bank has selected its Aquila platform to support the launch of the start-up bank's Digital Personal Banking services, enabling it to offer multi-currency payments from the outset. Deployed in 2023, Aquila, which is Aqua's multi-channel messaging solution, serves as the core payments infrastructure underpinning iFAST's operations. The platform supports...