Criminals do not recognise borders. When a victim is manipulated into authorising a fraudulent payment transfer — a tactic the industry variously labels APP fraud, payment fraud, or a scam depending on the market — the underlying mechanism is identical whether it occurs in Helsinki, Frankfurt, or Lisbon. According to Salv, Europe's regulators are beginning to acknowledge as much, and...

For most large retail and commercial banks, the regulatory requirements underpinning FATCA and CRS are no longer the primary concern. The rules are well understood. What is now emerging as the central challenge is something far more difficult to solve: the operational model used to deliver compliance at scale is fundamentally broken. According Label, customer tax data is not static....

There is an old story that gets told whenever a new craze grips the market. It concerns the California gold rush of 1849 — a frenzied, speculative scramble for buried wealth that drew tens of thousands of prospectors from across America and beyond. According to Corlytics, the conditions were brutal, sickness spread quickly, and the easy pickings in the...

Brokerslink, a global insurance broking network, has added Vantel, a Sweden-based InsurTech, as a specialist affiliate. Headquartered in Stockholm, Vantel operates a technology platform that uses artificial intelligence to support commercial insurance brokers with document-based workflows, according to Insurance Business Mag. The platform enables brokers to compare quotes, analyse policy terms and review insurance contracts more efficiently. Its tools are designed to...

Commercial insurance pricing is no longer constrained by models. It is constrained by speed. Across the industry, carriers are under growing pressure to respond faster to increasingly complex risks while maintaining accuracy, transparency, and consistency in their decisions. According to the Earnix 2026 Industry Trends Report, insurers are simultaneously navigating tightening margins, emerging risks, intensifying competition, and evolving regulatory expectations. At...

UK RegTech firm Kyckr, a business verification and monitoring platform, has announced the appointment of Ian Jones as its new chief technology officer (CTO). According to FinTech Finance, Jones joins having accumulated nearly 30 years of experience across technology infrastructure and financial services. His previous roles include CTO at OpenPlay, director of technology at payments platform xMoney, and technical product...

Kin, a digital home insurance provider, has expanded into Oklahoma, offering homeowners a new option for personalised coverage designed for the state’s severe weather risks. The move marks Kin’s entry into a market where a small number of insurers dominate the homeowners insurance sector and new entrants have been rare in recent years. The company says its approach uses detailed property...

Zenskar, an AI-native billing and revenue automation platform built to deliver zero-touch finance for complex B2B businesses, has closed a $15m Series A funding round. The raise was led by Susquehanna Venture Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners, Shine Capital, and Rho, with additional backing from Rocketship, J-Ventures, Future Back Ventures by Bain & Company, and Converge. The capital will be directed towards...

Guidewire, an insurance technology provider, has launched ProNavigator, an AI assistant embedded within its core platforms InsuranceSuite and InsuranceNow to support property and casualty insurers. The assistant, introduced as part of Guidewire’s latest Palisades release, is designed to provide role-specific insights for underwriting, claims, billing and customer service teams. By embedding AI directly into operational workflows, ProNavigator aims to help insurance...

As financial institutions deepen their reliance on third-party data, automation and RegTech platforms, a fundamental question is emerging beneath the efficiency gains: where should external support end, and where must institutional judgement remain firmly in place? That tension is increasingly shaping the modern compliance operating model. Dow Jones operates at the center of this evolution, providing risk and news data and...