February got off to a powerful start in regard to FinTech funding rounds, with over $1.02bn raised across 29 rounds. This continued last week’s strong performance, where FinTech companies raised just over $1bn as FinTech funding continued its promising start to 2026. This came after a two-week stretch where funding topped $2.3bn. Leading the pack this week in terms of raises...

Insurers are losing millions because outdated systems make rate updates slow and costly. By decoupling pricing logic from legacy policy administration systems, companies can deploy new rates in hours, rollback changes instantly, and reduce premium leakage, according to Akur8. In a market where inflation and shifting risk profiles can turn a profitable rate into a loss within months, speed...

Compliance has always been built on a simple and succinct premise: when something goes wrong, someone has to be accountable. That assumption is now under strain in 2026. Decisions that once relied on human judgement are increasingly shaped — and in some cases made — by automated systems. Risk scores are generated automatically. Customers are onboarded or rejected based on...

Money lost to romance scams has risen sharply over the past year, with the value of payments sent to fraudsters increasing by 37%, according to new analysis from TSB. The bank’s latest research also shows a 15% rise in the number of cases, underlining how this form of fraud continues to escalate in both scale and severity. Romance fraud remains...

Customer experience is entering a more demanding phase, where expectations around speed, reliability and trust are converging with rapid advances in AI. Heather Guntrum, chief customer officer at M-Files, recently outlined how customer experience (CX) and customer success (CS) will evolve in 2026 as organisations balance automation with human expertise. At the centre of this shift is the emergence of hybrid...

Agenzee, a compliance-focused technology company, has unveiled Agenzee Assist, a fully managed service that handles licensing, regulatory monitoring, and compliance tasks for insurance producers. The product was launched to address a growing need within insurance organisations for a service that goes beyond software alone, providing a complete, hands-off solution that allows insurers to delegate administrative compliance tasks entirely so teams...

WealthReach, an AI-powered prospecting platform, has announced the launch of InsuranceReach, a new lead generation solution aimed at insurance professionals seeking more efficient ways to identify and engage prospects. The new product has been launched in response to long-standing challenges within the insurance sector, where agents and producers often rely on cold calling, purchased lists and personal networks to find...

Input 1, a provider of digital billing and payment solutions for the insurance industry, has announced that Ironwood Brokers & Insurance Marketing has selected its Payments-as-a-Service capabilities to enhance digital payment functionality across its nationwide broker network. The move comes as Ironwood looks to modernise how insurance premium payments are submitted by agents, responding to growing demand for faster, more...

The idea that people only fall for a scam once no longer holds true. Modern fraud has evolved into a sophisticated lifecycle where criminals deliberately return to the same victims, refining their tactics with each interaction. Enabled by data harvesting, automation and global criminal networks, re-targeting scams have become one of the most damaging trends in financial crime, trapping individuals...

Nullify, an AI-driven product security RegTech company building what it describes as the world’s first autonomous AI workforce for security teams, has closed its seed funding round as it looks to scale growth across global software businesses. The company has raised $12.5m in the round, which was led by SYN Ventures, with participation from existing investor Black Nova Venture Capital....