AI is no longer a passive productivity tool sitting quietly in the background of the workplace. Across financial services and other regulated industries, AI assistants, meeting summarisation tools and increasingly autonomous agents are becoming embedded in everyday communications. While adoption is accelerating at pace, governance frameworks are struggling to keep up, leaving organisations exposed to regulatory, data security and...

RADICL has secured fresh growth capital of $31m as it looks to accelerate the development of its autonomous security operations platform. The company has closed a $31m Series A funding round led by Paladin Capital Group, with participation from returning backers Access Venture Partners and Denver Ventures, alongside new investor Cervin Ventures. RADICL positions itself as a specialist provider of an...

RapidFort, a cybersecurity company focused on securing the modern software supply chain, has raised fresh capital of $42m. The company has closed a $42m Series A funding round led by Blue Cloud Ventures and Forgepoint Capital, with participation from existing investor Felicis Ventures. Additional backers in the round include Alumni Ventures, Boulder Ventures, Brave Capital, Evolution Ventures, Florida Funders, Gaingels...

Clearwater Analytics, a US-listed WealthTech investment management platform, has entered into a strategic partnership with Generali Deutschland AG to transform the management of its €40bn unit-linked fund life insurance business. The partnership has been driven by the need to modernise and scale operations in response to rapid growth in the unit-linked insurance market across Europe. As insurers face rising customer demand...

Indigo, a vertically integrated, AI-driven medical professional liability platform, has secured $50m in fresh capital through an oversubscribed Series B funding round, as it looks to scale its technology across the US.  The $50m raise was led by existing investor Rubicon Founders, with significant participation from new backer Town Hall Ventures. Other existing strategic investors, including Optum Ventures, also contributed...

Pasito, an InsurTech company focused on AI-native workflows for group health, life and retirement benefits, has raised $21m in new funding to accelerate automation across the benefits ecosystem. The New York-based firm secured the Series A round led by global software investor Insight Partners, with participation from Y Combinator and insurance-focused MTech Capital, according to Beinsure. Founded to address long-standing inefficiencies...

SME Bank has partnered with Flagright to strengthen its real-time financial crime controls while maintaining operational speed and scalability. The partnership follows a detailed evaluation of Flagright’s platform by SME Bank, as the bank looked to modernise and centralise its approach to transaction monitoring, watchlist screening and investigations. By deploying Flagright, SME Bank aims to reinforce its financial crime framework in line...

The RegTech sector largely took shape in the aftermath of the 2008 banking collapse, helping companies manage the stricter regulations that followed. Know Your Customer is one of the few companies from those early days still thriving, now celebrating its 10th anniversary. The RegTech company was founded in 2015 by Claus Christensen and Richard Barrett who met while working in...

The UK asset management regulatory framework continued to develop during 2025 as post-Brexit reforms progressed from policy design into implementation. Regulatory changes across disclosure, governance, sustainability, market infrastructure and emerging asset classes have affected both UK and international asset managers operating in the market.

The question of whether enterprises should buy or build AI solutions was a central theme at the 2025 Central Park AI Forum, hosted by Norm AI. Across the day, discussions focused on the realities of deploying AI in high-stakes environments, particularly legal and regulatory functions, where reliability, explainability and long-term maintenance matter as much as innovation. A fireside chat between...