Go.Compare has launched a new app on ChatGPT that allows users to compare car, van and home insurance policies directly through the AI platform. The comparison service enables customers to search for insurance deals and receive quotes without leaving the ChatGPT interface, marking the latest move by the price comparison firm into AI-driven customer experiences. Users can access the service by...

Calendar-based Know Your Customer (KYC) reviews are increasingly exposing banks to financial crime, compliance failings and operational inefficiencies, as regulators intensify scrutiny on outdated client monitoring processes, according to nCino. For years, periodic KYC reviews formed the backbone of commercial banking compliance programmes. Institutions would onboard a customer, complete due diligence checks, assign a risk rating and schedule the next...

mea Platform, an AI-native InsurTech company, has appointed marketing agency Converge to lead an integrated growth and brand strategy programme following its recent $50m funding round. Converge will oversee marketing, positioning and go-to-market activity as mea looks to scale adoption of its AI platform across the insurance sector. The engagement includes audience segmentation, thought leadership, digital strategy, performance marketing and demand...

Novella, an AI-powered wholesale insurance broker, has raised $21m to expand its brokerage operations across the US, hire additional producers and continue developing its proprietary AI platform. The funding round was led by Brewer Lane Ventures and included participation from Box Group, Crystal Venture Partners, SV Angel, Avid Ventures, Verissimo Ventures, Blank Ventures and global insurer Arch. Founded in 2024, New...

For much of the last decade, RegTech has been viewed as a category in its own right: a fast-growing ecosystem of specialist providers helping financial institutions modernise compliance, automate risk processes and respond to mounting regulatory pressure. But as the sector evolves, the lines separating RegTech from the wider financial technology stack are becoming increasingly difficult to define. The capabilities...

Anomaly Insights, an AI-powered payer intelligence platform designed to close the knowledge gap disadvantaging healthcare providers, has secured $17m in new funding, bringing its total capital raised to $34m. The round was led by Sound Ventures, with Alumni Ventures joining alongside returning backers Link Ventures, Redesign Health, and RRE Ventures. Healthcare providers routinely lose significant revenue to payer denials, underpayments, downgrades,...

Kroo Bank, a fully licensed UK digital bank, has completed a loan portfolio acquisition and entered into a forward flow funding arrangement with Glenhawk, a specialist bridging lender, to bolster lending activity across the UK property market. Under the terms of the deal, Kroo Bank will take on an existing portfolio of Glenhawk loans whilst simultaneously funding a portion of...

Alpha Financial Markets Consulting (Alpha FMC), a global financial services consultancy, has agreed to acquire Elgin White Limited, a specialist investment technology and platform delivery consultancy. The deal expands Alpha FMC's investment platform transformation offering, bringing in significant implementation and delivery expertise, notably in Charles River Development (CRD). The acquisition follows Alpha FMC's recent purchase of JPSB, which had added SimCorp...

SAP Taulia, a provider of working capital solutions, has unveiled a suite of AI-driven tools designed to help finance teams streamline liquidity management and sharpen operational decision-making. Announced at SAP Sapphire, three new capabilities form the core of the launch: the Working Capital Agent, Intelligent Terms Negotiations and Extended Flow with Payables. Collectively, they aim to help organisations uncover cash...

The broad predictions made for insurance in 2026 have largely held up. But according to analysis from Tietoevry, the story emerging from the first quarter is not simply one of trends playing out, it is about which insurers can translate ambition into something controllable, governable and credible enough to scale. Artificial intelligence remains the industry's dominant conversation, but its character...