Asset and Wealth Management trends: 300 global asset and wealth management leaders were surveyed on convergence and growth trends over the next five years One in two respondents said integrating wealth management with FinTech would most impact revenue growth Private markets and tokenisation were seen as key engines of long-term industry growth 300 global asset and wealth management leaders were...

Rogo, a FinTech company building an agentic end-to-end AI system for financial workflows, has raised $75m in a Series C funding round and announced its expansion into Europe with the opening of a London office. The Series C was led by Sequoia Capital, with participation from Henry Kravis and Wells Fargo, alongside continued backing from existing investors Thrive Capital, Khosla...

Mesh, a digital asset payments network, has closed a $75m Series C funding round that values the company at $1bn, as it accelerates plans to build a universal infrastructure for digital asset-based payments. The funding round was led by Dragonfly Capital, with participation from Paradigm, Moderne Ventures, Coinbase Ventures, SBI Investment and Liberty City Ventures. With this raise, Mesh has...

HeyMax, a Singapore-headquartered loyalty and travel rewards platform, has raised $11m in Series A funding to accelerate product development and expand its regional footprint across Asia-Pacific. The funding round was led by Peak XV Partners, with participation from strategic investor Betatron Venture Group. Existing backers January Capital and Tenity also continued their support. Additional investors included Rob Rosenstein, co-founder and...

Gridline, a turnkey alternatives management platform for advisory firms, has raised $18.5m in Series A funding to accelerate the development of its integrated private markets infrastructure for the wealth channel. The funding round was led by FINTOP and will be used to advance Gridline’s mission to replace fragmented systems and manual workflows with a single, purpose-built platform designed to support...

UK asset managers are entering 2026 with a regulatory agenda that is becoming both broader and more operational, as post-Brexit reforms shift from design into delivery. Changes spanning disclosure standards, governance expectations, sustainability rules, market infrastructure and emerging asset classes are steadily reshaping what the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and other UK bodies expect from firms operating in, or marketing...

Singapore is pushing financial services firms beyond AI pilots and into enterprise-wide governance, as Project MindForge enters its next phase. Across Asia Pacific, artificial intelligence has moved quickly from experimentation to deployment, with institutions trying to unlock efficiency while managing risk, accountability, and regulatory expectations. Napier AI, a provider of next generation AML and financial crime compliance software, recently delved...

EXANTE, a global prime broker, has appointed Alex Kishchuk as trade desk lead, a move aimed at strengthening global trade execution and operations. In his new role, Kishchuk will head global trade execution and operations, with responsibility for ensuring that EXANTE’s trading infrastructure maintains the speed, transparency and control expected by its growing client base. He will report directly to...

The rapid adoption of AI across financial services has created unprecedented opportunities, but also amplified risks. Solytics Partners is helping institutions harness these technologies responsibly, embedding governance directly into everyday operations while reducing operational friction and enhancing regulatory confidence.  As part of FinTech Global’s prestigious RegTech100, Vikas Tyagi, CEO of Solytics Partners, explains how the firm is helping organisations navigate the complex intersection of AI, risk,...

Gulf States Insurance Group, a US insurance provider, has partnered with insured.io, a cloud-based, omnichannel customer engagement platform for insurance organisations, to advance its digital transformation initiatives. The insurer has implemented the insured.io Customer Engagement Platform, featuring tools such as Insured Portal, Ivy IVR, Mortgagee Verification IVR, Outbound Retention Notifications, and a First Notice of Loss (FNOL) claims solution, according...