LSEG has launched its Sustainability Ratings and Data product, a comprehensive suite of ESG scores and sustainability analytics now accessible through LSEG Workspace, aimed at bringing greater transparency and comparability to global financial markets. The new offering consolidates sustainability reporting, regulatory compliance and investor requirements into a single integrated experience within the Workspace platform. The ESG scores, available across multiple...

Cytora, a digital risk processing platform for the insurance industry, has launched Cytora Autopilot, a new agentic AI capability designed to enable insurers to automate end-to-end risk workflows for the first time. The platform allows workflows to execute automatically without human intervention, responding to available data and adapting as new information arrives — even when that information is dispersed across...

Comply Exchange has published its latest roundup of regulatory developments across FATCA, CRS and IRS reporting for February 2026, highlighting critical deadlines and system changes that financial institutions must act on. Bahamas and US filing deadlines Financial institutions under the Bahamas' AEOI framework have until 31 March 2026 at 5pm EST to complete FATCA and CRS submissions through the reporting portal. Separately,...

Steward, an AI-first compliance platform trusted with $100bn in investor assets, has raised $5m to automate AML/KYC onboarding for sophisticated investors. The round was led by Motive Partners, with participation from Outward VC, Cooley, and a group of founders and operators. The financing was heavily oversubscribed and supported by prominent angel investors including Shai Wininger, co-founder of Lemonade and Fiverr,...

ZestyAI, a risk and decision intelligence platform for the insurance industry, has secured partnerships with two US regional insurers, Harford Mutual Insurance Group and American European Insurance Group (AEIG), to strengthen property-level underwriting across their respective portfolios. Both insurers will use ZestyAI's platform, which applies computer vision and machine learning to aerial imagery, building permits and verified property data, to...

AutoRek, a financial operations automation platform, has revealed that 82% of insurers believe AI will dominate the industry's future, yet just 14% have fully integrated it into their financial operations, exposing a stark divide between ambition and real-world adoption across the sector. The findings come from AutoRek's 2026 Insurance Report, which surveyed 250 insurance and healthcare insurance managers across the...

A long-standing divide has shaped how sustainability data flows through the investment world. According to ACA Group, public companies have operated for years under a combination of mandatory regulatory requirements and voluntary disclosure frameworks, producing a rich and well-established body of ESG information that is freely accessible through public sources. Private markets, by contrast, have historically functioned as a...

Earth Blox, an Edinburgh-based technology scaleup that helps organisations quantify how nature loss and climate hazards affect financial performance, has raised £6m in a funding round led by PXN Ventures, with backing from Scottish Enterprise, follow-on investment from Archangels, and funding from the European Space Agency (ESA). The capital will be used to grow the Earth Blox team, accelerate product...

BridgeWise, a global leader in AI for wealth, and Alpaca, a self-clearing broker-dealer and brokerage infrastructure API provider, have announced a strategic partnership aimed at delivering institutional-grade investment insights to investors worldwide. The collaboration will see BridgeWise's AI-powered analysis of more than 70,000 global securities made available across Alpaca's Broker API ecosystem, which serves hundreds of brokerages, banks, and financial...

GlobalBlock, the digital assets arm of GCEX Group, has launched a digital asset offering for UK clients, providing institutional-grade access to digital asset services. The platform, available via globalblock.co.uk, combines over-the-counter (OTC) execution, portfolio solutions for eligible clients, and digital asset settlement and invoicing tools for businesses. GlobalBlock's UK digital asset financial promotions have been approved for communication by Archax Limited...