Tag: Financial Services

ElevenLabs hits $22bn as financial firms adopt AI agents

ElevenLabs, the AI voice and conversational agent developer, has reached a $22bn valuation after completing a $300m employee tender offer, as banks, insurers and...

Why football clubs must govern like banks under the IFR

The Football Governance Act 2025 marks the most significant overhaul of English football's structure since the Premier League's creation in 1992. According to Argus Pro,...

Spreadsheets are hiding your biggest financial crime risk

Many organisations believe their financial crime risk assessment is working simply because it gets done every year. The routine is well rehearsed. Spreadsheets are...

US strengthened its FinTech dominance further, securing half of all deals...

Key global FinTech investment stats in H1 2026: Global FinTech funding grew 14% YoY US companies secured half of all deals in H1 to...

Duna: deterministic rules are the key to bank-grade AI

Financial institutions racing to embed AI into their compliance operations face a stubborn problem: the technology does not always give the same answer twice....

EquiTrust taps Sureify to modernise legacy insurance tech

EquiTrust Life Insurance Company has selected Sureify to modernise the technology connecting its life insurance and annuity operations, with data exchange and distribution partner...

US WealthTech deal activity projected to decline 15% in 2026 as...

Key US WealthTech investment stats in H1 2026: US WealthTech funding dropped 13% YoY in H1 Deal activity projected to decline 15% for 2026...

Channel sprawl exposes banks’ surveillance identity problem

When a regulator comes knocking, it does not ask for a single channel's records. It asks about a person: a name, a time window...

The MLRO alone cannot protect firms from financial crime

Financial crime risk assessments are frequently treated as technical exercises built on structured frameworks, scoring models, control inventories, residual risk calculations and data analysis. According...

AI helps life insurers tackle rising ad compliance

Life insurance and annuity marketing is becoming more complex as insurers target new audiences across more channels, creating additional pressure for compliance teams still...

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