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Market Analysis
Grasshopper launches treasury management with Waldo
Grasshopper Bank, a full-service digital bank with approximately $1.6bn in total assets, has launched a new treasury management product in collaboration with Waldo, a US-regulated investment advise...
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AXA XL and Deloitte team up on cyber risk prevention
AXA XL, a global commercial insurance and risk management provider, has announced a strategic partnership with professional services firm Deloitte to deliver expanded cybersecurity and operational ...
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Three things compliance leaders can't afford to ignore in 2026
There's a noticeable shift happening in financial crime compliance, and it's not being driven by a single regulation, technology, or enforcement action. It's the convergence of all three.
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Guidewire Cloud to power Peel Mutual's AI strategy
Peel Mutual Insurance Company, an Ontario-based mutual insurer and member of the Ontario Mutual Insurance Association, has selected Guidewire Cloud as part of a broader push to accelerate AI-driven...
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New FSB framework targets AI risks in financial sector
The Financial Stability Board (FSB), the international body that monitors and makes recommendations about the global financial system, has published a consultation report outlining sound practices ...
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Why investment teams act too late on public information
Investment and risk teams are drowning in information, yet still making decisions without it. The problem is not access to news. It is the structural lag between when a story breaks and when it rea...
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Oxford Finance closes $400m asset backed securitisation
Oxford Finance, a specialty finance firm that provides senior secured loans to businesses globally, has completed a private placement transaction involving the sale of approximately $400m in loans ...
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Vinyl Equity raises $20m Series A led by Jump Capital
Vinyl Equity, a FinTech infrastructure company for capital markets and corporate transactions and SEC-registered transfer agent, has closed a $20m Series A funding round led by Jump Capital.
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Why trusted data is Luxembourg's next financial frontier
In a conversation published by LSEG Data & Analytics, Vincenzo Giunta, president of the Luxembourg Financial Markets Association (LFMA), and David Thomas, head of data trust at LSEG, explored how L...
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Digital assets in wealth management: what banks must do now
Digital assets have moved well beyond their speculative origins to become a recognised component of mainstream financial markets, according to the WealthTech Radar 2026, published by fincite.
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AI storm risk tool integrated into Adaptive Insurance platform
Adaptive Insurance, a specialist provider of climate-focused insurance products, has selected ZestyAI, an AI-powered risk and decision intelligence platform, to integrate property-level storm risk ...
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Has the traditional financial crime model reached its limit?
The traditional financial crime operating model was built for a different era. For decades, financial institutions have relied on separate functions, technologies and processes to manage anti-money...
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How document verification closes the fraud detection gap
As digital onboarding becomes the norm, businesses are finding themselves increasingly exposed to document fraud, and their existing processes are struggling to keep pace.
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UK SOX compliance: what Provision 29 means for your board
The phrase 'UK SOX' has been circulating with growing urgency in compliance and finance circles, and the timing is no accident.
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The board's role in AML risk is no longer optional
In every regulated organisation, the board of directors carries ultimate responsibility for ensuring that the financial crime risk framework is fit for purpose, effective and aligned to the wider b...
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Cosine builds UK's first sovereign frontier AI model
Cosine, a British sovereign AI frontier lab founded in London in 2023 and selected by the UK government as part of its sovereign AI initiative, has unveiled a coalition of major UK institutions to ...
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Why investing in compliance now creates competitive advantage
For years, the compliance community has debated whether the function should be viewed as a revenue enabler rather than a cost centre.
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How to monitor and investigate behavior-based risk in AI communications
Artificial intelligence has moved well beyond being a simple productivity tool. Today, platforms such as Microsoft Copilot, Zoom AIC, Anthropic's Claude, and Google Gemini are functioning as active...
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Amplify adds Wealthbox CRM to multi-custodial platform
Amplify Technology, an AI-native RIA operating platform built on data lake architecture, has announced a new integration with Wealthbox CRM, one of the most widely adopted CRM platforms in the inde...
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BridgeWise launches podcast sentiment data feed
Context Analytics, a BridgeWise company, has unveiled a Podcast Sentiment Analysis Feed, a new data product drawing on financial and business podcast content to deliver ticker-level market signals ...
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Stablecoin rules must change, peers warn regulators
A House of Lords committee has warned that the UK's stablecoin regulatory framework risks being outpaced by international rivals and has called on regulators to revisit several key elements of thei...
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Hetz Ventures backs Willow's $7m AI agent security play
Willow, an Israeli agentic access platform that enables enterprises to safely govern and control AI agents, has emerged from stealth with $7m in seed funding to accelerate product development and i...
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How myFaro is leveraging tech to transform the financial advisory space
In the wealth management space, the rise of WealthTech has helped to digitise countless products and portals. Founded in 2017, Belgium-based myFaro is now changing the game: it is bringing digitisa...
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EXANTE Bond market turbulence: what investors need to know
Global equity markets delivered a broadly positive performance in May, but it was bond markets that commanded the most attention, according to EXANTE's latest monthly markets brief.
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ebankIT integrates Daon to close the fraud gap
ebankIT, a digital banking platform provider, has announced a partnership with Daon, a global digital identity fraud prevention firm, to embed continuous identity assurance directly into the bankin...
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Coralogix raises $200m in Series F funding
Coralogix, a data and AI platform specialising in observability, has closed a $200m Series F funding round, bringing the company's total capital raised to $550m.
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Perk lands $300m credit facility to fuel AI expansion
Perk, formerly TravelPerk and now rebranded as an AI-native travel and spend management platform, has closed a $300m private credit facility as it moves to accelerate global growth and prepare for ...
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InsurTech Producerflow launches Partner Portal for carriers
Producerflow, an insurance distribution management software provider, has launched Partner Portal, a self-service workspace designed to help insurance carriers work more efficiently with wholesaler...
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FSRA cyber survey: where financial firms are falling short
The Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) has published the findings of a sweeping cyber risk management survey - and the results paint a picture of a sector that has made genuine progress...
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Pro Global launches European broker expansion platform
Specialist insurance advisory firm Pro Global has launched a new European broker platform aimed at helping UK-based brokers expand into continental markets as firms look to navigate complex regulat...
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IRA Financial boosts digital asset IRA platform with new features
IRA Financial, a provider of self-directed retirement solutions, has launched a rebuilt version of its digital asset investing platform, offering retirement investors real-time access to nearly 100...
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Interactive Brokers launches agentic trading via Claude
Interactive Brokers, an automated global brokerage operating across more than 170 markets worldwide, has announced the launch of agentic trading capabilities through a direct integration with Claud...
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LSEG launches Identity Gateway for digital ID access
LSEG Risk Intelligence, the risk and identity verification arm of the London Stock Exchange Group, has unveiled Identity Gateway, a new infrastructure layer built to streamline access to trusted di...
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The surveillance gap firms are still struggling to close
Trade surveillance is entering a new phase. With financial institutions operating across increasingly complex, high-volume and multi-venue trading environments, firms are under growing pressure to ...
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AML monitoring gaps are costing firms billions
Anti-money laundering compliance doesn't end the moment a customer clears an onboarding check. For regulated businesses, that milestone is simply the starting point of a far longer and more demandi...
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Gray Swan raises $40m to secure AI at the frontier
Gray Swan, an AI security company founded out of Carnegie Mellon University's AI safety research programme, has raised $40m in a Series A funding round as it moves to bring frontier-grade security ...
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Mastercard pilots instant cross-border FX settlements
Mastercard, the global payments technology company, has taken part in a Eurosystem-led pilot on the TARGET Instant Payment Settlement (TIPS) platform to test instant cross-currency payment processi...
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InvestiFi partners with Great NorthWest Federal Credit Union
InvestiFi, a digital investing platform, has announced a partnership with Great NorthWest Federal Credit Union (FCU), a Washington-based credit union serving more than 18,000 members, to bring embe...
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Zeidler expands AI compliance tool to cover Japan
RegTech firm Zeidler Group has expanded the jurisdictional reach of its AI-powered Marketing Material Review Tool (MMR-Tool) to include Japan.
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Aqua Global wins UBL UK core banking deal
UBL UK, a UK-regulated bank, has selected Aquila, the financial messaging platform developed by Aqua Global, to support a broad digital transformation programme aimed at achieving significant growt...
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GV backs MokN's $15m bid to flip the script on phishing
MokN, a cybersecurity company pioneering the emerging Active Identity Recovery category and the creator of the 'Phish-Back' solution, has closed a $15m Series A funding round to accelerate its UK g...
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Why explainability is the next frontier in compliance
The compliance function in financial services has undergone a quiet but significant transformation. Where once the focus rested on having controls in place, regulators now demand something harder t...
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NALA secures $50m credit facility for stablecoin payments
NALA, a global stablecoin payments infrastructure company connecting emerging markets across Africa and Asia, has secured a credit facility of up to $50m from Liquidity, the AI-driven private credi...
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Mouro Capital raises $400m to target AI and FinTech plays
Mouro Capital, an independently managed venture capital firm focused on the intersection of financial services and technology, has announced the first close of its third fund at $400m, pushing its ...
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ZestyAI's Z-FIRE powers Windward's California move
Windward Risk Managers, a US homeowners insurance specialist, has expanded its use of ZestyAI's risk intelligence platform to support its entry into the California insurance market, deploying the Z...
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Cytora and Treefera bring crop data to insurance risk
Cytora, the digital risk processing platform, has announced a strategic partnership with Treefera, an AI-powered first-mile intelligence platform, to embed granular agricultural and nature-based as...
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Corlytics names new CEO to drive commercial scale
Corlytics, a RegTech firm and recognised global leader in regulatory intelligence, has named Lisa Miles-Heal as its new chief executive officer, with the appointment taking effect in June.
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Alipay+ launches cross-border payments in Latin America
Ant International's Alipay+, a global payment gateway connecting 150 million merchants and two billion consumer accounts, has announced a rollout of cross-border mobile payment services across Lati...
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Finova bets on Manchester talent to fuel next growth era
Finova, the UK's largest provider of cloud-based mortgage, savings and lending software, has bolstered its Manchester hub with the appointment of three senior directors as it prepares for the next ...
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Government acts on branch closures with independent review
The UK government has commissioned an independent review into access to face-to-face banking services, alongside new legislative powers to intervene should the evidence demand it.
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Alliant Transportation unveils commercial fleet risk network
Alliant Insurance Sevices has unveiled ASCEND (Alliant Safety Coalition for Education, Networking and Development), a new safety-focused initiative created by its Alliant Transportation division to...
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Inszone Insurance acquires Legacy Partners in Michigan
Inszone Insurance Services, a Sacramento-based national insurance brokerage, has acquired Legacy Partners Insurance Services, expanding its footprint across southeast Michigan.
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How AI is fixing RegTech's operationalisation problem
Knowing a regulation has changed and being equipped to act on it are two fundamentally different problems - and for most compliance functions, the latter remains painfully unresolved.
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How LSEG is building the backbone of AI-ready data
Data powers financial markets. But turning the vast universe of global content into information capable of supporting business-critical activities in highly regulated environments demands accuracy,...
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WIDTH takes on compliance's Frankenstein problem - and lands a spot in the FinCrime50
WIDTH, an AI-native all-in-one compliance platform, has been recognised among the FinCrime50 - a prestigious selection of the most innovative companies tackling financial crime. Formed following Ve...
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EXANTE's Allocator targets the SMA scalability problem
Global prime broker EXANTE has launched a new portfolio management tool called Allocator, designed to help asset managers handle the growing complexity of running multiple client accounts without e...
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Elysian appoints Jerilyn Kelly as head of sales
Elysian, an AI-native commercial claims TPA, has appointed Jerilyn Kelly as head of sales as the company expands its commercial relationships across the insurance claims market.
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Tucson Federal Credit Union adds investing via InvestiFi
Tucson Federal Credit Union (TFCU), an Arizona-based community-chartered credit union serving more than 52,000 members, has announced a new partnership with InvestiFi, a digital investing solutions...
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How investment firms can fix broken due diligence workflows
Investment management due diligence is at a crossroads. While the pressure to modernise has never been greater, a significant number of firms remain anchored to fragmented workflows and outdated pr...
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EXANTE launches Allocator to streamline asset manager workflows
EXANTE has launched Allocator, a new module within its desktop trading platform designed to let asset managers replicate investment strategies across multiple client accounts simultaneously.
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Federato hires Yogesh Sapre as chief revenue officer
Federato has appointed insurance technology executive Yogesh Sapre as chief revenue officer as the AI-native insurance platform continues expanding following its recent funding round and internatio...
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BriteCore launches AI copilots for insurance workflows
BriteCore has launched an enterprise AI strategy featuring eight embedded AI copilots and a new infrastructure layer designed to connect insurer-built and third-party AI agents directly into insura...
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KYCP's smart alerts cut KYC noise at the source
In the increasingly complex world of compliance and know-your-customer (KYC) operations, alert fatigue is a genuine operational hazard.
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EXANTE: US-China trade thaw tests Trump's economic legacy
In this week's global macro briefing from EXANTE, two seismic developments dominated the financial landscape: Donald Trump's high-stakes visit to Beijing and the Senate's razor-thin confirmation of...
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FIS brings cloud-native risk management to AWS
FIS, a global financial technology company and capital markets software provider, has launched its Enterprise Risk Suite on Amazon Web Services (AWS), ending the long-standing trade-off between sta...
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Why SMCR reform doesn't reduce compliance risk
The UK's Senior Managers and Certification Regime (SMCR) is entering a new chapter - one that promises greater operational flexibility for firms while keeping the fundamental pillars of accountabil...
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Crypto is maturing. Are banks ready?
When it comes to serving the fast growing and highly dynamic ecosystem in digital assets, banks have an emerging yet essential role. But across jurisdictions, customer segments and regulatory envir...
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Bradesco taps dacadoo to expand digital health engagement
Swiss HealthTech dacadoo has partnered with Brazilian insurer Bradesco Vida e Previdência to launch a digital health engagement platform designed to enhance customer wellness and foster long-term p...
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How MLROs can win executive buy-in and investment
The role of the money laundering reporting officer has undergone a profound transformation. Where once it centred on regulatory expertise - understanding obligations, controls, typologies and super...
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Akamai acquires LayerX to close enterprise AI gap
Akamai Technologies has struck a definitive agreement to acquire LayerX, a Tel Aviv-based provider of browser-native AI usage control and secure enterprise browser technology, for approximately $20...
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The hidden compliance bill of outdated voice recording systems
Financial organisations clinging to ageing voice recording infrastructure may believe inaction is the safe option - but independent research published in 2026 suggests the opposite is true.
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Zurich expands agentic AI rollout with Cytora partnership
Zurich Insurance has deployed Cytora's AI-powered risk digitisation platform across five countries in just 90 days, cutting manual underwriting triage time by 80% as part of a wider global rollout.
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Agentic AI set to reshape the future of UK mortgages
Agentic AI is emerging as the next major technology shift for UK mortgage lenders, promising to accelerate loan processing while preserving the relationship-led service many borrowers still value, ...
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How Sherlocq is fixing compliance's $300bn research problem
The compliance profession has a productivity crisis hiding in plain sight. Financial institutions and regulated businesses together spend more than $300bn annually on compliance, yet the tools used...
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Syspro and Nuvei embed payments into ERP platform
Syspro, a purpose-built ERP platform for manufacturing and distribution, has announced a partnership with Nuvei, a global FinTech providing payment infrastructure, to embed payment processing direc...
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Navan unveils AI tools to streamline business travel
Navan, a global AI-powered business travel and expense platform, has unveiled a suite of new AI-driven features at Navigate, its first-ever user conference, aimed at significantly boosting producti...
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Banks face rising risk as perpetual KYC becomes standard
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 ...
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mea taps Converge to drive insurance AI growth
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.
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Anomaly Insights raises $17m to tackle payer asymmetry
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 rais...
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Kroo Bank and Glenhawk in UK property lending deal
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 l...
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AUSTRAC flags growing complexity in illicit finance
Australia's financial intelligence agency AUSTRAC, the country's primary anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing regulator, has published three updated national risk assessments warni...
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Korea regulator acts on fund disclosure failures
South Korea's Financial Supervisory Service (FSS), the country's financial regulatory authority, has launched a dedicated task force to redesign public fund prospectuses and make investment risk di...
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EXANTE: Is the chokepoint premium reshaping investor strategy?
In its latest monthly market review, Exante highlights a striking divergence across global asset classes in April, raising a pressing question for investors: are markets adequately pricing in the s...
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How Dutch PPIs can differentiate before market consolidation
In a consolidating Dutch pension premium institution (PPI) market, those that build genuine participant experience capabilities now stand to capture a disproportionate share of employer mandates be...
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Muinmos secures Paul Ford as advisor for growth push
Muinmos, a RegTech firm specialising in AI-powered compliance solutions, has appointed financial services entrepreneur Paul Ford as an investor and board advisor as the company enters a new phase o...
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Insurance DataLab adds insurer index to broker tool
Insurance DataLab has enhanced its Security Committee-in-a-Box tool by embedding its Insurer Performance Index, helping brokers make more evidence-based insurer placement decisions under increasing...
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Purple Group strengthens compliance with RelyComply platform
Purple Group, a JSE-listed digital financial services and investment technology business behind platforms such as EasyEquities and EasyProperties, has chosen RelyComply as its AML identity verifica...
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Sherlocq launches AI regulatory intelligence platform
Sherlocq, an AI-native regulatory intelligence platform built for the global financial services industry, has officially launched to the public, marking what it describes as the emergence of a new ...
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NatWest unveils 2026 FinTech Programme cohort
NatWest Group, one of the UK's largest banking groups, has revealed the eight companies selected to join its 2026 FinTech Programme, with the announcement made at a launch event in London.
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Backbase and Atos partner for AI-native banking
Backbase, creator of an AI-native Banking OS, and Atos, a digital transformation firm, have announced a strategic partnership aimed at helping financial institutions in regulated international mark...
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Why brokerage back-end neglect is a growing liability
For much of the brokerage industry's recent history, investment followed visibility. Trading platforms became the defining battleground - sleek multi-asset interfaces, mobile-first dashboards, and ...
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Standard Casualty taps ZestyAI for competitor analytics
ZestyAI, an AI risk platform, has expanded its partnership with Standard Casualty Company, a manufactured home insurer, as the carrier adopts its ZORRO Discover tool to strengthen regulatory and co...
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Ripple Prime secures $200m debt facility for growth
Ripple, a blockchain-based enterprise solutions provider spanning traditional and digital finance, has secured a $200m debt facility.
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Is RegTech becoming infrastructure, or is it being absorbed into it?
There's a quiet shift happening beneath the surface of financial service. It's a move that is proving to be less about new tools arriving and more about old boundaries dissolving.
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Nearly half of UK consumers want personalised bank rewards
Nearly half of UK consumers say personalised cashback rewards would make them more likely to remain with their bank, according to new research from Cardlytics, a purchase intelligence and marketing...
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Boku goes live with Pix payments in Brazil
Boku, a local payments partner for global commerce, has announced it is now live and processing transactions via Pix in Brazil, marking a significant step in the company's expansion into one of the...
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Iress partners with Thoughtworks to modernise wealth platform
Iress, a financial software provider serving the wealth management sector, has announced a strategic partnership with global technology consultancy Thoughtworks to accelerate the modernisation of i...
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Closing the pension communication gap in 2026
WealthTech firm Kidbrooke has identified a structural gap threatening the Netherlands' WTP transition: insurers hold the participant data advisers urgently need, but no working connection between t...
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Payward buys Reap to boost global payments infrastructure
Payward, a unified financial infrastructure platform and parent company of digital asset exchange Kraken, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Reap Technologies Holdings Limited, a stableco...
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StarCompliance embeds AI into compliance workflows
StarCompliance, a leading provider of employee and firm compliance technology, has unveiled StarAssist, a new AI-powered capability designed to deliver greater clarity, speed, and explainability to...
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Why UK mortgage lenders are turning to agentic AI to fix slow approvals
Mortgage lending has not kept pace with the rest of the digital economy. Borrowers can open accounts, move money, and make purchases in minutes, yet applying for a mortgage still takes weeks, invol...
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Building trust in generative AI for wealth management
As wealth management firms continue to pursue generative AI capabilities, exploring worthwhile use cases and where the most value can be found, a core foundation of whatever route they take is trus...
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MAS uses AI to fight financial crime in Singapore
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), Singapore's financial regulatory authority, has announced a collaboration with the banking sector, the Government Technology Agency of Singapore, and the ...
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Anthropic and D&B accelerate business onboarding with AI
Dun & Bradstreet (D&B), the global business data and analytics firm, is partnering with Anthropic to embed its risk and compliance data directly into the Claude AI platform, aiming to accelerate co...