Inside the push to centralise compliance oversight
For more than three centuries, visitors to the maze at Hampton Court Palace have tested their sense of direction among its tall hedges. Built...
Check fraud in 2026: why AI is now essential
Check fraud has stubbornly refused to die. Despite decades of predictions that paper cheques were heading for obsolescence, the crime now accounts for 30%...
How the FCA’s 2026 rules affect AI and communications
February 2026 marked a meaningful turning point in how the FCA communicates its expectations to regulated firms. Rather than issuing more than 40 individual...
How community banks can strengthen AML in 2026
Community banks in 2026 find themselves navigating an AML landscape that is pulling in two directions at once. Regulators have made genuine efforts to...
spektr targets manual compliance work with $20m raise
spektr, a Copenhagen-based company building AI infrastructure for compliance across financial services, has secured $20m in Series A funding.
The round was led by NEA,...
Monavate integrates Sumsub for KYC compliance
Monavate has partnered with identity verification and anti-fraud specialist Sumsub to embed KYC capabilities natively within its MonavateOne platform.
The live integration allows Monavate's programme...
Capsule Security raises $7m to secure AI agents at runtime
Capsule Security, an AI agent runtime security company, has launched from stealth after closing a $7m seed funding round led by Lama Partners, with...
How to simplify DORA compliance across jurisdictions
For compliance professionals working in payments and financial services, DORA is no longer a looming deadline — it is a live regulatory obligation with...
Cross-border payments: balancing AML and financial inclusion
Cross-border payment service providers are facing heightened regulatory scrutiny following new anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing (AML/CFT) guidance issued jointly by Finansinspektionen and the...
Five payment fraud trends reshaping financial crime
Payment fraud is no longer simply a technological problem — it is a human one too. Tieto Banktech has identified five trends that are...
