Sustainable investing taking hold at central banks, report finds
A report by INSPIRE has found that central banks are increasingly aligning their pensions and portfolios to sustainable outcomes, in the growing shift to sustainable investing.
How to bolster transaction monitoring for FinTechs
There is no doubt FinTech is a booming industry. The sector, according to Statista, is expected to grow at an average rate of 12% to reach a value of €188bn by 2024. This makes transaction monitoring a hot-button issue going forward.
Hong Kong’s SFC calls for regulation on NFT-based investment schemes
Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission has said that some NFTs that constitute investment products will have to be regulated.
ACA Group, Foreside merge to create GRC juggernaut
ACA Group and Foreside Financial, two of the leading governance, risk and compliance (GRC) firms in financial services, have officially completed their merger.
Cloud data security firm Laminar bags $30m
Laminar, a public cloud data security provider, has raised $30m in a funding round that included participation from Tiger Global Management and Salesforce Ventures.
How Plan A is leveraging data to take the fight to climate change
Established in 2017, Plan A was co-founded by Lubomila Jordanova and Nathan Bonnisseau on the belief that every company – however big or small – has the power to pave the way to a more sustainable future.
CybSafe scores $28m to change human cybersecurity behaviours
CybSafe, the CyberTech100 cybersecurity software company, has raised $28m in Series B funding, bringing its total funding to $40m.
FBI asks for an extra $106m in 2023 to deal with cyber, data challenges
The FBI is asking for a further $106m in its fiscal 2023 budget to manage a range of pressing cybersecurity issues.
Interpol arrests financial scammers behind malware attacks
An operation codenamed ‘Killer Bee’ by Interpol has led to the arrest of three individuals behind cyber operations targeting firms in Southeast Asia.
ESMA provides guidance to supervisors for sustainability
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has released a Supervisory Briefing, aimed at ensuring convergence across the EU in the supervision of investment funds with sustainability features.
