Banning AI tools drives risk underground, warns Napier AI
Financial institutions trying to stamp out shadow AI by blocking unapproved tools may be making the problem harder to see, according to John Denham...
Fleuret AI raises €4m to automate penetration testing
Fleuret AI, a French startup that uses agentic AI to automate penetration testing, has completed a €4m pre-seed funding round to accelerate its goal...
Hadrian secures $40m as AI reshapes cyber attack landscape
Hadrian, an offensive security platform built on agentic AI, has secured $40m in fresh capital, taking its total funding to $65m as it prepares...
Why AI in compliance fails without readiness checks
Banks and financial institutions are rushing to layer AI onto compliance operations that were never built to support it, according to identity verification and...
Has cloud concentration become a RegTech problem?
Cloud computing has become fundamental to the financial services industry, giving firms the scalability and flexibility to modernise their technology infrastructure. But as institutions...
Why post-2008 finance is football’s governance playbook
The Football Governance Act 2025 marks the most significant structural overhaul of English football since 1992. The newly created Independent Football Regulator (IFR) arrives...
The comfort zone trap undermining financial crime controls
For many firms, the biggest threat in financial crime compliance is not a new typology or a sophisticated criminal network. It is a risk...
Deepfake surge pushes FOMO Pay into Sumsub compliance deal
FOMO Pay, the Singapore-based payment institution, has brought in Sumsub, a provider of AI-driven trust infrastructure for compliance teams, to reinforce its onboarding and...
Why launderers see life insurance as South Africa’s soft target
Banks have long carried the heaviest anti-money laundering (AML) burden, but regulators are increasingly turning their attention to life insurers. Handling large premiums over...
doxx.net’s $38m bet on private networks for AI agents
doxx.net, a private networking platform founded by Prolexic creator Barrett Lyon, has secured $38m in Series A funding and opened up its Agentic Defined...
