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Estonia is changing its money laundering rules for cryptocurrencies

Digital currency providers have a new set of rules to comply to if they want to do business in Estonia.

The former governor of Banque de France is worried about central banks launching digital...

More than 50 central banks around the world are working on digital currency projects. However, the former head of Banque de France is sceptical.

Only 65% of estate agents think their company comply with anti-money laundering regulations

Estate agents have admitted that they fail to follow the UK’s laws enough to prevent money laundering as well as they should.

iSTOX has graduated from Monetary Authority of Singapore’s Fintech Regulatory Sandbox

The capital markets platform iSTOX may have become the first one-stop digitised securities issuance, custody and trading platform to be approved and licensed by a major regulator after graduating from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS)'s Fintech Regulatory Sandbox.

Encompass secured grant from Scottish Enterprise

KYC automation software creator Encompass has scored £1.97m in a research and development grant from Scottish Enterprise.

Is Swedish RegTech finally coming into its own?

Sweden’s RegTech scene has been slow to emerge. While its starting to wake up, it still has many challenges to overcome. RegTech is rapidly coming...

Westpac hit with several lawsuits from securities buyers following reports about it failing to...

One of the four biggest Australian banks is facing some huge challenges. Not only is Westpac accused of having breached anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorism financing (CTF) regulations, but it is now also dealing with a smattering of lawsuits.

LexisNexis to acquire anti-fraud platform Emailage

LexisNexis Risk Solutions has agreed to acquire fraud prevention and risk management solution Emailage. Following the close of the deal, Emailage will become part of...

Nasdaq to improve environmental, social and governance through latest acquisition

Global technology company Nasdaq has boosted its environmental, social, and governance (ESG) operations through acquisition of OneReport.

Doha Bank becomes first Qatari bank to offer voice recognition

Qatar-based Doha Bank has released a new tool which enables customers to log into their banking apps via facial or voice identity.

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