Third of global banking industry adopt UN’s responsible banking goals to fight climate change
Banks with more than $47tn in assets and representing a third of the global industry have committed to do their part to curb climate change by signing up to the UN’s responsible banking principles.
The SEC alters Dodd-Frank rules for broker-dealers
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has adopted new recordkeeping and reporting rules for security-based swap dealers and major-based swap participants which increase the need of tracking.
Equitivo teams with Brismo to give investors accurate due diligence
FinTech consultancy Equitivo is partnering with Brismo to provide institutional investors with accurate due diligence into loan investment opportunities.
Top tech leaders say it’s time for the sector to stop self-regulating
The tech sector has fiercely argued for how important self-regulation is for innovation. But now Silicon Valley veterans are calling for more government rules.
FS-ISAC teams with EC3 to combat cybercrime in Europe
The Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center (FS-ISAC) is teaming up with Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) to combat cybercrime within Europe’s financial services sector.
New Click2Gov hack compromises 20,000 payment card records
Since August, 20,000 payment card records have been compromised in a new wave of hacks against the US bill-pay portal Click2Gov.
Risk management for insurance Daisy Intelligence collects $10m Series A
Daisy Intelligence, an AI-powered platform for retail and insurance, has collected $10m in its Series A financing list.
Fraud detection company Advance.ai raises $80m in new funding round
The Singapore-based fraud detection startup Advance.ai has closed a $80m funding round led by private equity investor Pavilion Capital and venture firm Gaorong Capital.
Financial services have been slammed by more GDPR fines than any other industry
The EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has been in force for over a year. During that time, financial services businesses have incurred the bulk of the fines from the law.
Background checking scaleup Checkr lands $2.2bn valuation following $160m funding round
Checkr, the company conducting background checks on gig economy workers, has just announced the closure of a $160m equity funding round.
