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Experts say Robinhood class-action lawsuit unlikely after service outage

Robinhood, the commission-free stock-trading app, suffered a service outage earlier this week that left customers furious. However, experts believe users’ threats to take legal action will be difficult to follow up.

Eventus Systems secures $10m in Series A to boost sales efforts

RegTech 100 company Eventus Systems has secured $10m in its Series A round which will help it to boost its sales and development efforts.

Cybersecurity is the hardest risk to manage for finance professionals

Financial services firms must deal with various risks. However, some are more difficult to handle than others.

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.

Could the new leadership of the FCA mean it’s going to deal with financial...

The UK’s biggest financial regulator is getting a new top dog. Industry leaders speculate that the change in leadership might mean it will review financial promotions regulations.

Financial assets grew to $378.9trn in 2018

Banks have been the key drivers behind the growth of financial assets, according to the Financial Stability Board (FSB).

Avaloq adds Edgelab to its roster of partnerships

Swiss-based Edgelab has partnered with WealthTech company Avaloq.

Risk intelligence platform Aylien scores €5m in funding

Aylien, a risk intelligence and financial analytics solution, has scored €5m in its Series A round.

Three federal regulatory agencies update trading rules for derivatives

An important rule around how large banks measure counter-party credit risk for derivatives contracts has changed.

TruNarrative partners with French AI firm Bleckwen to expand its financial crime solution

Leeds-headquartered TruNarrative’s financial crime platform has added Bleckwen, the French fraud detection and prevention specialist, to the fold.

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