The Monetary Authority of Singapore unveils new sandbox option to boost FinTech innovation
Singapore’s financial regulator has launched a new initiative to provide FinTech innovators with a faster way to test their ideas. But it won’t be open to everyone.
Elevator Ventures and UNIQA Ventures invest in kompany
RegTech scaleup kompany has closed a new venture deal supported by Elevator Ventures, Raiffeisen Bank International´s (RBI) venture capital arm, and UNIQA Ventures, the VC firm.
FCA proposes contingent charging ban for pensions after accusations of failing to prevent vulture...
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has proposed a ban on contingent charging for pension transfer advice to protect consumers from so-called vulture advisers who only got paid if the transfer went through.
Robinhood kept non-encrypted passwords in the company’s systems
Unicorn Robinhood, an investment and stock trading app, has revealed it was storing some of its user data in plaintext on internal systems.
ForgeRock launches open banking and PSD2 accelerators to ensure compliance
The San Francisco and London-based platform provider of digital identity management solutions ForgeRock has made its Open Banking Accelerators available to kick-start compliance with new regulatory standards.
Big Blockchain Intelligence Group teams up with SPIRIT Blockchain Capital to distribute risk-management solutions
SPIRIT Blockchain Capital, a company bridging blockchain and digital assets to capital markets, has entered into a value-added reseller partnership with BIG Blockchain Intelligence Group’s, the risk scoring and data analytics company.
Risk control FinTech Tongdun Technology bags $100m of funding
Chinese risk-control services provider Tongdun Technology has raised more than $100m of investment in a funding round led by state-owned investor China Merchants Capital, GGV Capital and others.
Axioma bought by Deutsche Börse for $850m while General Atlantic invests
Axioma, a RegTech 100 company, is set to be acquired by German stock exchange operator Deutsche Börse in a $850m deal that sees General...
Nasdaq sells GRC platform BWise to SAI Global
Nasdaq has agreed to sell its enterprise governance, risk and compliance (GRC) software platform BWise to SAI Global Pty.
IRM specialist SAI Global launches software offering for financial services
Integrated risk management business SAI Global has launched a new risk and compliance package for financial services business.
