Digital money platform Uphold nets $57.5m funding round
Digital money platform Uphold has received an $57.5m funding from a group of investors, including Greg Kidd.
Tender Armor closes Series A to prevent payment fraud
Tender Armor, a global fraud prevention payments technology provider, has closed a multi-million-dollar Series A round.
Jumio to provide KYC to ICOs through Byteball partnership
Jumio, a digital identity verification provider, has teamed up with smart cryptocurrency payments platform Byteball.
Payfone joins with UK mobile network operator to thwart digital fraud
Mobile identify authentication startup Payfone has partnered with O2, a U.K.-based mobile network operator.
Exiger expands team with former FBI corruption agent
RegTech company Exiger has hired former FBI international corruption squad head George McEachern as managing director in the company’s global investigations group.
EverCompliant reels in $9.5m to tackle transaction laundering
Transaction laundering detection and prevention company EverCompliant has raised $9.5m in a Series A round. Abor Ventures led the funding with existing backers.
Financial fraud grows 25% as criminals exploit data breaches
Financial fraud losses reached £399.5m in the first half of 2016, a 25% increase on the £320.3m lost in the same period last year as a result of scams and online attacks.