German regulator boss sacked over Wirecard transactions
Head of German audit regulator Apas has been dismissed with immediate effect after disclosing that he'd been trading with Wirecard stocks when the company was being audited earlier in 2020.
Sigma Ratings welcomes new US anti-money laundering law
Following the intense scrutiny of the FinCEN Files, US lawmakers have introduced new legislation to fight money laundering.
Latin America and teen-focused FinTech services are coming of age as the industry closes...
Last week’s 32 FinTech rounds highlight how Latin America is exploding with new activity, how open banking has nudged closer to being fully adopted across Europe and the rising popularity of teen-focused ventures.
Revealing the top ten RegTech investors in 2020 so far
Venture capital firms continued to actively back RegTech companies in 2020 as financial institutions left the space.
Theta Lake bolsters leadership team as the RegTech is set on scaling the business
Collaboration security and compliance technology company Theta Lake has added an award-winning cybersecurity executive to its board of directors and two security industry leaders to its roster of advisors.
Firms paid $10.4bn in fines over the last year for breaking money laundering, privacy...
The total volume of fines levied against firms for breaking money laundering, data privacy, MiFID and know your customer rules jumped by 141% and amounted to $10.4bn in total so far this year.
Neuro-ID secures $7m Series A funding round
Behaviour-as-a-Service company Neuro-ID has bagged $7m in a Series A funding round led by Fin VC and TTV Capital.
LEVERIS inks partnership with financial crime-fighting RegTech ComplyAdvantage
Digital banking and lending platform company LEVERIS has signed a partnership with ComplyAdvantage, the financial crime detection company.
Play Digital taps Featurespace for its fraud-fighting solutions
Financial crime-fighting RegTech Featurespace has been picked by Play Digital, the new FinTech created by Santander, Galicia and BBVA, to protect its new payments platform MODO from fraud.
Breaking: London is the hottest place in the world for RegTech investment right now
London wrestled the top spot for RegTech deal activity from San Francisco in the third quarter, now leading the 2020 investment league.