Why legacy system decommissioning doesn’t have to be risky
Modernisation is firmly on the agenda for regulated financial services firms. Data estates have become increasingly complex, costly to maintain and difficult to defend...
How financial firms can prepare for regulatory exams
Whether it comes from a doctor, a teacher, or a financial regulator, the word “exam” rarely inspires confidence. In financial services, however, regulatory exams...
How businesses can get ready for AUSTRAC Tranche 2
Australia’s anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorism financing (CTF) framework is on the brink of its most significant overhaul in decades, as the AUSTRAC Tranche...
The trends that drove RegTech forward in 2025
RegTech is leaving 2025 in a very different place to where it stood even a few years ago. What was once a niche layer...
Why KYC checks fail in 2025 and how to fix them
KYC failures are becoming a growing and costly issue across financial services and adjacent industries as fraud tactics continue to evolve. In 2024 alone,...
Informed.IQ raises $63m to scale AI loan verification
Informed.IQ, an AI-powered loan verification and fraud prevention company, has announced fresh growth capital of $63m.
The company has secured the growth equity investment from...
Why real-time intelligence sharing is breaking the fraud chain
Real-time payments have reshaped financial services, enabling money to move across accounts and borders in seconds. That same speed, however, has fundamentally altered the...
RegTech firm Verisoul raises $8.8m to tackle AI fraud
Verisoul, a US-based fraud prevention and user integrity platform, has raised fresh capital as it looks to accelerate growth amid a sharp rise in...
Sanctions screening in 2026: early insights from compliance teams
Early insights from the 2026 Sanctions, Watchlist & PEP Screening Trends Survey are beginning to take shape, with 149 responses collected so far by...
Container security firm Echo bags $35m Series A
Echo, a Tel Aviv-based cybersecurity startup focused on securing container infrastructure through automation, has announced a significant funding milestone of $35m.
The company raised the...
