Large deals over $50m drive global RegTech investment to over $17bn since 2015
There has been a shift in the RegTech landscape between 2015 and 2019 from investors predominantly backing smaller deals, towards participating in more later-stage transactions.
Vicarius raises $5m in Seed funding round to strengthen its cybersecurity innovations
Israeli cybersecurity startup Vicarius is looking to improve its software that automatically detects, patches and protects against yet-to-be-discovered software vulnerabilities on the back of a new funding round.
Should we be regulating RegTech?
Regulation technology (RegTech) companies are coming into the market to help ensure financial institutions can keep up with compliance, but who is to say these tech businesses are meeting it themselves?
LastPass services went down over the weekend and competitors took the opportunity to try...
Password management company LastPass faced a lot of angry customers over the weekend who were unable to access their passwords.
Red Deer teams up with Cappitech to improve MiFID II compliance
Research platform Red Deer has teamed up with Cappitech, a regulatory reporting and intelligence solution for financial services, has formed a partnership to improve MiFID II and MAR compliance.
Snyk joins the unicorn club after latest funding round
Digital security company Snyk has received a $150m investment which increases its valuation to over $1bn, cementing it into the unicorn club.
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).
MassMutual Ventures launches sophomore Southeast Asia fund
MassMutual Ventures has launched a $100m vehicle, marking its second Southeast Asia-focused fund within the space of a year.
Indian central bank gives thumbs up for video-based customer identity verification
Financial firms in India can now use video-based methods to verify the identities of their customers.
LexisNexis Risk Solutions to boost insight generation through ID Analytics acquisition
LexisNexis Risk Solutions has agreed to acquire ID Analytics, a provider of credit and fraud risk solutions.
