Korea to freeze crime-linked accounts under tougher AML rules
South Korea’s financial authorities are preparing a significant expansion of anti-money laundering controls, giving regulators new powers to suspend suspicious bank accounts and widening...
The accountability problem no one has solved
Compliance has always been built on a simple premise: when something goes wrong, someone is accountable, and there is accountability. That assumption is now...
Romance scam losses jump 37% as victims targeted for months
Money sent by victims of romance fraud rose sharply over the past year, with losses jumping 37% and the number of cases increasing by...
Agenzee launches tool to streamline insurance compliance
Agenzee, a compliance-focused technology company, has unveiled Agenzee Assist, a fully managed service that handles licensing, regulatory monitoring, and compliance tasks for insurance producers.
The...
From first scam to money mule: inside the modern fraud lifecycle
It is comforting to believe in the phrase “fooled once, never fooled twice”, but in the modern fraud lifecycle that assumption no longer holds....
AI security firm Nullify bags $12.5m to scale product defence
Nullify, a product security company building what it describes as the world’s first AI workforce for software security teams, has closed a $12.5m seed...
Zscaler snaps up SquareX to secure browsers for the AI era
Zscaler has acquired SquareX, a company focused on browser-based security controls, as part of a move to deepen browser security for modern, distributed organisations.
The acquisition...
Business identity platform Duna secures €30m funding round
Duna, a business identity FinTech focused on building digital trust infrastructure for enterprises, has raised fresh capital of €30m.
The company has secured €30m in...
Foresight invests in AsiaVerify to fuel RegTech growth
AsiaVerify, an intelligence RegTech platform providing real-time corporate verification data across Asia, has secured a growth capital investment from Foresight Group.
Following the investment, AsiaVerify...
What the Napier AI / AML Index reveals about trust, regulation and the future...
As losses from financial crime continue to rise, AI is often portrayed as a way to make compliance teams more efficient and effective — but how well is it really being adopted?
