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Research provides guide for financial services industry in reducing gambling harm

UK charity GambleAware has published a guide to help companies in the financial services market reduce gambling-related harm to customers.

Americans have lost a total of $487m through covid-19 related fraud incidents

Americans lost a total of $487.9m through fraud over the past 18 months in cases related to Covid-19, according to new data from the Federal Trade Commission.

Stytch snags $30m from Thrive Capital to improve security with passwordless authentication

Canada-based passwordless authentication company Stytch raised $30m in Series A funding led by Thrive Capital.

Met Police seize record £180m in cryptocurrency as part of suspected money laundering case

The Met Police have made the UK’s largest cryptocurrency seizure, taking nearly £180m in connection with suspected money laundering.

Virsec nabs $100m in highly subscribed Series C

Cybersecurity platform Virsec has secured $100m from a Series C funding round led by BlueIO.

Ex-US Treasury official’s VC backs cybersecurity firm Cybereason in $275m round

US-Israeli late-stage cybersecurity startup that provides extended detection and response (XDR) services Cybereason has secured $275m in Series F funding. The investment was led by Liberty Strategic...

India bars Mastercard from onboarding new customers due to data storage non-compliance

Reserve Bank of India has indefinitely barred Mastercard from issuing new debit, credit or prepaid cards to customers in the South Asian market over noncompliance with local data storage rules.

CertiK claims to raise the largest funding round of any blockchain security platform

Blockchain security company CertiK has scored $37m in its Series B funding round, which was co-led by Coatue Management and Shunwei Capital.

ECB to examine digital euro potential through two-year investigation

The European Central Bank (ECB) has revealed it is set to begin a two-year long investigation into the possibility of launching a digital euro.

REvil ransomware group sites go dark following string of attacks

The Russian-speaking REvil ransomware gang has seen its sites go dark, a few days after it claimed responsibility for the massive cyberattack of US IT provider Kaseya.

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