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Deals•Feb 26, 2026
Finanjo Raises ₹1.5 Crore in Pre‑seed Round Led by AJVC
Jaipur‑based personal finance platform Finanjo closed a pre‑seed funding round of ₹1.5 crore (≈$180 k), fully led by AJVC, the early‑stage venture fund managed by Aviral Bhatnagar. The capital will accelerate product development, boost AI capabilities, and expand its user base across India.
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News•Feb 20, 2026
Build vs Buy: Why Pricing Strategy Choices Matter More in 2026
The article argues that the classic build‑vs‑buy debate in pricing modernization has shifted from technical feasibility to strategic resource allocation. Cloud platforms and open‑source tools now let banks prototype pricing engines in months, but maintaining custom systems diverts scarce engineering...
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News•Feb 20, 2026
Fincite Secures ISO 27001 Certification
FinCite, a provider of end‑to‑end investment advisory software, has achieved ISO 27001 certification, confirming its information security management system meets global standards. The certification spans the company’s entire operational backbone, including cloud infrastructure, development lifecycles, and client‑facing services such as onboarding...
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News•Feb 20, 2026
The Six Tech Trends Banks Need on Their Radar for 2026
Banks face mounting regulatory, economic and consumer pressures as digital expectations rise, and their technology choices will dictate future competitiveness. nCino outlines six 2026 tech trends, from AI‑driven mobile banking that acts as a personal financial command centre to AI‑powered...
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News•Feb 18, 2026
FinScan Expands Real-Time AML Across Global Rails
FinScan, Innovative Systems' AML platform, has added real‑time screening for modern payment rails such as IACH and Fedwire ISO 20022, boosting its capacity to process over 100 million transactions daily. The upgrade introduces advanced conditional logic, API‑first data quality tools, and enhanced...
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News•Feb 18, 2026
Gallagher Brings Woodruff Sawyer Under Brand in $1.2bn Deal
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has completed the integration of Woodruff Sawyer, fully bringing the specialist broker under the Gallagher brand after a $1.2 billion acquisition. The move adds Woodruff Sawyer’s $268 million pro‑forma revenue and $88 million EBITDAC, along with its 14...
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News•Feb 18, 2026
IMTF Strengthens ESG Standing with EcoVadis Badge
IMTF has been awarded an EcoVadis ESG badge after its latest sustainability assessment, marking a measurable upgrade in its environmental, social and governance practices. The badge, based on a four‑pillar framework, signals stronger policies, greater transparency and improved internal controls...
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News•Feb 18, 2026
Matic and nCino Embed Home Insurance Into Digital Mortgages
Matic and nCino have teamed up to embed a home‑insurance marketplace directly into nCino’s digital mortgage platform. The integration lets borrowers compare and purchase policies from more than 70 carriers without leaving the loan application flow. Lenders gain earlier access...
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News•Feb 17, 2026
Wrisk Acquires Atto to Strengthen Embedded Finance Intelligence
Wrisk, an embedded insurance provider, has acquired open‑banking intelligence platform Atto to fuse real‑time credit insights with its insurance‑embedding suite. The deal, whose financial terms were not disclosed, will integrate Atto’s decisioning tools directly into Wrisk’s single‑layer platform, streamlining finance...
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News•Feb 17, 2026
T+1 Settlement: How Custody Tech Boosts Readiness
T+1 settlement forces firms to complete trade capture, confirmation, reconciliation and final settlement within one business day. The compressed timeline eliminates overnight buffers, exposing manual and batch‑based custody processes to heightened operational and liquidity risk. Automation and real‑time custody platforms...
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Deals•Feb 17, 2026
Wrisk Acquires Atto to Strengthen Embedded Finance Intelligence
Embedded insurance provider Wrisk announced the acquisition of real-time financial intelligence platform Atto, aiming to deepen its embedded finance and protection capabilities across enterprise customer journeys. The deal, whose financial terms were not disclosed, will allow Wrisk to integrate Atto’s...
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News•Feb 16, 2026
Backbase and Plaid Partner to Power AI Banking
Backbase and Plaid have announced a partnership that embeds Plaid’s secure, real‑time financial data connectivity into Backbase’s AI‑powered Banking Platform. The joint solution tackles data fragmentation, streamlines onboarding, and delivers a 360‑degree view of customers’ financial health. It replaces fragile...
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News•Feb 16, 2026
The Hidden Cost of Poor Compliance Reconciliation
Reconciliation has become a strategic priority for financial services as hybrid work, AI‑generated messages and multichannel tools expand. Theta Lake’s latest report shows 92 % of firms struggle to capture communications in line with record‑keeping obligations, with native retention windows as short...
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News•Feb 16, 2026
Exponential Data vs Linear Compliance: The Crunch
FinTechs and digital banks are witnessing exponential growth in compliance data, driven by 150% annual customer expansion and increasingly complex regulatory requirements. Meanwhile, compliance operations remain linear, relying on manual, siloed processes that cannot keep pace with the data surge....
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News•Feb 16, 2026
Intelliflo Launches AI-Powered IQ Suite
Intelliflo has introduced intelliflo IQ, an AI‑driven suite embedded in its cloud platform for financial advisers. The suite includes an intelligent engagement assistant that automatically records client meetings, extracts key information, and updates more than 190 fact‑find fields, cutting administrative...
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News•Feb 16, 2026
IG Unveils Fat Cat Index Exposing ISA Fee Gaps
IG launched its “Check Your Fees” campaign and unveiled the Fat Cat Index, revealing that most UK investors are overpaying on Stocks and Shares ISA platform fees. The index shows 52% of investors use the 12 most expensive providers, with...
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News•Feb 16, 2026
Asset Finance Demand Steady as Renewables Rise
Allica Bank’s survey of more than 570 asset‑finance brokers shows demand holding steady, with 29% reporting higher application volumes in the second half of the year and 26% seeing no change. Renewables have broken into the top three sectors for...
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News•Feb 16, 2026
Insurance Revolution Partners CM.com to Power WhatsApp Service
Insurance Revolution has teamed with CM.com to embed WhatsApp into its broker workflow via the Mobile Service Cloud. The move has driven a 50‑fold rise in message volume, cut email traffic by 22% and reduced calls per agent by 11%....
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News•Feb 16, 2026
Tangible Secures $4.3m Seed to Scale Hardtech Debt
Tangible, a fintech platform that enables hard‑tech companies to obtain and manage debt financing, closed a $4.3 million seed round. The round was led by Pale Blue Dot with participation from MMC, Future Positive Capital, Unruly, SDAC, Prototype Capital and Aperture....
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News•Feb 16, 2026
DPP Link Rolls Out GS1 Shield for ESPR Rules
DPP Link has launched its GS1‑integrated Shield platform to help exporters and manufacturers meet the EU Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR). The solution automates product registration using GS1 Digital Link standards and tracks material composition with a ten‑year data...
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News•Feb 16, 2026
Rethinking SARs in the Fight Against Financial Crime
Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) remain the cornerstone of global AML frameworks, yet many institutions misunderstand their purpose, treating them as accusations rather than suspicion flags. Regulatory pressure and soaring transaction volumes have driven firms to prioritize filing speed over narrative...
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News•Feb 16, 2026
The Spreadsheet Trap in Financial Crime Risk
Spreadsheets have long been the default tool for financial crime risk assessments, prized for their flexibility and low cost. However, they cannot enforce governance, version control, or audit trails required by modern compliance frameworks. As institutions expand across products and...
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Deals•Feb 16, 2026
Tangible Raises $4.3M Seed Round Led by Pale Blue Dot
FinTech platform Tangible, which helps hard‑tech companies secure and manage debt financing, announced a $4.3 million seed round led by Pale Blue Dot, with participation from MMC, Future Positive Capital, Unruly, SDAC, Prototype Capital and Aperture. The funding will be used...
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News•Feb 14, 2026
European FinTech Investments Dropped by 11% YoY Amid Market Uncertainties in 2025
European FinTech investment contracted 11% year‑over‑year in 2025, with total funding falling to $16.3 billion across 743 deals. Deal activity under $100 million shrank 26%, while large transactions above $100 million held steady, pushing the average deal size to $21.9 million. The market’s shift...
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News•Feb 10, 2026
Delos Insurance Solutions Partners with InnSure to Tackle Wildfire Risk
Delos Insurance Solutions and nonprofit InnSure announced a strategic partnership to address wildfire risk in exposed communities. The collaboration will combine Delos’s advanced risk intelligence and data analytics with InnSure’s education and innovation programs to improve resilience and insurance affordability....
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News•Feb 10, 2026
LSEG Partners Apex Group to Digitise Private-Fund Distribution
London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) has partnered with Apex Group to create an end‑to‑end digital distribution network for private funds using LSEG’s Digital Markets Infrastructure (DMI). The collaboration links Apex’s global fund‑servicing platform, Apex Digital 3.0, directly to DMI on...
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News•Feb 10, 2026
The Inside Story of MOZN’s Unified Approach to Fraud and AML
Saudi‑based MOZN, founded in 2017, launched FOCAL—a unified fraud, AML and KYC platform powered by Agentic AI. The solution combines multilingual name‑matching, graph analytics and dynamic risk scoring to cut false positives and deliver over 90% fraud reduction for major...
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News•Feb 10, 2026
How CRS 2.0 Is Reshaping Tax Compliance in 2026
CRS 2.0 and the Crypto‑Asset Reporting Framework (CARF) became fully operational in 2026, modernising the original Common Reporting Standard. Institutions that approached the updates as a narrow compliance exercise are now grappling with operational strain, fragmented data and intensified regulator...
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News•Feb 10, 2026
James River Partners with Kalepa to Boost E&S Underwriting Efficiency
James River Insurance Company has entered a technology partnership with InsurTech firm Kalepa to embed an AI‑driven underwriting platform across its excess and surplus (E&S) lines. The collaboration targets faster quote generation, reduced manual processing, and stronger underwriting discipline to...
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News•Feb 10, 2026
Red Oak Appoints Kirk Sadler as Chief Product Officer
Red Oak, a compliance connectivity platform for financial services, announced the appointment of Kirk Sadler as chief product officer. Sadler joins with over twenty years of B2B enterprise software experience, most recently as vice‑president of product at Mitratech. His role...
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Deals•Feb 10, 2026
Supply Chain Security Start-Up Lema AI Bags $24m Series A Round
Lema AI, an agentic AI security platform for enterprise supply chain risk, raised $24 million in a Series A round led by Team8 with participation from Salesforce Ventures. The capital will accelerate R&D and expand the company’s go‑to‑market capabilities.
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News•Feb 9, 2026
Insurify Launches Industry-First ChatGPT Insurance App
Insurify, a digital insurance broker, has launched what it calls the industry’s first ChatGPT app, letting users research and compare car insurance directly within OpenAI’s platform. The tool taps a proprietary database of over 196 million auto‑insurance quotes and 70,000 verified...
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News•Feb 9, 2026
NatWest Group Buys Evelyn Partners in Private Banking Push
NatWest Group announced it will acquire Evelyn Partners, merging the two firms to form the United Kingdom’s leading private banking and wealth management platform. The transaction brings Evelyn’s £69 billion of assets under management into NatWest, expected to lift fee income...
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News•Feb 9, 2026
What the FCA’s Enforcement Watch Means for Regulated Firms
The Financial Conduct Authority has launched its first Enforcement Watch newsletter, providing firms with near‑real‑time insight into the regulator’s enforcement agenda. The publication highlights seven thematic priorities, ranging from individual accountability to crypto‑related unauthorised activity, and reflects the FCA’s 2025...
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News•Feb 9, 2026
Saudi FinTech Safqah Capital Raises $15.2m Seed Round
Safqah Capital announced a $15.2 million seed round, one of the biggest pure‑equity seed raises in Saudi Arabia. The round was led by anb Seed Fund, Shorooq and Rua Growth Fund, with participation from 500 Global and other regional investors. Safqah...
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News•Feb 9, 2026
Klear.ai Names New CFO to Drive Next Phase of Growth
Klear.ai, an AI‑driven insurance technology firm, announced Logan Thompson as its new chief financial officer. Thompson, a finance veteran with nearly two decades in SaaS, healthcare and professional services, will oversee financial strategy, discipline and governance. His appointment comes as...
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News•Feb 9, 2026
Why Compliance Culture Matters More than Automation
The article argues that while RegTech automation streamlines monitoring, reporting and interpretation, compliance culture ultimately determines outcomes. Automation can create a psychological drift where professionals trust systems implicitly, eroding personal accountability. AI accelerates this shift, risking deskilling and symbolic oversight....
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News•Feb 9, 2026
Baobab Insurance Extends Cyber Cover with SCOR Capacity Boost
Baobab Insurance, a German cyber‑focused MGA, has broadened its underwriting capacity through an expanded partnership with global reinsurer SCOR. The SCOR syndicate at Lloyd’s now backs Baobab’s binder for companies with up to €1 billion in annual revenue across Germany and...
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News•Feb 9, 2026
Why One-Size-Fits-All Mobile Compliance No Longer Works
Regulators are intensifying enforcement of off‑channel mobile communications, forcing firms to capture, supervise, and retain messages. Traditional compliance programs rely on blanket device lockdowns, which push employees toward unapproved consumer apps and increase risk. Theta Lake and other vendors advocate...
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News•Feb 9, 2026
Global Insurance Broker Howden Group Secures $703m
Howden Group, a global insurance and reinsurance broker, raised approximately $703 million through an add‑on issuance to its existing 8.125% senior notes due 2032. The new notes were priced at 101.875% of par, reflecting robust investor demand, and will be listed...
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Deals•Feb 9, 2026
Howden Group Raises $703m via Debt Issuance
Global insurance broker Howden Group has raised approximately $703m in gross proceeds through an add‑on issuance to its existing senior notes, attracting institutional investors. The $690m add‑on, priced at 101.875% of par, expands the total notes to $1.19bn and will...
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News•Feb 6, 2026
How Agile Rate Deployment Boosts Insurer Profitability
Insurers are losing millions because legacy policy administration systems make rate updates slow and costly. By decoupling pricing logic into external rating engines, carriers can deploy new rates within hours and roll back changes instantly. Akur8 estimates that such agility...
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News•Feb 6, 2026
Customer Experience in 2026: AI, Trust and Execution
Customer experience in 2026 will be defined by hybrid AI‑human workforces, where digital employees automate routine interactions and human agents handle relationship‑focused moments. B2B buyers increasingly expect self‑service options, in‑product guidance, and community resources, with AI surfacing relevant help at...
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News•Feb 6, 2026
Agenzee Launches Tool to Simplify Insurance Compliance
Agenzee has introduced Agenzee Assist, a fully managed compliance service that handles licensing, regulatory monitoring, and related tasks for insurance producers. The offering blends the company’s automation platform with a team of compliance specialists, delivering end‑to‑end license application processing, renewal...
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News•Feb 6, 2026
WealthReach Debuts Platform to Transform Insurance Prospecting
WealthReach has launched InsuranceReach, an AI‑powered prospecting platform tailored for insurance agents. The solution leverages intent‑data and AI to uncover up to 40% of previously anonymous website visitors, enrich profiles, and score prospects based on buying signals. It also provides...
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News•Feb 6, 2026
Input 1 Launches Payments-as-a-Service for Ironwood Brokers
Input1 has rolled out its Payments-as-a-Service platform for Ironwood Brokers & Insurance Marketing, embedding QR‑code and secure‑link payment options directly into the broker’s invoicing workflow. The new solution streamlines premium collection, offering agents faster, more flexible payment routes while preserving...
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News•Feb 6, 2026
Sproutr Introduces Program Placement Services for MGAs and MGUs
Sproutr, a specialist insurance programme architect, has launched Program Placement Services to combine carrier placement with its existing design and underwriting capabilities. The new offering aims to eliminate the traditional split between programme design and carrier negotiations, which often causes...
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News•Feb 5, 2026
Foresight Backs AsiaVerify to Scale Asian Business Verification
AsiaVerify, a RegTech platform delivering corporate verification across Asia, has secured growth capital from the Foresight Group. The funding will finance hiring in sales, marketing and customer success, and accelerate product development for supplier onboarding. AsiaVerify already provides data on...
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News•Feb 5, 2026
Bound Raises $24.5m Series A to Automate FX Hedging
London‑based fintech Bound announced a $24.5 million Series A round led by AlbionVC to accelerate its automated foreign‑exchange hedging platform across Europe. The funding will fund EU regulatory approval, product development, and expansion after the company traded nearly $2 billion in FX volume...
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News•Feb 5, 2026
UK WealthTech Sidekick Secures £7.8m in Series A
Sidekick, a UK wealth‑tech startup, closed a £7.8 million Series A round to scale its investing platform for high‑earning professionals. The round was led by Eos Ventures and the Development Bank of Wales, with participation from several venture funds and existing backers....
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News•Feb 5, 2026
Tiller Technologies Launches New KYB Capability for AML Compliance
Tiller Technologies has added a new Know‑Your‑Business (KYB) capability to its anti‑money‑laundering platform, enabling continuous oversight of corporate structures throughout a client’s lifecycle. The feature merges KYB and client‑lifecycle management into a single digital workflow, consolidating data, documentation and risk...
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Deals•Feb 5, 2026
Bound Raises $24.5M Series A to Automate FX Hedging
Bound, an automated FX risk management platform, announced a $24.5M Series A round led by AlbionVC with participation from Notion Capital and GoHub Ventures. The funding will support the company's European expansion and further development of its perpetual FX hedging...
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Deals•Feb 5, 2026
Sidekick Raises £7.8m Series A to Expand wealthTech Platform
UK wealthTech startup Sidekick announced a £7.8 million Series A round led by Eos Ventures and the Development Bank of Wales, with participation from Koro Capital, Seedcamp, MS&AD Ventures, TheVentureCity, PactVC, Blackwood, 1818 Venture Capital and Semantic Ventures. The funding will be...
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Deals•Feb 5, 2026
Foresight Group Invests in AsiaVerify to Scale Asian Business Verification
AsiaVerify, a RegTech intelligence platform for Asian corporate verification, secured a growth capital investment from Foresight Group. The funding will support expansion, hiring, and product development to meet rising regulatory compliance demands across Asia.
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Deals•Feb 4, 2026
Exponent Financial Secures $20M Revolving Credit Facility From Jovian Capital Management
Exponent Financial, a technology-driven lender for franchise operators, announced a new $20 million revolving credit facility from Jovian Capital Management. The facility will support the company's expansion into term lending and broaden its financing capabilities for franchise operators. The partnership...
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Deals•Jan 30, 2026
TeamSystem Acquires AIG Classic to Expand in Spain
Italian tech and AI firm TeamSystem announced the acquisition of Spanish SME software specialist AIG Classic, aiming to deepen its footprint in Spain and accelerate its European expansion. The undisclosed deal will integrate AIG Classic’s accounting solutions into TeamSystem’s digital...
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Deals•Jan 29, 2026
HeyData Raises $16.5M Series A Led by Riverside Acceleration Capital
heyData, a European compliance platform, announced a $16.5 million Series A round led by Riverside Acceleration Capital. The funding will accelerate product development, expand compliance frameworks, and support geographic expansion beyond the DACH region. The round reflects rising regulatory pressure and security...
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Deals•Jan 27, 2026
Mantas Raises $1.77M Seed Round to Launch Parametric Cloud Downtime Insurance
Mantas, a digital‑infrastructure insurer, announced a $1.77 million seed round to fund the launch of parametric insurance for cloud downtime. The round was backed by Nuwa Capital, Suhail Ventures, Plus VC, OQAL Angel Syndicate and other strategic angel investors. The capital...
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Deals•Jan 26, 2026
Tokio Marine Invests $5M in InsurTech Startup Igloo
Japanese insurer Tokio Marine has invested $5 million for a 1.65% minority stake in Singapore‑based insurtech startup Igloo, acquiring 493,984 shares at $10.12 each. The funding supports Igloo’s regional expansion across Southeast Asia, especially its growth in Indonesia.
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Deals•Jan 26, 2026
Jelou Raises $10M Series A to Expand WhatsApp-Based Transactional AI Platform
FinTech startup Jelou announced a $10 million Series A round led by Wellington Access Ventures, with participation from Krealo, Credicorp’s corporate venture arm and Collide Capital. The funding will be used to scale its AI-driven WhatsApp transactional platform across the Americas.
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Deals•Jan 26, 2026
Banqup Secures up to €6m Shareholder Loan From Existing Investors
Banqup Group announced it has secured a subordinated shareholder loan of up to €6 million from a consortium of existing backers—SFPIM NV, Alychlo NV and PE Group N.V.—to fund working capital and its French market rollout. The loan is subordinated to...
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Deals•Jan 22, 2026
OneDosh Raises $3M Pre‑seed to Build Stablecoin Payments
FinTech startup OneDosh announced a $3 million pre‑seed round to develop its stablecoin‑powered cross‑border payments platform. The funding will support instant global transfers and card‑based spending solutions, aiming to reduce costs and delays in international payments. Investors were not disclosed.
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Deals•Jan 22, 2026
SurgePays Prices $2.5m Public Offering to Support Growth
SurgePays, a wireless and FinTech point‑of‑sale company, announced the pricing of its underwritten public offering of 2,000,000 shares at $1.25 per share, raising about $2.5 million in gross proceeds. The deal includes a 45‑day over‑allotment option for up to 300,000 additional...
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Deals•Jan 7, 2026
SmartSearch Acquires Credas Technologies to Boost RegTech Capabilities
SmartSearch, a UK digital compliance specialist, completed the acquisition of Credas Technologies, a digital identity verification provider, to expand its RegTech platform. The deal, announced on Jan. 7 2026, combines SmartSearch’s screening tools with Credas’ verification tech, enhancing compliance solutions for over...
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Deals•Jan 6, 2026
Broadridge Completes Acolin Acquisition to Expand Cross-Border Fund Distribution
Broadridge Financial Solutions announced the completion of its acquisition of Acolin, a Zurich‑based provider of cross‑border fund distribution and regulatory services. The deal expands Broadridge’s distribution capabilities for asset managers, adding access to over 3,000 distributors across more than 30...
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Deals•Jan 6, 2026
Akur8 Acquires Matrisk to Launch Discover Pricing Tool
Akur8, an InsurTech firm specializing in AI-driven insurance pricing, announced the acquisition of Matrisk, an AI platform that transforms unstructured regulatory filings into searchable market insights. The deal enables Akur8 to launch its new Discover pricing tool, enhancing insurers' ability...
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