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.
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...
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...

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.
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...
Ortec Finance has published a new whitepaper titled “Q4 Quarterly Outlook – New Year, New Rules?” that leverages its Economic Scenario Generators to assess upcoming economic and market conditions. The report examines recent developments across the global economy and capital...
SymphonyAI introduced Always‑on Compliance, a self‑updating RegTech platform that transforms continuous compliance into a real‑time, learning ecosystem. The solution leverages agentic AI to ingest regulatory changes, enrich threat intelligence, and automate AML, sanctions, fraud and KYC workflows. Its cloud‑native, evergreen...
Organizations still rely on manual expense tracking, which creates errors, delayed reimbursements, and heightened compliance risk. Automated expense management platforms now integrate directly with compliance systems, delivering faster approvals, lower operational costs, and real‑time policy enforcement. StarCompliance’s new Expense Tracking...
FinCEN announced that the investment adviser anti‑money‑laundering rule, originally slated for 2026, will now take effect on 1 January 2028, granting firms a two‑year implementation window. The rule expands the Bank Secrecy Act’s reach, treating certain advisers as financial institutions and imposing...
Click-Ins and Insurtech Fuel have partnered to fuse Click-Ins' smartphone AI damage detection with Insurtech Fuel's WePayClaims workflow engine, creating a fully autonomous, one‑click motor insurance claim process. The AI uses computer vision and 3D modelling to isolate vehicle damage,...
APP (Authorized Push Payment) scams have become Europe’s most damaging payment fraud, now surpassing card fraud in total losses. In 2024 the average fraudulent credit‑transfer exceeded €2,000 and credit‑transfer fraud accounted for €2.5 bn, about 60 % of all payment‑fraud losses in...
Axle, an insurance‑data API provider, has teamed up with Experian to embed real‑time automotive insurance verification into Experian’s Fraud Protect platform. The integration lets dealerships and lenders instantly confirm active coverage while running identity and income checks, adding a new...
The insurance sector is emerging as a major weak point in global anti‑money‑laundering (AML) defenses, with life and investment‑linked policies flagged by the FATF for heightened risk. Regulators have already seized tens of millions linked to drug‑trafficking through insurance products,...
February 2026 is a regulatory flashpoint, with 45 deadlines across payments, AML and consumer protection. Poland’s complaint‑handling act kicks in on Feb 12, while China imposes continuous sanctions‑list monitoring from Feb 16. New York’s FAIR Act expands unfair‑practice prohibitions on Feb 17, and...
Commercial insurers face rising data volumes and complex risks, prompting a shift toward AI-driven underwriting. IntellectAI’s platform automates extraction and normalisation of unstructured data, delivering a unified risk view and accelerating high‑volume lines. The solution reduces data validation time by...
US WealthTech investment contracted sharply in 2025, with total capital falling 56% YoY to $3.6 billion and deal volume dropping 39% to 259 transactions. Despite the slowdown, New York solidified its leadership, accounting for 40% of the top ten deals, while...
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...
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...
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.
EnFi, an AI-native platform that supplies virtual agents for commercial lending, announced a $15 million Series A round, bringing its total capital to $22.5 million. The round was led by FINTOP with participation from Patriot Financial Partners, Commerce Ventures, Unusual Ventures and Boston...
Jethur was created to address the chronic fragmentation of governance, risk, compliance, cybersecurity, and audit tools by offering a single, unified operating platform called RootX. The API‑first, microservice‑based architecture supports both cloud and on‑premises deployments, enabling regulated enterprises to maintain...
Exponent Financial, a technology‑driven lender for franchise operators, has secured a $20 million revolving credit facility from Jovian Capital Management. The new line of credit will fund the company’s expansion from credit‑card products into term lending, broadening financing options for multi‑unit...
BOXX Insurance launched Tech E&O by BOXX, a comprehensive errors‑and‑omissions policy tailored for technology firms ranging from startups to enterprises. The product combines traditional E&O with integrated cyber coverage, 24/7 incident response, and a risk‑management platform. It introduces novel protections...

Kreios and the German fund association BVI have formed a strategic cooperation to embed regulatory expertise into operational compliance using AI and rules‑based automation. Kreios will supply its REGMATIX platform, which automates document checks and applies digital validation rules, while...

Chase has introduced Chase Protect, its first insurance offering, bundling worldwide travel, mobile phone, and AA breakdown cover for a fixed £12.50 monthly fee. The product is embedded in the Chase mobile app, allowing customers to purchase, manage policies, and...

UK insurers face a softening rate environment in 2026, prompting a shift toward data‑driven decision making. nCino predicts that embedding real‑time intelligence into underwriting and broker workflows will become a key competitive edge. Firms are urged to differentiate on service...

Cytora and Altitude Intelligence have formed a strategic partnership to embed Altitude’s high‑fidelity geospatial and multi‑source intelligence directly into Cytora’s AI‑driven underwriting platform. The integration enables commercial insurers to enrich submissions with real‑time climate and location insights at the point...

Aurora, a leading algorithmic insurance platform, announced its new Lead Algorithmic Underwriting as a Service. The managed offering lets insurers apply live, governed underwriting algorithms to complex commercial and specialty risks without altering broker trading practices. By automating risk assessment,...

Adverse media checks have become a core component of modern anti‑money‑laundering (AML) frameworks, supplementing transaction monitoring and sanctions screening. They involve scanning publicly available sources—news, legal filings, watchlists—to flag allegations, investigations or high‑risk associations before formal convictions occur. These checks...

SME Bank, a digital‑first lender for SMEs in the Baltics, Finland and the Netherlands, has selected Flagright’s AI‑native, no‑code platform to modernise its transaction monitoring, watchlist screening and investigations. The implementation will provide real‑time, risk‑based controls and a unified workspace,...
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...

Know Your Customer (KYC) marks its 10th anniversary as one of the few RegTech firms from the post‑2008 era still thriving. Founded in 2015, the company built a platform that pulls real‑time, registry‑sourced corporate data from 146 jurisdictions, delivering authoritative...

The UK asset‑management regulatory landscape continued evolving in 2025, moving from policy design to concrete implementation. Zeidler Group published a guide outlining the latest FCA supervisory priorities, ESG disclosures, consumer‑duty rules, and governance expectations. It also highlights infrastructure reforms such...

At the 2025 Central Park AI Forum, leaders debated whether enterprises should buy or build AI solutions, especially for legal and regulatory functions. Speakers highlighted that building tools often fails to deliver long‑term ownership, as maintenance and continuous updates are...

Australia’s AML and counter‑terrorism financing reforms will take effect on 31 March 2026 for existing entities and July 2026 for a new tranche of roughly 80,000 businesses, including real‑estate agents and lawyers. The amendment Act shifts supervision from checklist compliance to outcomes‑based, demanding...

Berlin‑based enclaive closed a €4.1 million seed round led by Join Capital and the Amadeus APEX Technology Fund to accelerate its Multi‑Cloud Platform (eMCP). The funding will boost sales, marketing, product functionality and international expansion. eMCP lets organisations run workloads in...

4CRisk.ai released a guide outlining how firms can build a robust AI governance program in 2026. The playbook stresses moving beyond high‑level policies to concrete technical monitoring, risk tiering, and evidence‑based compliance for both in‑house and third‑party models. It recommends...

Retail brokers struggle with high acquisition costs and early trader churn. Devexperts proposes AI solutions—Devexa and Acomotrade—to turn fragmented user and trading data into real‑time engagement actions. Devexa acts as an always‑on chat assistant across popular messengers, while Acomotrade analyzes...
fincite, a German WealthTech firm, announced a leadership transition effective 15 February 2026. Co‑CEO Friedhelm Schmitt will become the sole CEO, taking over from co‑founder Ralf Heim, who will step back from day‑to‑day operations. Heim will stay on as a senior advisor...

Focal, an AI‑driven productivity platform for wealth advisors, has partnered with behavioural‑science firm Shaping Wealth to embed research‑backed coaching into its meeting workflow. The integration delivers real‑time, personalized insights during client conversations, helping advisors ask better questions, improve prospecting and...

Wealth.com has launched Wealth.com Tax Planning, an integrated solution that combines tax, estate, and execution workflows within its existing advisor platform. The tool offers multi‑state tax scenario modeling, natural‑language data capture, and client‑ready reporting, and it will be available on...

PlannerPal, an AI‑driven workflow platform for financial advisers, has introduced a Pre‑Meeting Prep Pack that automates the assembly of client‑specific data before consultations. The tool aggregates portfolio valuations, tax summaries, goal progress, and recent communications from multiple sources, cutting typical...

Italian tech and AI leader TeamSystem announced the acquisition of Spain‑based AIG Classic, a specialist in management and accounting software for SMEs. AIG Classic reported over €5.5 million in revenue for 2025 and serves more than 34,000 customers across the Iberian...
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to deepen supervisory cooperation and facilitate information exchange for recognizing Indian central counterparty clearing houses (CCPs). The MoU satisfies the EMIR...
A former City of London Police detective discusses modern UK fraud and money‑laundering investigations in RelyComply’s “Laundered” Episode 3. The conversation reveals how financial‑crime tactics have evolved, making investigations more complex, urgent, and resource‑intensive. It highlights operational constraints that shape case...

GenStar has teamed with InsurTech ZestyAI to integrate its Z‑STORM AI model into the underwriting of hail, wind and severe convective storm risk for its commercial property portfolio. The partnership delivers property‑level risk analytics for complex multi‑unit assets, allowing more...

Sixfold, a New York‑based InsurTech, closed a $30 million Series B round led by Brewer Lane with strategic participation from Guidewire. The funding will fuel development of its “AI Underwriter,” an autonomous system designed to handle end‑to‑end property and casualty underwriting. Sixfold’s...

Cardamon, a RegTech firm specializing in secure AI for compliance, has entered Microsoft’s AI Partnership Program to deliver enterprise‑grade, auditable AI solutions to highly regulated organizations. The collaboration combines Cardamon’s rapid delivery platform, which claims to automate up to 95%...

Financial institutions are spending up to 70% of compliance resources on manually tracking regulatory updates, with some changes taking eight weeks to move through the lifecycle. The lag creates gaps between regulator expectations and the firm’s documented controls, increasing audit...

Aon and DataRobot have launched a partnership to embed agentic AI into insurance onboarding and servicing workflows. The collaboration will use DataRobot's Agent Workforce Platform to automate document consolidation, certificate generation, and invoice processing while keeping human experts in charge...

European FinTech funding surged to $5.5 bn in Q4 2025, an 87% increase QoQ and the highest‑funded quarter on record. The number of deals stayed flat at 176, but large transactions exploded, with deals over $100 m rising 3.9 times QoQ to $4 bn. Zilch...

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...

FINNY, an AI‑powered prospecting platform for financial advisors, has partnered with Osaic to roll its technology out across Osaic’s network of more than 270 institutions and roughly 11,000 advisors. The integration gives users access to FINNY’s predictive F‑Score engine, real‑time...

Zeidler Group says the SEC’s latest Marketing Rule FAQs are a targeted clarification, not a market‑moving shift, and cautions asset managers against over‑reacting. The update focuses on model‑fee disclosures where performance may not reflect higher fees and on compensated testimonials...

Kidbrooke warns wealth managers that choosing analytics platforms based solely on features and price can lead to costly structural problems. It identifies three red flags: narrow‑scope analytics that hinder future expansion, opaque or expensive customisation that stalls innovation, and vendors...

M‑Files CEO Jay Bhatt warns that today’s work spans multiple systems, teams and partners, leaving information fragmented and hard to trust. This operational friction slows decision‑making, inflates risk, and diminishes the value of automation and AI investments. Bhatt argues that...

heyData, a European compliance platform, closed a $16.5 million Series A round led by Riverside Acceleration Capital. The capital will accelerate the integration of security and compliance tools on a modular platform and fund expansion beyond the DACH region. The company aims...

Industrial Alliance Auto and Home (iAAH) has gone live on EIS OneSuite, the SaaS core insurance platform, marking a key milestone in its long‑term modernization programme. The cloud‑native solution supports underwriting, pricing and servicing for auto and home lines through...

The European Union Digital Identity (EUDI) Wallet, enabled by eIDAS 2.0, promises to replace fragmented, document‑heavy KYC flows with a unified, government‑backed credential system. Financial firms currently see 40‑60% onboarding abandonment and verification costs of €5 per check, translating to...

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...

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...

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.

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.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...
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...