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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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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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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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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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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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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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News•Jan 29, 2026
Broker Insights Updates VISION Platform to Reshape Commercial Cover
Broker Insights has launched an upgraded VISION platform that leverages artificial intelligence to pinpoint commercial insurance gaps, especially in cyber and management liability, and to accelerate quoting and binding. The solution connects brokers with carriers such as AXA and Hiscox...
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News•Jan 29, 2026
Diginex Names Lubomila Jordanova CEO After Plan A Deal
Diginex, a Nasdaq‑listed sustainability and RegTech provider, has appointed Lubomila Jordanova as its new chief executive following the recent acquisition of her carbon‑accounting platform Plan A. Jordanova, a recognized climate‑tech entrepreneur, will steer the firm through a phase of accelerated European...
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News•Jan 29, 2026
One in Two Respondents Said Integrating Wealth Management with FinTech Firms Would Boost Sales
PwC’s Asset and Wealth Management Revolution 2025 report surveyed 300 global leaders and found that 50% view wealth‑management integration with FinTech as the top driver of revenue growth through 2030. Tokenisation and digital assets were identified by 38% of respondents...
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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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News•Jan 28, 2026
HeyMax Raises $11m Series A to Scale Travel Loyalty Across APAC
HeyMax, a Singapore‑based travel rewards platform, closed an $11 million Series A round led by Peak XV Partners, with participation from Betatron Venture Group and notable angels such as Agoda’s co‑founder. The capital will fund AI‑enhanced product features and accelerate expansion from its...
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News•Jan 28, 2026
EXANTE Appoints Alex Kishchuk as Trade Desk Lead
EXANTE, a global prime broker, has appointed Alex Kishchuk as lead of its trade desk to bolster worldwide trade execution and operations. Kishchuk will oversee speed, transparency and control of the firm’s trading infrastructure, reporting to COO Zane Kotane. He...
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News•Jan 28, 2026
Gulf States Enhances Policyholder Experience with insured.io
Gulf States Insurance Group has partnered with insured.io to deploy a cloud‑based, omnichannel customer engagement platform. The solution includes an Insured Portal, IVR services, outbound notifications, and a First Notice of Loss claims tool, all integrated with Gulf States' policy...
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News•Jan 28, 2026
Starr Adopts Five Sigma AI to Transform Claims Operations
Starr, a global investment and insurance firm, has selected Five Sigma’s AI Claims Management Platform and its multi‑agent AI expert, Clive, to overhaul specialty claims operations. The AI‑native solution will embed intelligence across the entire claims lifecycle, from first notice...
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News•Jan 28, 2026
MGAA Sets Strategic Priorities for 2026
The Managing General Agents’ Association (MGAA) unveiled its 2026 strategic plan, emphasizing expanded member value, enhanced technical training, deeper market engagement, and a stronger voice for delegated underwriting. The agenda includes new market research, a relaunch of the POLI learning...
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News•Jan 28, 2026
Pace Raises $10m to Automate Insurance Operations
Agentic AI startup Pace announced a $10 million Series A round led by Sequoia Capital to accelerate automation of insurance operations. The funding will be used to replace traditional business process outsourcing with AI systems that handle submissions, claims processing and other...
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News•Jan 28, 2026
B-Next and Behavox Join Forces to Advance Capital Markets Compliance
b-next, a capital‑markets surveillance specialist, has partnered with AI‑focused Behavox to embed advanced analytics into its compliance suite. The deal grants b-next a license to Behavox’s artificial‑intelligence engine, enhancing trade surveillance, best‑execution monitoring, conflicts‑of‑interest controls, and personal‑account dealing solutions. Behavox...
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News•Jan 28, 2026
Almost 9 in 10 Firms Remain Vulnerable to Cyber Risks
KYND’s analysis of over 2,000 firms—including FTSE 350 and S&P 500 companies—found that 88 % of organizations with identified cyber‑risk exposures remain vulnerable for six months or longer. While 11 % of the sample faced actively exploited vulnerabilities, remote code execution (RCE)...
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News•Jan 28, 2026
Kin Launches Auto Insurance for Florida and Texas Homeowners
Kin, a direct‑to‑consumer insurtech, has introduced auto insurance for its existing home‑insurance customers in Florida and Texas, allowing policyholders to bundle coverage. The bundled offering promises up to a 20% discount on auto premiums and simplifies management through a single...
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News•Jan 27, 2026
AIFMD II and Distributors: Independence vs Control
Under AIFMD II, Article 20(6a) creates a carve‑out that excludes marketing carried out by MiFID II or IDD‑regulated distributors from the delegation regime. Zeidler Group highlights that this marketing is not treated as delegation regardless of any distribution agreement. The regulator will now...
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News•Jan 27, 2026
ACA Group and Anduin Launch Integrated AML/KYC Onboarding
ACA Group and Anduin have formed a strategic partnership to deliver a fully integrated AML/KYC and investor onboarding solution for private‑markets firms. The offering combines Anduin’s fund‑subscription platform with ACA’s ComplianceAlpha® AML/KYC managed services, creating a single‑point workflow that automates...
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News•Jan 27, 2026
Club Employés Selects Mangopay to Scale Employee Benefits Across Europe
Club Employés, a French employee‑benefits platform, has chosen Mangopay to overhaul its payment infrastructure as it prepares to expand across Europe. The partnership introduces a wallet‑first, multi‑party payment model that streamlines funding, distribution and redemption of benefits. Mangopay’s solution offers...
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News•Jan 27, 2026
1Kosmos Partners Hopae to Scale Portable Digital Identity
1Kosmos and Hopae have announced a global partnership to integrate Hopae Connect into the 1Kosmos platform, extending support to more than 60 government‑issued digital identity schemes. The joint solution enables organizations to verify eIDs securely without centralized databases, aiming to...
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News•Jan 27, 2026
Revolut Business Launches Subscriptions to Unify Revenue Operations
Revolut Business has launched Subscriptions in the UK, an in‑app solution that lets merchants create, automate and manage recurring payment plans without additional billing software fees. The feature consolidates billing, payments and customer data, offering instant reconciliation, API access, free‑trial...
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News•Jan 27, 2026
Mantas Raises $1.77m to Bring Parametric Insurance to Cloud Downtime
Mantas, a digital‑infrastructure insurer, emerged from stealth after closing a $1.77 million seed round led by Nuwa Capital and other investors. The funding will fuel product development, risk‑modeling enhancements, and early deployments across the MENA region and North America. Mantas offers...
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News•Jan 27, 2026
Screening vs Monitoring: Stopping Fraud in Payments
Fraud losses surged to $12.5 billion in 2024, a 25% rise, as criminals embed illicit activity within everyday payments. The article distinguishes transaction screening—pre‑approval checks against sanctions, PEPs and watchlists—from transaction monitoring, which analyzes post‑payment behavior for anomalous patterns. Relying on...
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News•Jan 27, 2026
How Akur8 Boosted Pricing at Idaho Farm Bureau
Idaho Farm Bureau Insurance adopted Akur8’s advanced pricing platform to replace fragmented, manual pricing processes. The insurer moved beyond traditional GLMs, integrating penalisation, credibility techniques and spatial analysis for more stable, long‑term rate predictions. Real‑time dashboards now let actuaries and...
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News•Jan 27, 2026
Flagright Partners Vilja to Modernise AML on BaaS Cores
Flagright and Vilja Solutions have forged a strategic partnership to link Vilja’s cloud‑native BaaS core banking platform with Flagright’s AI‑driven real‑time AML monitoring. The integration will stream transaction data directly into Flagright’s investigation and reporting workflows, cutting integration complexity and...
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News•Jan 27, 2026
Ozow and RelyComply Boost AML-Led Onboarding in SA
Ozow has partnered with RegTech firm RelyComply to embed AI‑driven AML verification into its merchant onboarding process across South Africa. The integration aims to flag high‑risk profiles—such as fake identities, mule accounts and fraudulent business registrations—earlier, speeding up approvals while...
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News•Jan 27, 2026
Techficient Expands InsurTech Stack with Forthright Launch
Techficient unveiled Forthright, an AI‑driven fraud detection platform for insurance carriers and distributors. The solution continuously monitors common fraudulent behaviors, enabling earlier intervention and stronger compliance controls. Forthright extends Techficient’s InsurTech suite, which already includes the Dynamic quoting engine that...
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News•Jan 27, 2026
What Is the Outlook for Regulation in 2026?
Star Compliance’s 2025 Quarterly Executive Brief highlights a surge in regulatory expectations, especially around digital assets and the UK’s Senior Managers and Certification Regime (SMCR). Market‑abuse supervision is tightening, with regulators expanding insider‑trading definitions to include shadow trading. The report...
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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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News•Jan 26, 2026
The Major Trends Shaping the Future of Know Your Customer Compliance
The KYC sector is undergoing rapid change as AI‑driven agents enable true straight‑through processing (STP), eliminating manual breakpoints in onboarding. Muinmos showcases how collective AI agents, combined with client lifecycle management (CLM) platforms, can automate decision‑making, regulatory checks, and document...
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News•Jan 26, 2026
Sage Capital Management Launches Integrated Private Banking for Digital Assets
Sage Capital Management has unveiled an integrated private banking service tailored for institutional digital‑asset clients, combining fiat and crypto operations in a single platform. The offering includes multi‑currency accounts linked to UK Faster Payments, SEPA, SWIFT and over 140 currencies,...
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News•Jan 26, 2026
Jelou Raises $10m to Scale WhatsApp-Based Transactional AI
Jelou announced a $10 million Series A round, led by Wellington Access Ventures, to expand its WhatsApp‑based transactional AI platform across the Americas. The raise brings the fintech’s total funding to $13 million. Its Brain platform lets AI agents execute payments, open accounts,...
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News•Jan 26, 2026
Banqup Secures €6m Shareholder Loan and Sells Baltic Unit
Banqup Group secured a subordinated shareholder loan of up to €6 million, with €5.45 million already subscribed, to fund working capital and its French market expansion. The loan carries a 9% annual interest rate, capitalised yearly, and may be converted into equity...
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News•Jan 26, 2026
Malaysia Tests Bank Readiness for MyDigital ID Rollout
Malaysia’s Ministry of Finance announced that 18 banks have entered Phase 2 of the MyDigital ID sandbox, testing e‑verification capabilities for digital onboarding and high‑value transactions. The sandbox, overseen by Bank Negara Malaysia and MyDigital ID Sdn Bhd, evaluates operational readiness...
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News•Jan 26, 2026
Ensembling AI Models to Improve Compliance Risk Detection
Financial services firms are turning to ensemble AI to strengthen compliance risk detection across multimodal communications. Theta Lake reports that combining lexicon‑based rules, fuzzy matching, and multiple machine learning models yields higher accuracy and fewer false positives than single‑model approaches....
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News•Jan 26, 2026
AML Under Pressure: Coverage, Precision and Case Aging
AML teams are grappling with soaring alert volumes that mask true risk exposure. Regulators are moving beyond simple activity counts, demanding evidence of coverage, precision, prioritisation, and case‑aging in daily operations. The focus now is on whether high‑risk alerts surface...
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News•Jan 26, 2026
Quantexa Launches Claims AI Accelerator on Guidewire
Quantexa has launched a Decision Intelligence accelerator for Guidewire ClaimCenter, enabling insurers to embed real‑time analytics into their claims workflows. The accelerator, now listed on the Guidewire Marketplace, provides instant claims segmentation, fraud detection and contextual analytics across the entire...
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News•Jan 26, 2026
Tokio Marine Invests $5m in InsurTech Igloo
Tokio Marine has invested $5 million for a 1.65% minority stake in Singapore‑based InsurTech startup Igloo, joining investors such as Openspace Ventures and Blue Orchard. Igloo operates across eight Southeast Asian markets and has facilitated over 600 million insurance policies since its...
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News•Jan 26, 2026
Fourthline Appoints Fleur De Roos as Chief Operating Officer
Fourthline, a European AI‑powered identity verification and RegTech provider, announced the promotion of Fleur de Roos to chief operating officer, effective immediately. De Roos, who joined as general counsel in 2022, brings a background in corporate law, financial services, and...
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News•Jan 26, 2026
Michael Allain Joins Red Oak as Chief Revenue Officer
Red Oak, a compliance connectivity platform for financial services, has appointed Michael Allain as chief revenue officer to drive scalable revenue growth and operational excellence. Allain arrives with over 30 years of B2B sales experience, including two decades in highly...
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News•Jan 26, 2026
ResiQuant and Skyway Team up for Smarter Catastrophe Underwriting
Skyway Underwriters has partnered with ResiQuant to modernize underwriting of Florida’s coastal wind risk, deploying ResiQuant’s structural risk intelligence across its apartment and assisted‑living programs. The integration blends automated workflows with engineering‑level data, enabling building‑specific risk scores while maintaining underwriting...
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News•Jan 26, 2026
Mea Platform Partners with Moonrock to Power AI-Led MGA Operations
mea Platform and Moonrock Insurance have partnered to embed mea Operations, an AI‑first operating platform, across Moonrock’s MGA business. The integration will automate core workflows—including submission intake, data ingestion, claims handling and finance—enabling faster, more consistent processing. By replacing legacy...
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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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News•Jan 23, 2026
Here Are the 20 FinTech Deals of the Past Week
FinTech fundraising fell to $898 million across 20 deals, down from $1.5 billion the week before. The biggest round was UAE‑based WealthTech startup Mal, which raised $230 million to launch an AI‑native Islamic digital bank. U.S. music‑tech firm Duetti secured $200 million, while PayTech...
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News•Jan 22, 2026
UAE Group Pensions: Designing Digital-First Savings
Insurers, employers, and technology providers in the UAE are transitioning from discussion to deployment of digital‑first group pension programmes as recent gratuity reforms shift end‑of‑service benefits toward funded pensions. Kidbrooke’s analysis shows that flexibility, modularity and user‑friendly design are now...
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News•Jan 22, 2026
Hawk Launches Analytics Studio to Streamline AI Model Governance
Hawk has introduced Analytics Studio, an AI lifecycle management platform aimed at banks and payment firms tackling anti‑money laundering and fraud. The solution bundles pre‑built financial‑crime model templates, copilot‑guided creation, performance dashboards and automated documentation to speed regulator‑ready deployments. It...
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News•Jan 22, 2026
Pave Finance Integrates with Fidelity to Automate RIA Workflows
Pave Finance announced a direct integration with Fidelity, enabling registered investment advisors to link client accounts to Pave’s platform without moving assets. The connection automates portfolio construction, ongoing management and trade execution, leveraging Pave’s ten‑year‑tested Asset Intelligence Layer. Advisors can...
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News•Jan 22, 2026
Vestmark and T. Rowe Price Launch Custom Premier for RIAs
Vestmark and T. Rowe Price have unveiled Custom Premier, a personalized model‑portfolio solution for registered investment advisors. The offering blends Vestmark’s tax‑aware implementation engine with T. Rowe Price’s model‑portfolio design, allowing advisors to construct ETF and mutual‑fund blends that reflect client risk,...
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News•Jan 22, 2026
Financial Advisers Face Rising ML/TF/PF Risk Pressures
Financial planners and investment advisers are under mounting pressure to address money‑laundering, terrorism financing and proliferation financing risks. Regulators now require defensible, evidence‑based risk assessments rather than periodic checklists. Arctic Intelligence has introduced a sector‑specific ML/TF/PF Risk and Control Assessment...
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News•Jan 22, 2026
OneDosh Raises $3m Pre-Seed to Build Stablecoin Payments
OneDosh, a fintech focused on borderless payments, closed a $3 million pre‑seed round to develop a stablecoin‑powered cross‑border payment infrastructure. The platform promises instant transfers using stablecoins or cash, with transparent pricing that removes hidden foreign‑exchange fees. It also issues virtual...
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News•Jan 22, 2026
SurgePays Prices $2.5m Public Offering to Support Growth
SurgePays, a wireless and FinTech point‑of‑sale firm serving subprime and underserved consumers, priced a public offering of 2 million common shares at $1.25 each, generating roughly $2.5 million in gross proceeds. The transaction includes a 45‑day underwriter option to purchase up 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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