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...
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.
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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

Gresham House Ventures has made a £4.5 million follow‑on investment in ARKK, the AI‑driven financial automation platform for CFOs. The capital will fund product expansion to meet new regulatory reporting demands, improve customer experience, and scale sales and marketing. ARKK’s technology...

Wint Wealth, a SEBI‑registered online bond platform, secured INR 250 crore ($27 million) in Series B financing led by Vertex Ventures SEA and India. The round also included existing backers 3one4 Capital, Eight Roads Ventures, Arkam Ventures and Rainmatter. The capital will fund...

Financial services firms are grappling with compliance risk as communications migrate across voice, video, chat, email, shared files and AI‑generated content. Most institutions still rely on legacy, siloed archiving tools that capture only single channels, creating incomplete records and manual‑intensive...

Insurance firms are rapidly launching AI projects—77% of carriers started major initiatives in 2024—but most remain in pilot mode. By 2025, nearly 90% will use AI, yet only about 7% are expected to scale beyond testing. The barrier is trust...

Lausanne‑based LegalTech startup Ex Nunc Intelligence closed an oversubscribed €1.8 million pre‑seed round led by Spicehaus Partners. The capital will speed development of its Silex platform, add specialised AI agents, and reinforce its secure data‑silo infrastructure. Ex Nunc positions Silex as...

Financial crime risk assessments are often framed around models and technology, but their true strength hinges on the people involved. The article stresses that human judgment, engagement, and organizational culture determine the accuracy and usefulness of these assessments. It highlights...

European Space Agency‑backed InsurTech BirdsEyeView has closed an undisclosed seven‑figure funding round led by 24 Haymarket to accelerate its wildfire risk modelling and international expansion. The capital will fund rapid development of AI‑driven, satellite‑powered models, hiring of PhD‑level scientists, and...

YuLife, the London‑based InsurTech focused on wellbeing‑linked life insurance, has appointed Tal Gilbert as chief executive officer to drive its next growth phase. Gilbert will lead the expansion of YuLife’s AI‑powered platform and broaden employee‑benefits offerings for employers, advisers and...

A new EFRAG study shows most investors and financial institutions worry that the EU’s proposed simplified European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) could degrade ESG data quality. The draft revisions would slash mandatory datapoints by 61% and eliminate all voluntary disclosures,...

fincite has added its cios digital wealth‑management platform to the Microsoft Azure Marketplace, allowing financial institutions and advisors to provision the SaaS solution directly from Azure. The marketplace listing streamlines deployment on the same cloud infrastructure used for other enterprise...

Norm Ai is pioneering legal engineering by merging former attorneys with AI to automate regulatory analysis. Its proprietary LEAP platform provides a no‑code environment where legal engineers build dynamic AI agents that interpret statutes and explain decisions step‑by‑step. Over 30...

Regulators in Europe and Australia are tightening market‑access rules, demanding clearer entry routes, supervisory oversight, and structured reporting. Zeidler Group highlights shifts in Italy, France and Australia, where firms must choose appropriate regulatory pathways, adhere to new transparency mandates, and...

Gulmohar Capital Partners has launched the GRCS Trust, a permanent‑capital platform backed by $30 million to acquire and scale software firms in the governance, risk, compliance and security (GRC) space. The trust will pursue a long‑term buy‑and‑build strategy, targeting lower‑mid‑market companies...

Onsetto, a fintech platform that automates business account switching, closed a $2.2 million seed round led by EJF Ventures, with participation from Idea Fund, The Perch Fund and regional angels. The financing will accelerate AI‑driven product enhancements and expand sales and...

London‑based MAIA Technology announced a £4 million Series A round led by Molten Ventures, with Mountside Ventures advising. The fintech startup offers a unified portfolio‑management platform that combines analysis, compliance and trading workflows, replacing legacy, manual processes. The new capital will accelerate...

Generative AI is rapidly moving from pilot projects to production in financial services, but compliance teams remain skeptical due to explainability, auditability, and accountability concerns. Industry leaders stress that trust hinges on visible reasoning, complete audit trails, and human‑in‑the‑loop controls....

The House of Lords Financial Services Regulation Committee reports that private‑market assets under management have surged from under $4 trillion in 2008 to roughly $16 trillion today, with about $185 billion in the UK. While private credit has delivered strong returns and funded...

Singapore’s Monetary Authority recorded a 579% jump in AML and CFT fines in 2025, the sharpest increase after a major money‑laundering scandal. The regulator is tightening supervision of private banking and cross‑border wealth flows to preserve its hub status. Meanwhile,...

Novidea, a cloud‑native insurance platform provider, has partnered with automotive distributor Colmobil to unify its sales and insurance operations. The integration replaces separate legacy systems with Novidea’s end‑to‑end SaaS solution, fully connected to Colmobil’s Salesforce CRM. The new platform automates...

HDI Global has opened a representative office in Seoul, marking a strategic push into Korea’s estimated €80 billion property‑and‑casualty market. The office, led by veteran market head Ki Hyung Jo, will manage broker and client relationships locally while core underwriting and claims stay...

Santam, Africa’s largest short‑term insurer, teamed with Alchemy Technology Services and cloud‑insurer Buckhill to launch Lloyd’s Syndicate 1918 using Buckhill’s C2MS® platform. The end‑to‑end insurance operating system was built, approved and made operational in under three months and on budget, showcasing...

Cascade has introduced an automated treatment for name‑screening alerts that classifies hits and creates concise justification narratives. The feature tackles the surge in alerts and heightened EU/Luxembourg regulatory scrutiny while preserving analyst oversight. Integrated into Cascade’s existing AML workflow, it...

Ingenico and Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions have teamed up to launch an enterprise‑grade mobile checkout solution for UK retailers and grocers, pairing Ingenico’s Moby 5500 terminal with Toshiba’s TCx M7 handheld and TCx M11 tablet. The integrated system enables secure, contact‑less payments...

PT Bank Negara Indonesia (BNI) unified its domestic and international trade finance operations onto Finastra’s Trade Innovation platform, replacing multiple legacy systems with a single, centralized solution. The migration, now covering nine overseas locations, accelerated customer onboarding by roughly 25%...

Custody operations have moved from a back‑office function to a mission‑critical market infrastructure, driven by tighter settlement cycles, heightened regulation, and growing asset complexity. 2025 marked a turning point as institutions demanded faster, more transparent services, prompting custodians to adopt...

Metro Bank has replaced its decade‑old AML infrastructure with SymphonyAI’s cloud‑native, SaaS‑based financial crime platform. The new solution consolidates transaction monitoring, payment and name screening, investigations, and dynamic customer risk assessment into a single environment. By embedding CRA directly into...

The OCC will roll out new Bank Secrecy Act and AML examination procedures for community banks on February 1, 2026. The framework shifts to a risk‑based, proportionate model, easing procedural burdens while keeping core compliance expectations intact. It introduces Community...

Wealth Club, the UK‑focused investment platform for high‑net‑worth individuals, has appointed Susannah Streeter as chief investment strategist. In the role she will head the firm’s market commentary, decode economic and monetary trends, and guide clients toward opportunities in venture‑capital trusts,...

FinTech funding entered 2026 with a post‑holiday lull, recording only six rounds this week. Despite the thin pipeline, three mega‑deals topped $100 million, pushing total capital raised to $734 million. Cyera led the pack with a $400 million Series F that values the AI‑security...

Wealth management is undergoing a shift toward hyper‑personalisation, where advice is continuously tailored using real‑time data, predictive analytics, and behavioural insights. IntellectAI’s research highlights that over 70% of high‑net‑worth individuals tie personalised advice to firm loyalty, yet many firms still...

European wealth managers face heightened volatility, tighter regulation, and soaring digital expectations in 2026. Firms must translate abundant market data into clear, confidence‑building insights through scalable digital platforms. A premium experience now depends on intuitive interfaces, seamless onboarding, and truly...

Permutable AI announced a strategic expansion of its AI‑driven macro intelligence services into the Asia‑Pacific region, responding to heightened institutional demand for granular, real‑time insights on commodities and macro markets. The move targets investors, risk managers, and strategy teams focused...

SmartSearch, the Ilkley‑based RegTech specialist, has completed the acquisition of Credas Technologies, adding digital identity verification to its existing screening and monitoring suite. The deal expands SmartSearch’s customer base to more than 8,500 regulated firms across finance, legal, property and...

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...

InsurTech firm Akur8 has acquired AI platform Matrisk, enabling the launch of Akur8 Discover, a new pricing tool that searches and analyzes P&C rate and rule filings. The solution provides insurers with searchable, structured regulatory data, allowing benchmarking of rating...

Capitolis, a fintech focused on capital markets, appointed Roy Saadon as head of market development for its portfolio optimisation unit. Saadon, a veteran with 25 years in technology, product development and financial services, previously co‑founded Access Fintech and Traiana. In...

Cred, the AI‑enabled credit platform, has appointed Matt Trueman as its new chief executive officer. The hire is aimed at accelerating the company’s 2026 expansion, scaling new accounts and boosting lending activity for its Credit on Demand product. Cred’s roadmap...
Broadridge Financial Solutions has completed its acquisition of Acolin, a Zurich‑based provider of cross‑border fund distribution and regulatory services. Acolin supports over 350 asset‑manager clients and provides access to more than 3,000 distributors across 30+ countries. The deal expands Broadridge’s...

DailyPay, an on‑demand pay platform, closed a $195 million senior secured revolving credit facility on Dec 30, 2025. The facility, led by JPMorgan Chase as administrative agent and sole bookrunner, strengthens the company’s balance sheet and provides greater financial flexibility. DailyPay plans to...

Financial institutions are entering 2026 with a renewed focus on human oversight for AI‑driven anti‑money‑laundering (AML) systems. While AI continues to deliver real‑time monitoring, large‑scale data analysis and higher detection accuracy, the industry faces a widening skill gap that threatens...

Nationwide data shows UK ATM withdrawals reached £4.2bn in 2025, a new record surpassing the 2017 peak. The number of withdrawals rose 6% to 34.7 million and the average amount per transaction increased to £120. About 13% of Britons say using...

ChainThat’s Beyond Insurance Accounting (BIA) platform automates the entire insurance finance workflow, capturing transactions at policy binding and generating real‑time accounts and billing schedules. By ingesting data from bordereaux, bank statements and emails with Gen‑AI tools, BIA eliminates manual reconciliations...

Pluto Financial Technologies has unveiled an AI‑driven lending platform targeting investors with private market assets. The service, backed by $8.6 million in equity and hundreds of millions in lending capacity, offers a Wealth Equity Line of Credit that can be repaid...
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...

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...