Regtech & Legaltech

August 5, 2024 @ 8:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Konsentus announced that Konsentus Verify, Europe’s open banking identity and regulatory checking solution, is now available on Temenos Exchange, the partner ecosystem of integrated fintech solutions. Konsentus Verify ensures end-user account “access is never granted to unauthorised third parties, giving consumers and businesses the highest… Read More

August 4, 2024 @ 3:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Building on its promise to provide customers with a best-in-class experience while decreasing compliance risk, Kompliant, a provider of intelligent automation, is further elevating the merchant underwriting process, by announcing a partnership with the Digital Solutions team at Equifax to provide the powerful suite of… Read More

August 2, 2024 @ 8:39 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Tuum, a core banking platform, is proud to announce its partnership with ComplyAdvantage, a firm focused on financial crime intelligence. This partnership leverages Tuum’s API-first approach in order “to integrate complementary solutions, ensuring that financial institutions can meet their unique needs effectively and efficiently with… Read More

August 2, 2024 @ 8:34 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Solaris, Europe’s embedded finance platform is pleased to welcome Bitpanda, Europe’s crypto platform, on its KYC platform. Bitpanda will leverage Solaris full digital and scalable KYC solution Bankident “to identify customers in Germany.” This signals a new chapter in “a longstanding partnership between Solaris &… Read More

August 1, 2024 @ 4:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fenergo, the provider of digital solutions for know your customer (KYC), transaction monitoring and client lifecycle management (CLM), announced that Caribbean-based PROVEN Bank is deploying Fenergo’s transaction monitoring solution to streamline its anti-money laundering (AML) compliance processes. Integrating Fenergo’s technology will “enhance PROVEN Bank’s operational… Read More

July 31, 2024 @ 9:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

ThetaRay, an AI-powered financial crime detection firm, has announced the acquisition of European screening company, Screena. The acquisition is being described as demonstrating ThetaRay’s continuous investment “in proprietary technology and reaffirms its mission of enabling banks, fintechs, and regulators to detect financial crime with state-of-the-art… Read More

July 31, 2024 @ 9:19 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Regtech firm Sumsub revealed that they have achieved multiple certifications for conforming with standards set by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI). This milestone reflects Sumsub’s commitment “to meeting the stringent European technical standards for identity proofing and trust services.” Sumsub has been recognized “as… Read More

July 27, 2024 @ 1:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Jumio, the provider of automated, AI-driven identity verification, risk signals and compliance solutions, released new findings from its Jumio 2024 Online Identity Study, revealing growing concern among Americans on the political influence AI and deepfakes may have during upcoming elections and how they might influence… Read More

July 25, 2024 @ 9:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Uppsala Security, a provider of tools and services for crypto AML/CTF, transaction risk management, regulatory compliance, transaction tracking, and cybersecurity, recently announced the listing of Chainkeeper on GetBlock’s Marketplace. Chainkeeper is an AI crypto investigator designed “to professionally and efficiently address the security challenges of… Read More

July 24, 2024 @ 10:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Jumio, the provider of automated, AI-driven identity verification, risk signals and compliance solutions, released new findings from its Jumio 2024 Online Identity Study, revealing growing concern among the general public on the political influence AI and deepfakes may have on Singapore’s next election, and how… Read More

July 24, 2024 @ 10:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

TransUnion (NYSE: TRU) is announcing a new partnership with SafeGuard Privacy that will help streamline marketers’ vetting for compliance when selecting their third-party audience vendors. As marketers look to grow their brand by reaching their high-value audiences, they increasingly look “to third-party data providers to… Read More

July 23, 2024 @ 10:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

ThetaRay are pleased to announce that Shift4 has joined ThetaRay’s trust network. ThetaRay notes that Shift4 is a key player focused on commerce-enabling tech, “powering billions of transactions annually for hundreds of thousands of businesses in every industry, including point-to-point encryption, tokenization, EMV technology and… Read More

July 23, 2024 @ 9:31 am By Omar Faridi  |  

TaxBit and TAINA Technology, two industry participants focused on tax compliance solutions, have announced a partnership to deliver a comprehensive end-to-end tax reporting solution for the digital economy. This collaboration aims to assist U.S. and non-US digital marketplaces with their comprehensive onboarding and reporting needs… Read More

July 23, 2024 @ 5:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Global Relay, the provider of communications compliance solutions for regulated industries, announces its integration between OpenAI’s ChatGPT Enterprise Compliance API and Global Relay’s financial compliance platform. The new compliance capabilities launched by OpenAI in conjunction “with Global Relay’s platform will help customers use OpenAI’s Enterprise… Read More

July 21, 2024 @ 2:30 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Fraudulent transactions in the first half of 2024 were up more than 73% year over year, and suspected fraudulent transactions increased by more than 84%, according to the 2024 Mid-Year Identity Fraud Review, released this week by AuthenticID, a provider of identity verification and fraud… Read More

July 21, 2024 @ 8:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

It is now possible to pick up a packet of flour or a bottle of wine around the clock – including weekends – in the village of Freckenfeld (Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany). The local village store had been closed since May 2023 and was recently reopened with… Read More

July 19, 2024 @ 4:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Velocity Global, which claims to be the world’s expert on work, announced that it has successfully opened new entities in El Salvador and Georgia, “allowing customers easy and compliant access to talent in these economies.” The new entities will open opportunities for organizations and local… Read More

July 19, 2024 @ 12:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Laboratório de Inovações Financeiras e Tecnológicas (LIFT), a joint initiative of Banco Central do Brasil (BCB) and Federação Nacional de Associações dos Servidores do Banco Central, announces the resumption of activities following a hiatus in 2023. Since its inception bac in 2018, the laboratory… Read More

July 19, 2024 @ 12:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In an era plagued with AI-powered impersonation and sophisticated deep fakes, accurately verifying digital identity is more critical than ever. This, according to an update shared by Prove. However, as we enter this AI era, businesses are at risk of adopting a cure that’s equally… Read More

July 18, 2024 @ 9:14 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital identity is not the easiest concept to define, according to an update from Juniper Research. That’s because it overlaps with other, similar, areas. Juniper Research noted that the crossover “with areas such as security, privacy and data management can be significant, and in some… Read More