Regtech & Legaltech

May 29, 2023 @ 10:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Veriff, a global identity verification provider, today announced its new Age Estimation solution, built to further streamline the age verification process for customers. Veriff Age Estimation “uses facial biometrics to enable users to easily estimate their age with a selfie, rather than having to provide… Read More

May 27, 2023 @ 5:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

FloQast, a provider of accounting workflow automation software created by accountants for accountants, announced the launch of FloQast Compliance Management, an advanced workflow solution that “helps finance, accounting, and internal audit teams centrally manage and integrate compliance into business processes for continuous audit readiness and… Read More

May 25, 2023 @ 3:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Vespia, an AI-powered Business Verification Service for verifying and onboarding business customers that helps minimize the risk of fraud, has highlighted the significance of business verification for non-AML obligated firms, like supply chain, digital commerce, as well as the sharing economy. Vespia explains that by… Read More

May 24, 2023 @ 7:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

IDEX Biometrics expands its presence in Asia by partnering with DoelPay, an innovative payments solution provider, to tap into the burgeoning market for biometric cards in Bangladesh. Working closely with three of the largest banks in Bangladesh, Doelpay expects these banks “to offer biometric payment… Read More

May 23, 2023 @ 11:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Onfido, which claims to be the global leader in automated identity verification, today announced it has acquired Airside Mobile, Inc., a key player focused on private, digital identity sharing technology. The World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer is “the first company to bring user-controlled digital identity… Read More

May 23, 2023 @ 6:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In today’s digital age, financial institutions are increasingly “moving their services online,” according to an update from Jumio. However, with this “comes the risk of fraud and identity theft, which can have severe consequences for both the financial institution and the consumer.” This is “where… Read More

May 22, 2023 @ 11:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Trulioo, a global identity verification platform, announced the appointment of Erika Rottenberg to its board of directors. Rottenberg reportedly “brings extensive technology and business expertise to the Trulioo board and reinforces the company’s position as the platform global businesses turn to for growth, innovation and… Read More

May 18, 2023 @ 5:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Veriff, a global identity verification provider, today announced that it has partnered with MassPay, a global payout technology company, to provide enhanced identity verification (IDV) services and know your customer (KYC) offerings through its Global Payment Orchestration Platform. With this partnership, Veriff expedites the IDV… Read More

May 18, 2023 @ 6:46 am By Omar Faridi  |  

IDEX Biometrics is expanding biometric payment card programs in Turkey with a fourth issuer. This fast growing bank challenger “represents a customer portfolio of more than 10 million customers.” The biometric payment cards from this issuer are “expected to be in consumers’ hands by the… Read More

May 17, 2023 @ 10:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Criminals have never had more avenues through which to defraud people, according to an update from ComplyAdvantage. This has been “fueled by the proliferation of technology ranging from instant messaging to new forms of remittance, like P2P and real-time payments.” That’s why ComplyAdvantage, a key… Read More

May 17, 2023 @ 4:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

corfinancial, a provider of specialist software and services to the financial services sector, announces the implementation of its Central Securities Depositories Regulation (CSDR) software, SureVu, at Man Group, a global active investment management firm with $144.7 billion of AUM (as of 31st March 2023). SureVu… Read More

May 15, 2023 @ 10:01 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Kasada, provider of the most effective and easiest way to defend against advanced bot attacks, announced a strategic partnership with Signifyd, a specialist in eCommerce fraud and consumer abuse protection. As noted in the update: “As fraud rings continue to innovate, Signifyd and Kasada together… Read More

May 14, 2023 @ 11:44 am By Omar Faridi  |  

ThreatFabric, a provider of fraud detection solutions & intelligence for the financial services sector, has raised €11.5 million in a seed round “to expand its technical capabilities and support the company’s growth.” Specifically, the funds were secured “to increase ThreatFabric’s international expansion and extend its… Read More

May 14, 2023 @ 11:13 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Quantexa, a global firm focused on Decision Intelligence (DI) solutions for the public and private sectors, announced that ING is deploying Quantexa’s platform to strengthen its risk detection and investigative efforts. Being a global bank serving 37 million customers, corporate clients, and financial institutions in… Read More

May 12, 2023 @ 5:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Swissquote, which claims to be among Switzerland’s leading online banks, has chosen NetGuardians in order “to enhance fraud mitigation and comply with the AML requirements.” The NetGuardians AI-based financial crime solutions will “monitor all transactions at the bank and on the digital finance app ‘Yuh’,… Read More

May 12, 2023 @ 10:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Mia-Platform, an end-to-end platform builder that empowers businesses to smoothly create cloud-native applications, has extended its partnership with London-based RegTech startup, docStribute, in order “to launch a new application for financial services businesses to offer faster, more secure lending.” The service will be “available through… Read More

May 11, 2023 @ 7:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Feedzai, a provider of financial crime and risk management solutions, today announced significant enhancements to its RiskOps Platform, “enabling banks to better protect their customers from a wide variety of financial scams.” These new Feedzai ScamPrevent capabilities “deliver detection, classification, and interception of the widest… Read More

May 10, 2023 @ 5:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Resistant AI, the AI and machine learning financial crime prevention specialists, today announces that Bank of Valletta, the largest bank in Malta, is to adopt its Transaction Forensics product for anti-money laundering (AML). It will “enable the bank to prevent and detect transactions that are… Read More

May 10, 2023 @ 12:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CMFG Ventures, the venture capital arm of CUNA Mutual Group, has announced a strategic investment in DataVisor, a global firm focused on online fraud detection and risk management for financial services and ecommerce, as they expand their services into the credit union market. Credit unions… Read More

May 10, 2023 @ 12:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

iDenfy, an AI-enabled identity verification, and fraud prevention tech startup, announced its partnership with Fincapital Partners, an all-in-one banking and asset management platform that offers comprehensive financial services. The company will “leverage iDenfy’s advanced KYC and AML solutions to deliver a seamless customer onboarding process.”… Read More