Regtech & Legaltech

May 15, 2022 @ 3:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

ID-Pal, the identity verification provider, recently revealed that it is entering the UK market after six years of steady growth across Ireland, the US and the European Union. This move has reportedly been planned due to increasing levels of identity fraud and the growing complexity… Read More

May 13, 2022 @ 6:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

TRM Labs, which claims to be the industry “leader” in crypto compliance and risk management solutions, announced its integration with Polygon, an Ethereum scaling platform “onboarding millions to Web3, to provide a full suite of anti-fraud and financial crime tools to members of the Polygon… Read More

May 12, 2022 @ 10:59 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The EY organization recently announced the production release of the third generation of EY Blockchain Analyzer: Reconciler. This updated version has been “migrated into blockchain.ey.com and is now available for the first time to EY non-audit clients and continues to support the EY Audit teams.”… Read More

May 12, 2022 @ 8:25 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Elucidate, a financial crime risk management platform, has reportedly acquired $8 million in capital via a funding round that was led by AV8 Ventures, along with contributions from  Elevator Ventures, the corporate VC entity of Raiffeisen Bank International (RBI) and Tommy Nicholas, Founder and CEO… Read More

May 10, 2022 @ 8:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Legaltech company PocketLaw recently confirmed that it has finalized a €10 million Series A round that was led by European venture capital firm, Atomico. Targeting legal services for small and medium-sized firms, PocketLaw’s (software-as-a-service) SaaS platform provides contract creation, legal discovery, execution, storage, and various… Read More

May 9, 2022 @ 6:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Pindrop, an international “leader” in voice tech, has announced a partnership with Google Cloud that will enable it “to build and offer new authentication solutions to enhance call center experiences for customers on Google Cloud’s platform.” Pindrop will also make its suite of fraud detection… Read More

May 9, 2022 @ 8:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Lithuania-headquartered remote ID verification and fraud prevention firm, iDenfy, teams up with Credex, the automated lending platform for point of sales financing. As noted in the update, iDenfy’s full-stack ID verification should enable a fast and secure lending experience for Credex’s clients. The COVID-19… Read More

May 8, 2022 @ 6:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Moved by the “plight” of Ukrainian refugees and “inspired” by the efforts of colleagues in Poland, VikingCloud, (previously dba Sysnet), a provider of cybersecurity and compliance solutions, has “joined forces with UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.” VikingCloud has pledged “to match donations made via the… Read More

May 6, 2022 @ 5:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

LexisNexis Risk Solutions, part of RELX, has announced the acquisition of BehavioSec, “an advanced behavioral biometrics technology provider.” Founded in Sweden in 2008 with a presence in the U.S., Canada and EMEA, BehavioSec provides “a highly predictive behavioral biometrics solution that uses behavior analysis for… Read More

May 5, 2022 @ 3:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Allen & Overy’s technology innovation hub, Fuse, has launched its sixth cohort with “a record number of technology companies.” This year, Fuse will host 16 businesses headquartered across the U.S. and Europe as it “reopens its physical space in A&O’s London office, which it will… Read More

May 5, 2022 @ 2:46 pm By JD Alois  |  

The US House Committee on Financial Services has distributed its May Committee schedule. Several hearings of note are on the list. First, on May 11th at 10 AM ET, the Subcommittee on Investor Protection, Entrepreneurship, and Capital Markets will convene for a hybrid hearing entitled,… Read More

May 4, 2022 @ 11:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Early Warning Services, LLC, announces Verify Identity, a synthetic identity fraud detection solution “for qualifying financial services organizations (FSOs), mobile network providers, corporations and government entities.” This new technology service combines predictive scoring with rules-based solutions “to determine the likelihood that a prospective customer is… Read More

May 4, 2022 @ 10:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Biometrics firm, Fingerprint Cards AB and Mswipe, which claims to be one of India’s leading end-to-end digital enablers for SMEs will collaborate and “bring biometric debit and credit card to India, targeting 940 million active payment card customers.” Further, Fingerprint’s “proven” biometric technology along with… Read More

May 2, 2022 @ 8:58 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Credas Technologies, which claims to be the “leading” anti-money laundering (AML) checks provider, has set “a new record in volume.” Its estate agency customers are now “carrying out an AML check every five seconds via its platform.” Credas’s customers reportedly “include Connells, Purplebricks, Strike, Minerva,… Read More

May 1, 2022 @ 11:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Australia’s “most connected” account opening platform provider, LAB Group , is pleased to confirm that it has teamed up with Complii Fintech Solutions Ltd (ASX: CF1)  “to streamline digital onboarding for Complii’s clients.” Complii is an “innovative” ASX-listed fintech group which “specializes in SaaS-based technology… Read More

April 30, 2022 @ 4:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

London-based Regtech ALT/AVE  has announced key appointments “to its Advisory Board and a funding boost of more than half a million pounds.” Joining ALT/AVE CEO and founder Chris Ansara and Chair Phil Shelley on the newly created advisory board, “to help guide the company through… Read More

April 30, 2022 @ 12:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

FinGo, a biometric identity authentication solutions provider, is introducing FinGoVend, which is reportedly the first retail vending machine where users can now “pay and prove their age through a simple scan of their finger.” FinGo’s vein mapping tech “connects a person’s unique vein pattern to… Read More

April 25, 2022 @ 9:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Utimaco, an international provider of cybersecurity and compliance solutions, recently announced that it has signed a Share Purchase Agreement with Celltick, a global provider or Public Warning Systems (PWS), Mass Notification Systems (MNS), and one of the largest CBC (Cell Broadcast Center) providers. Recent natural… Read More

April 24, 2022 @ 4:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Tintra PLC, the Regtech firm building a global, borderless banking infrastructure to democratize payments for emerging markets, recently announced share issue details of the “latest receipt of a $2 million private funding round, valuing the company, in the private market at least, at $100 million,… Read More

April 21, 2022 @ 11:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Themis, a collaborative governance, risk, and compliance platform, recently announced thatit has secured $9 million in seed investment “to solve compliance and risk challenges stemming from cross-sector and cross-border partnerships.” The investment round was led by TTV Capital along with contributions from Felicis and existing… Read More