Regtech & Legaltech

April 18, 2022 @ 10:32 am By Omar Faridi  |  

BIGG Digital Assets Inc. (CSE: BIGG), owner of Blockchain Intelligence Group, an international cryptocurrency compliance and intelligence company, recently announced a partnership with AlphaPoint, a white-label software company “powering digital asset exchanges worldwide.” Blockchain Intelligence Group provides AlphaPoint clients “a tool for fast, easy and… Read More

April 17, 2022 @ 10:04 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Jumio, the provider of “orchestrated” end-to-end identity proofing, eKYC and AML solutions, recently announced the appointment of Stuart Wells as the firm’s new chief technology officer. In addition, Jumio unveiled its new Innovation Lab in San Diego. Wells “joins Jumio’s executive team after nearly a… Read More

April 14, 2022 @ 10:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

London-based Clara, a legal OS offering an integrated set of self-service tools to help founders digitally form, manage and scale their startups, has announced that it has secured investment from The LegalTech Fund as the platform “emerges from its beta phase, taking its total seed… Read More

April 13, 2022 @ 10:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Hogan Lovells has reportedly become the first law firm “to implement an ecosystem-scale document and contract automation technology which will drive efficiencies within commercial transactions for clients.” The blockchain or DLT-enabled technology platform, DriveChain, is “now available to firm clients across all sectors and industries.”… Read More

April 11, 2022 @ 11:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CYTRIO, a data privacy compliance company, has added support for the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) to its all-in-one, cloud-native data privacy rights management automation solution. GDPR impacts any company, “regardless of location, that collects, uses, shares, or stores personal information from European… Read More

April 7, 2022 @ 7:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Socure, the provider of digital identity verification and fraud solutions, has announced that Dibbs, the real-time, blockchain-enabled marketplace for collectors, “is using the Socure ID+ platform to provide a faster, more accurate collector onboarding experience.” With the accuracy of Socure’s graph-defined identity verification and fraud… Read More

April 7, 2022 @ 7:10 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

The BIS Innovation Hub Singapore Centre and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) have developed a new prototype platform integrating regulatory data and analytics. Known as Project Ellipse, the platform demonstrates how regulatory and other data, such as articles and news, can be integrated into… Read More

April 4, 2022 @ 10:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Brightflag, the AI-enhanced legal operations platform, recently released several updates designed “to address the complex and varied budgeting requirements of corporate legal departments.” In combination with existing department-level budgeting and forecasting features, Brightflag’s versatile new matter-level controls “afford in-house legal professionals complete visibility and proactive… Read More

March 30, 2022 @ 10:23 pm By JD Alois  |  

Tokenize Xchange (aka Tokenize), a Singapore-headquartered digital asset exchange, has joined the VerifyVASP alliance as it aims to create a seamless, compliant experience for its users of digital assets. According to a note from Tokenize, the company will utilize VerifyVASP’s network to connect with other… Read More

March 29, 2022 @ 7:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Sygno, the provider of Automated Machine Learning (AutoML) transaction monitoring models, has reportedly joined the recent cohort of scale-ups that will enter the ING Labs 2022 Program. During the 2022 program, Sygno will aim to bring its tech stack into ING’s transaction monitoring environment and… Read More

March 29, 2022 @ 12:32 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Alloy, the identity decisioning platform for banks and Fintech firms, recently announced its partnership with Prove, a “phone-centric” digital identity provider, to enable financial institutions “to verify and authenticate their customers.” Alloy‘s identity decisioning platform “brings the many pieces of digital identity into a centralized… Read More

March 28, 2022 @ 3:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Uppsala Security, a provider of security tools and services for Crypto AML/CTF, Transaction Risk Management, Regulatory Compliance, Transaction Tracking, and Cyber Security, has announced the signing of a business agreement with CAMO LABEL, an NFT studio, “focused on strengthening the security of digital assets (including… Read More

March 25, 2022 @ 8:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Avast (LSE:AVST), an international firm focused on digital security and privacy, recently announced the acquisition of SecureKey Technologies, a global provider of digital identity and authentication solutions (with head offices in Canada). SecureKey’s privacy-enhancing services are “focused on simplifying access to online services while giving… Read More

March 25, 2022 @ 8:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

NICE Actimize, a NICE (NASDAQ: NICE) business, has announced the launch of its advanced, X-Sight Entity Risk SaaS solution, which is described as an innovative solution that “produces a single risk score that enables a financial institution to gain a greater understanding of their clients… Read More

March 24, 2022 @ 11:18 am By JD Alois  |  

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) says it has received inquiries from derivatives clearing organizations (DCO) or potential DCO applicants seeking to offer clearing of margined products directly to participants, such that participants would not clear through a futures commission merchant intermediary a non-intermediated model… Read More

March 22, 2022 @ 10:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

To properly address the stricter compliance rules resulting from extended sanctions and resulting increase in money laundering activity, ComplyAdvantage, an international data firm providing embedded counter risk intelligence to find, mitigate and stop financial crimes and Resistant AI, an AI and machine learning company providing… Read More

March 20, 2022 @ 3:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Regtech company Tintra PLC has confirmed the development of what is considered to be one of the first Web 3.0 banking platforms. The new Web 3.0-focused platform will aim to expand Tintra’s technological capabilities with the upcoming launch of a fully functional Metaverse bank. Although… Read More

March 16, 2022 @ 7:44 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Trulioo announced that it now provides coverage in Greece and Israel via Trulioo GlobalGateway, the global identity verification platform. With GlobalGateway, organizations operating in these two nations may now “perform identity checks on consumers that support regional Know Your Customer (KYC) and Anti-Money Laundering (AML)… Read More

March 15, 2022 @ 11:10 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Encompass Corporation, the provider of “intelligently” automated Know Your Customer (KYC) solutions, recently confirmed the completion of a £25 million raise. Perennial Partners, an Australian investment management firm, reportedly served as the lead investor, and was joined by financial services focused principal investing company, Serendipity… Read More

March 15, 2022 @ 5:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Bitstamp is reporting that it has implemented Notabene’s solution for regulatory compliance under FATF’s global Travel Rule regulations across the US, EU, and Singapore. Notabene is a Regtech Software-as-a-Service solution provider that is headquartered in New York with offices around the world. The Financial Action… Read More