Regtech & Legaltech

June 8, 2021 @ 10:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Foreside Financial Group, LLC, a provider of governance, risk management, and compliance service and tech solutions to clients in the wealth management sector, has reportedly acquired  compliance consulting firm Golden Bear Consulting Group, LLC, a boutique regulatory compliance consultancy headquartered in Newport Beach, California. Launched… Read More

June 5, 2021 @ 4:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

iDenfy recently revealed that their partnership with Kazakhstan’s Fintech firm ITCS Trade Ltd. will involve iDenfy offering ID verification services for new clients that sign up for the ITCS Trade trading platform. The ITCS team notes: “Our vision at ITCS Trade is to provide you… Read More

June 3, 2021 @ 7:36 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Sentinels, the Dutch company behind an AI-enhanced transaction monitoring system, has secured €5.7 million through a seed funding round. As explained on the company’s website: “Sentinels optimizes your existing anti-money laundering and transaction monitoring processes at the root by generating real-time actionable client insights. Your… Read More

May 22, 2021 @ 9:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ireland’s Regtech firm Fenergo reveals that it has been acquired by private equity companies, the Paris-headquartered Astorg and London’s  Bridgepoint, from Insight Partners. Although the financial terms of the deal haven’t been shared publicly, the Irish Times said that industry sources claim that the transaction… Read More

May 20, 2021 @ 7:20 am By Omar Faridi  |  

ComplyAdvantage, an AI-enhanced financial crime detection firm, has  extended its Series C funding round to $70 million, with an additional $20 million from Goldman Sachs. ComplyAdvantage‘s  investment has reportedly come on top of the firm’s oversubscribed Series C round that was announced in July of… Read More

May 19, 2021 @ 8:43 am By JD Alois  |  

The Bolsa y Mercados Espanoles (BME), the Spanish stock exchange, has partnered with Switzerland-based Fintech accelerator F10 on a program to boost Wealthtech and Regtech startups. F10 is a global innovation ecosystem with offices in Zurich, Singapore, Madrid, and Barcelona. Its incubators and accelerators cover… Read More

May 18, 2021 @ 9:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

SmartSearch, an anti-money laundering (AML) solution provider, has reportedly entered the non-regulated market with the launch of a product that’s a part of its business growth strategy. The Ilkley, West Yorkshire-based Regtech firm reports that it recorded its most successful year to date in 2020…. Read More

May 18, 2021 @ 7:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Legal technology (Legaltech) company Exizent has teamed up with Experian in order to automate the asset discovery process that’s involved in probate. Through their partnership, Exizent and Experian aim to pave the way for future institution connectivity, with the goal of making routine processes a… Read More

May 12, 2021 @ 11:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

London-based Napier, a provider of anti-financial crime compliance solutions, has revealed that it will be offering ClearBank, the Cloud-powered clearing bank, with its Transaction Screening system. As a purpose-built, tech-enabled clearing bank, ClearBank provides Cloud-based banking services to financial service providers, FCA-regulated companies and Fintech… Read More

May 11, 2021 @ 9:13 am By JD Alois  |  

Scottish Equity Partners has invested in FundApps, a UK-based Regtech, for an undisclosed amount according to a note from the company. FundApps is described as a “compliance-as-a-service” (CaaS) business, that improves the way investment managers deal with the regulatory burden by combining cloud technology, regulatory… Read More

May 11, 2021 @ 7:41 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital bank Revolut, one of the fastest-growing Fintechs with over 15 million customers, revealed on May 11, 2021, that it has integrated with Elliptic, a provider of digital asset risk management and blockchain analytics software. This partnership should allow Revolut to expand its cryptocurrency offering…. Read More

May 10, 2021 @ 11:10 am By JD Alois  |  

Regtech ALT/AVE is leveraging Hedera Hashgraph to target paper waste within the financial services industry. According to a note from the company, their new service docStribute has been launched to distribute mandatory, regulated documents to customers, offering an alternative to sending documents to customers via… Read More

May 5, 2021 @ 2:38 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  First AML, an anti-money laundry regtech startup, announced on Tuesday it has launched its operations in Australia. Founded in 2017, First AML streamlines anti-money laundering compliance through its online identity verification system that may be used by individuals anywhere in the globe through a smartphone.  The… Read More

May 5, 2021 @ 10:24 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  HUBUC announced on Wednesday it has formed a partnership with regtech ComplyAdvantage to integrate compliance and security screening technology to its banking-as-a-service (BaaS) platform. HUBUC describes itself as an embedded financial service provider that allows businesses to integrate multiple payment capabilities from a single… Read More

April 30, 2021 @ 11:14 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has announced a new grant program targeting Regulatory Technology or Regtech that is said to be an enhancement of the Digital Acceleration Grant (DAG) scheme to accelerate technology adoption.  In a public statement, MAS said it will commit S$42… Read More

April 26, 2021 @ 10:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Compliance tech and data analytics provider SteelEye plans to address market abuse and communications monitoring with lexicon technology. The new tech can reportedly monitor over 6x as many search terms as a typical lexicon. SteelEye’s product has been developed in a manner that adheres to… Read More

April 25, 2021 @ 11:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

London-based ComplyAdvantage, a company that offers real-time financial crime insight that “puts you in control,” notes that the European Union has introduced a strategy to deal with  organized and financial crime and the US recently imposed new sanctions on Russia. While sharing recent financial crime… Read More

April 22, 2021 @ 11:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Survey results shared by Duff & Phelps, A Kroll Business on Tuesday (April 21, 2021) revealed that 81% of respondents either agreed or strongly agreed with the idea that digital IDs may improve our ability to combat financial crime across the financial services sector. Duff… Read More

April 16, 2021 @ 7:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The American Fintech Council has reportedly expanded to include over 75 members. The Council has also announced several new leadership initiatives, according to a release. As noted in the announcement, the newly formed committees will be including the Regulatory Technology Committee and Legal Advisory Committee… Read More

April 15, 2021 @ 9:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

A recent study released by Juniper Research, titled Mobile Payment Authentication: Biometrics, Regulation & Market Forecasts 2021-2025, reveals that the number of users using software-powered facial recognition to conduct secure digital payments will surpass 1.4 billion internationally within the next 5 years (up from only… Read More