Regtech & Legaltech

November 4, 2020 @ 10:27 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Management and technology consultancy BearingPoint announced on Wednesday it is selling its independent Regulatory Technology (RegTech) business unit to private equity investor Nordic Capital. According to BearingPoint, the acquisition is a result of a strategic process to enable accelerated growth for the unit as a… Read More

November 2, 2020 @ 6:01 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Allens is reportedly seeking applications for its legal accelerator program, called Auctus, which was introduced on November 2, 2020. The program is being offered through a partnership with Collective Campus, a corporate innovation consultancy, and startup accelerator. The Auctus Legal Accelerator program provides innovators and… Read More

October 30, 2020 @ 10:37 am By JD Alois  |  

The Global Financial Innovation Network (GFIN), an international Fintech regulatory initiative created by the UK Financial Conduct Authority, will be hosting a cross-border testing initiative that will include 23 different regulators from 5 different continents. In 2019, GFIN completed a cross-border testing pilot. GFIN is… Read More

October 29, 2020 @ 10:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Derek Boirun, CEO and co-founder at Realio, a blockchain-enabled issuer, asset manager and technology provider, says that the idea behind his company (Realio) came to him when he realized that blockchain or distributed ledger tech (DLT) might be a great tool to help with establishing… Read More

October 28, 2020 @ 9:27 am By JD Alois  |  

The Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF), the leading research institute covering the global Fintech sector, has partnered with the World Bank on a study reviewing the impact of COVID-19 on Fintech and regulation. As finance is one of the most regulated sectors of industry… Read More

October 26, 2020 @ 8:46 am By JD Alois  |  

  VAIOT has become the first digital asset to be regulated by the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) falling under the Maltese Virtual Financial Assets Act (VFAA), according to a note from the company. VAIOT seeks to enable both businesses and consumers to utilize a… Read More

October 25, 2020 @ 10:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Joe Robinson, Co-Founder and CEO at Hummingbird, a modern platform for anti-money laundering (AML) that makes investigations “agile and intelligent,” says that it took some time before traditional banks began to view Fintech firms as legitimate business partners that could help them with their digital… Read More

October 20, 2020 @ 3:28 pm By JD Alois  |  

Sō.Capital has announced TheSō.Co, described as a new type of crowdfunding platform that seeks to help founders “broadcast their capital raising stories.” The platform says it brings together over 50,000 capital raising campaigns from over 30 crowdfunding sites worldwide. Simultaneously, Sō.Capital has announced a partnership… Read More

October 20, 2020 @ 7:35 am By JD Alois  |  

Shield, a UK based Regtech, has launched a solution that is said to combine its Insider Trading and Information Handling feature to provide greater monitoring of employees. The Shield “INSIDERS” is described as using AI, to provide a highly accurate integrated approach to monitor all… Read More

October 18, 2020 @ 6:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Israel based Regtech firm Shield was recently chosen to join the IBM Cloud for Financial Services ecosystem. Many financial institutions have been migrating or deploying new applications on Cloud-powered platforms that streamline routine banking and related business processes. We recently caught up with Eran Noam,… Read More

October 15, 2020 @ 10:30 am By JD Alois  |  

  The New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) has scheduled its first-ever “Techsprint” that will take place in 2021. The event will focus on digital regulatory reporting for virtual currency companies. As New York is a global financial hub, many Fintech firms are based… Read More

September 23, 2020 @ 8:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Around two-thirds or 67% of in-house attorneys at fast-growth firms said they were spending too much time doing “low-value” work, according to the results of a survey shared by Artificial Lawyer. Another survey, cited by JD Supra, of 1,057 legal professionals reveals that a third… Read More

September 14, 2020 @ 8:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Onfido, a global ID verification provider, will be offering its user authentication services to Malaysia’s MyCash Money. Onfido has also been providing similar services to other Fintech firms in the region, including BigPay and MoneyMatch. MyCash Money is a digital marketplace that’s focused on serving… Read More

September 8, 2020 @ 11:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Prospa (ASX: PGL), an online small business lender based in Australia and New Zealand, has reportedly welcomed the interim report recently released by the Senate Committee on Fintech and Regtech. But Prospa has also come to an agreement with other industry participants that a lot… Read More

September 8, 2020 @ 12:54 pm By JD Alois  |  

Reg CF continues to grow in popularity as a securities exemption utilized by smaller firms to raise much-needed growth capital. Reg CF is the smallest of the three different crowdfunding exemptions but has perhaps garnered the most popular interest due. An issuer must utilize either… Read More

September 5, 2020 @ 2:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Senator Andrew Bragg, the Chair of the Senate Select Committee on financial technology and regulatory technology in Australia, recently introduced an interim report which included 32 different recommendations. Bragg noted that as the country tries to cope with its first recession in the past three… Read More

August 31, 2020 @ 10:02 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Thirdfort, a UK-based Legaltech startup, recently announced it secured £1 million in seed-plus funding round. The latest investors include James Meekings and Andrew Mullinger, co-founders of Funding Circle, and David Rutter, founder of R3. Founded in 2017, Thirdfort stated it is enabling solicitors and licensed conveyancers… Read More

August 7, 2020 @ 10:41 am By JD Alois  |  

Legaltech firm LawCloud is now offering its legal document library for free to all of its users in an effort to help small businesses impacted by COVID, according to a note from the company. Some of the free legal documents include Employment Agreements, Non-Disclosure Agreements… Read More

August 6, 2020 @ 12:27 pm By JD Alois  |  

Legaltech LawCloud has partnered with securities crowdfunding platform Title3Funds. LawCloud will be providing its Form C service to issuers using the FINRA regulated funding portal to raise capital online. LawCloud’s service streamlines the legal filing process by providing entrepreneurs with a simple and cost-effective solution… Read More

August 5, 2020 @ 7:24 am By JD Alois  |  

kompany, a Vienna, Austria based Regtech firm, has raised just shy of €6 million, according to a note from the company. This brings total funding to €14 million. kompany is an AML/KYC service that is also developing an artificial intelligence (AI), DLT based, compliance solution…. Read More