Drata doubles valuation to $2bn following $200m Series C
The round was led by ICONIQ Growth and GGV Capital with institutional and individual investors participating.
Compliance
Barclays fined £8.4m by payments regulator for breaking interchange fee rule
The PSR has fined banking heavyweight Barclays £8.4 million for failing to comply with the IFR.
ICYMI fintech funding round-up: Buckzy, FrankieOne and Ejara
A handy round-up of the recent funding endeavours of fintech companies across the globe.
Survey & report: The race to ISO 20022
Download Celent’s survey and report based on over 200 banker interviews and deep analysis.
Israel’s Shield bags $20m in Series B funding
Shield plans to boost its growth in existing markets and expand into new ones, including the US.
Q&A: How Diligent is helping companies transition to a modern back office
FinTech Futures chats with Diligent’s Lisa Edwards about the firm’s GRC and ESG solutions.
FCA warns stock trading apps against gamification
The regulator is “concerned about problem behaviours” linked to trading app design.
Railsr taps Featurespace to boost payment fraud and AML protections
Railsr will utilise card and payment fraud prevention and AML solutions through Featurespace’s ARIC hub.
US Treasury outlines fintech consumer protection recommendations
“This report lays out actions that would maintain fair, transparent, and competitive markets,” says Janet Yellen.
Research: Tech blockers 2022 – cutting the costs of AML compliance
Opportunities and barriers on the road to wider adoption of effective AML screening technology.
Iceland’s Arion Bank taps Lucinity to boost AML protection
Lucinity says its AML tech helps banks and fintechs increase their compliance productivity by more than 50%.
Kuda launches in the UK with tell.money’s open banking compliance tech
Kuda says its UK launch “is the first step in its global expansion to serve overseas based Nigerians”.
DFSA fines Bank of Singapore $1.1m citing inadequate AML controls
The regulatory authority also says that the bank acted outside the scope of its DFSA licence.
Blockchain intel firm TRM Labs scores $70m expanded Series B
TRM will use the cash to invest in product development and new hires to meet growing demand for its services.
iBanFirst taps Fenergo for client lifecycle management solution
iBanFirst says Fenergo’s tech will allow it to offer “faster and more effective” digital customer onboarding.
GoTyme Bank selects Daon for digital identity verification
The digital bank will utilise Daon’s IdentityX platform for ID authentication.
Financial super-app Curve partners Salt Edge for open banking compliance
The partnership will enable the app’s 4m users across Europe to continue to make the most of open banking.
Target Group hires compliance veteran Kathy Griffin as chief risk officer
Griffin joins from UK challenger Monzo, where she held the position of director of compliance.
Danish investment bank Saxo taps Baffle for global data encryption solution
The bank will integrate Baffle’s Data Protection Services platform.
US fintech funding round-up: OatFi, Fintor and StandardC
A handy round-up of the recent funding endeavours of fintech companies across the US.
Orange Bank takes sanctions screening real-time with SAS and Neterium
The AML-CTF platform powered by SAS and Neterium is “a game-changer”, says Orange Bank’s deputy CEO.
La Banque Postale automates regulatory reporting with Regnology
Abacus360 Banking will become the bank’s single platform for the European and French reporting regimes.
Sibos 2022: How SmartStream draws wisdom from the noise of data
FinTech Futures chats with Andreas Burner, CIO at SmartStream, about the benefits of AI/ML tech.
SEC fines 16 Wall Street firms $1.1bn for recordkeeping failures
For more than three years employees routinely used messaging apps on their devices to discuss business matters.
Copper.co taps Fenergo for AML and client lifecycle management solution
Copper will utilise Fenergo’s tech to onboard “increasingly complex” client ownership structures.
Fraud prevention and compliance fintech Sardine nets $51.5m Series B
Sardine boasts a client list of over 135 companies including FTX, Blockchain.com and WealthSimple.
FinTech Futures: Top five stories of the week – 16 September 2022
Here’s our pick of five of the top news stories from the world of finance and tech this week.
Nigerian fintech Arca taps ThetaRay for AI-powered AML solution
Arca is the first Nigerian fintech to utilise ThetaRay’s Sonar solution.
Compliance regtech SteelEye raises $21m Series B funding
SteelEye claims the $21m Series B marks the largest raise by a European regtech firm in 2022.
India’s RBI gives financial firms deadline to comply with new digital lending rules
The RBI says that the new rules will be applicable to both existing and new customers.
Darlington Building Society taps LexisNexis to help fight fraud
The firm will look to utilise LexisNexis’ RiskNarrative platform.
Banking Tech Awards USA 2022 Winners Supplement out now
People, projects & products that demonstrated stellar results, genuine innovation and had a tangible impact.
ICYMI fintech funding round-up: Chekk, Hello Clever & Zywa
A handy round-up of the recent funding endeavours of fintech companies across the globe.
OneBanx taps regtech PassFort for know your business solution
PassFort says the solution will enable “seamless” onboarding for business customers.
New legislative regulations are a cybersecurity game-changer for the FS industry
The SEC has proposed new cybersecurity regulations that will impact FS businesses.
UN calls for comprehensive crypto regulation in developing countries
The organisation says crypto can “jeopardise the monetary sovereignty of countries”.
FTC files complaint against paytech First American over alleged “harmful practices”
Under a proposed federal court order, First American will have to return $4.9m to affected businesses.
Scottish Building Society taps AML firm Jade ThirdEye to upgrade security
Jade ThirdEye will upgrade the firm’s existing transaction monitoring solution.
Privacy, regulations and cross-border data sharing in finance
Discussing the value and inherent risks associated with data sharing on a global scale.
SunTec hires ex-IBM exec as new chief strategy and transformation officer
Pramod Perumparambil will drive the company’s strategy to accelerate business growth.
