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Lithuania is one of those countries that punches above its weight in terms of fintech innovation. With a population of less than three million, the country boasts more than 260 fintech companies. It is the largest fintech hub in the EU when it comes to licensed companies. These fintechs, numbering nearly 150, represent the majority Read more…
Are regulators in financial services doing an effective job of protecting consumers while simultaneously fostering innovation? How can regtechs help banks better manage financial risk? Can a robust regulatory regime actually enhance the prospects for business growth? I sat down with Shabbir M. Husain, Director of Global Sanctions Compliance at Silicon Valley Bank, to discuss Read more…
In a round led by Pivot Investment Partners and UBS – via its venture and innovation unit UBS Next – U.S.-based regtech Droit has raised $23 million in Series B funding. The new capital takes the company’s total equity funding to $39 million, according to Crunchbase. Also participating in the financing was existing investor Goldman Read more…
How have customer expectations changed as financial services companies around the world rush to embrace digital transformation? How can technology be leveraged to provide more personalized financial solutions without violating privacy or adding unnecessary complexity? What is the role of digital identity technology in making the online and mobile worlds safer places for all of Read more…
Mambu, the cloud-based banking platform based in Germany, is partnering with U.K. business banking platform Tide to power the company’s revolving credit facilities and overdrafts for small businesses. “There is a need to be flexible, agile, and customer-centric in the design of financial products,” Managing Director of Mambu EMEA Eelco-Jan Boonstra explained. “Legacy technology constraints Read more…
News from regtech companies has been flowing in 2020. Not only that, we saw significantly more regtech companies at FinovateEurope earlier this year than we have at previous events. To get some insight into what’s driving this, we caught up with Apiax Co-founder Ralf Huber, who has over 16 years of legal and compliance experience Read more…
My first introduction to Dave Birch, Director of Innovation and Global Ambassador at Consult Hyperion, was via his book Identity is the New Money, and a conversation we had at a Finovate event a few years ago. He is as synonymous with the issue of digital identity as any fintech analyst; his book Before Babylon, Read more…
We close out 2019 with a deep dive into fraud prevention, cyber security and regtech, as well as getting unique insights from FinovateAsia and Middle East.
Call for Demos at RegTech Rising 1 & 2 November 2017 London. RegTech Rising is the first large scale event in Europe dedicated to RegTech. We’re bringing together the entire ecosystem – regulators; financial institutions; RegTech providers; industry advisers – to debate how to collaborate in order to accelerate innovation and capture the RegTech opportunity. Read more…
To prepare for our expanded FinovateFall conference on September 11 through 14, we’re taking a look at each of the six summit discussions that will take place on days three and four of the conference. Today, we’re previewing trends in regtech and insurtech. Summit #4: Regtech and Insurtech Regtech and insurtech have benefitted from the same technology innovations Read more…
Highlighting the fact that regulation is a key barrier to growth for banks, a post at the Trulioo blog earlier this month underscored how important it was for FIs to leverage technology to meet these challenges. “To help grow their role and create effective change, compliance needs to embrace the process and tools of change, innovation, Read more…
Trulioo’s GlobalGateway just added a layer of biometric authentication to its identity verification tool. Through a partnership with Mitek, the company will compare a photo of the user’s ID document with their selfie to ensure they are who they say they are. GlobalGateway offers a single API to help financial services companies comply with AML and Read more…