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3 Fin Tech deals account for lion share of funding this week - See this week's 14 deals here
3+ day, 14+ hour ago (1630+ words) The Fin Tech sector enjoyed another modest week in funding, with a total of $757m raised across 14 deals." It was an almost identical week to the previous, with the same number of deals and just $80m separating the two. A total of…...
Generali China partners Solera on AI claims platform
4+ day, 18+ hour ago (274+ words) Generali China Insurance and Solera have partnered to accelerate the rollout of AI-driven claims and electric vehicle solutions across the Chinese insurance market. The partnership will focus on developing intelligent motor insurance claims capabilities, including technology designed to calculate CO…...
Datasite and Legora partner to streamline M&A diligence
3+ day, 18+ hour ago (308+ words) Datasite, an AI-powered platform for private market transactions, and Legora, a collaborative AI platform built for legal professionals, have announced a strategic partnership that allows deal teams to query and analyse data room documents within the Legora platform. The integration…...
Norm Ai launches compliance agent for Microsoft 365
3+ day, 17+ hour ago (154+ words) Norm Ai, a legal and compliance artificial intelligence firm, has launched a compliance agent integrated directly into Microsoft 365 Copilot, aimed at helping regulated enterprises embed compliance review into everyday AI-assisted workflows. The Norm Ai Compliance Agent is designed to operate…...
AI financial advice boom exposes a dangerous advice gap
3+ day, 17+ hour ago (342+ words) Nearly four in ten Britons have turned to artificial intelligence tools such as Chat GPT and Google Gemini for personal financial guidance, according to 2025 research from comparison platform Finder. The figures reveal a striking trend: one in six has sought…...
Ocean raises $28m to fight AI-driven email threats
4+ day, 16+ hour ago (521+ words) Fin Tech Global Ocean, an agentic email security platform that uses autonomous AI to investigate every incoming message, has emerged from stealth with $28m in total funding to take on a new generation of AI-driven enterprise cyber threats. The round was…...
Can compliance become a real-time control layer?
4+ day, 11+ hour ago (1082+ words) Compliance was built for a slower world of periodic reviews, manual checks and retrospective oversight. But finance no longer operates at that pace. Transactions move instantly, risks evolve continuously and financial crime adapts in real time. As AI, automation and…...
How investment firms can fix broken due diligence workflows
4+ day, 16+ hour ago (232+ words) Investment management due diligence is at a crossroads. While the pressure to modernise has never been greater, a significant number of firms remain anchored to fragmented workflows and outdated processes that quietly drain efficiency and introduce unnecessary risk. In the…...
Hawk names Daniel Marshall as chief customer officer
4+ day, 17+ hour ago (150+ words) Hawk, a global provider of AI-powered anti-money laundering (AML) and fraud prevention technology, has appointed Daniel Marshall as its new chief customer officer (CCO). Marshall brings more than 25 years of experience building and scaling customer organisations for enterprise software and…...
Sardine lands $25m as National Bank of Canada deepens bet
4+ day, 18+ hour ago (316+ words) Sardine, an agentic risk platform focused on combating financial crime, has secured a $25m Series C extension led by National Bank of Canada, bringing its total funding raised to $170m. National Bank of Canada is one of Canada's largest financial institutions, serving…...