1+ hour, 37+ min ago   (242+ words) Accelerant has filed a series of trademark applications that point towards a potential new insurance offering under the “Nest” brand, covering areas including insurance distribution, underwriting, reinsurance and technology. According to Coverager, the company first filed applications for “Accelerant Nest…...

1+ hour, 31+ min ago   (619+ words) Microsoft Teams has become the backbone of communication for financial services firms worldwide. Millions of regulated conversations including client calls, advisory meetings, deal negotiations, happen on Teams every day. For compliance teams, that ubiquity creates both an opportunity and an…...

2+ hour, 36+ min ago   (193+ words) GoWish, the Danish social shopping platform and wishlist app known at home as Ønskeskyen, has picked up backing from a fresh line-up of high-profile investors as it looks to speed up growth beyond its home market. The round values GoWish…...

2+ hour, 47+ min ago   (311+ words) Starling Bank has launched an agentic AI-powered assistant for its business customers, a free in-app tool designed to reduce administrative burden and improve productivity for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The launch follows Starling becoming the first UK bank to…...

2+ hour, 16+ min ago   (259+ words) Marloo, the AI partner for financial advisers, helps firms move beyond traditional CRM and administrative work by automating advice operations, compliance, documentation and client management, has announced its launch in the United States. The expansion follows a period of strong…...

8+ hour, 12+ min ago   (410+ words) Fasset, the AI-powered stablecoin neobanking platform, connecting banks, telcos, payment firms and liquidity providers across more than 100 corridors worldwide, has closed a $68m Series C funding round that values the business at $1bn. The round was led by SBI Group and follows…...

8+ hour, 24+ min ago   (278+ words) The Financial Conduct Authority has extended its Scale-Up Unit to five firms it regulates on its own, marking a new phase for the initiative designed to help ambitious companies manage rapid growth. ClearScore, Modulr, Teya, Urban Jungle and Zilch have…...

3+ hour, 6+ min ago   (323+ words) Automated decisioning is the use of predefined rules, data integrations and scoring models to evaluate an application, transaction or identity check, returning an approve, deny or review outcome without human intervention. According to Duna, it spans credit underwriting, fraud prevention,…...

4+ hour, 28+ min ago   (144+ words) Australian regulator AUSTRAC has compelled bet365 to sign a court-enforceable undertaking after uncovering serious gaps in how the online bookmaker assesses money laundering risk and reports suspicious activity. According to Alessa, entered on 6 July 2026, the agreement carries the same legal weight…...

6+ hour, 51+ min ago   (162+ words) Cross-border blind spots compound the problem. A global institution operating across the EU, US, UK and Asia faces genuinely different supervisory postures in each region, and failing to track where they’re diverging can quietly build systemic risk long before any…...