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Portage closes USD $600 million fourth ventures fund

Fresh capital will back fintech startups as banks and insurers speed up digital modernisation, with Portage now overseeing USD $7.0 billion in assets.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • 2 days ago

Fintech

Global Signal Exchange joins Japan anti-scam alliance

The tie-up should give Japanese banks and investigators faster access to cross-border scam intelligence as fraudsters move across platforms and borders.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • 2 days ago

Fintech

Giesecke+Devrient says token platform passes 1.4bn

Banks face rising pressure to keep digital wallet payments running smoothly as token provisioning becomes central to eCommerce and AI commerce.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • 2 days ago

Data Protection

WealthAi appoints Lynn Räbsamen as Chief Markets Officer

The hire signals growing pressure on wealth managers to adopt AI with tighter controls as firms look for clearer governance and oversight.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • 2 days ago

Fintech

dtcpay raises USD $25 million with SBI as investor

The funding will help the Singapore payments firm expand regulated stablecoin services and merchant acceptance across Asia and Europe.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 5 min read • 2 days ago

Data Protection

Bank blocks confidential data leaks to public AI tools

Hundreds of attempted uploads were stopped as a regional investment bank moved to curb analysts' use of public AI tools for sensitive data.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • 2 days ago

Software-as-a-Service

Avalara names Claire Goad to lead e-invoicing push

Finance teams face mounting pressure as new e-invoicing rules spread across Europe and beyond, boosting demand for compliance tools.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 3 min read • 3 days ago

Data Protection

Cook Islands trust boom opens fintech & regtech market

Rising trust registrations are forcing Cook Islands firms to invest in compliance, payments and cybersecurity systems to serve overseas clients.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • 3 days ago

Software-as-a-Service

Qomplio opens early access for EU compliance platform

European businesses are facing rising costs and audit risk as overlapping AI, data and cyber rules force separate assessments for the same incident.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • 3 days ago

Software-as-a-Service

Zendesk names David Hall-Johnston APAC technology chief

The appointment strengthens Zendesk's push into enterprise AI as bookings more than doubled and regional customers seek help scaling secure deployments.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 3 min read • 4 days ago

Data Protection

Ericsson launches NetCloud Private for regulated users

Regulated organisations can keep wireless WAN telemetry and management data inside their own environments, easing compliance concerns.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • 4 days ago

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Data Analytics

Ecommpay shortlisted for UK PayTech award on AI push

Declined card payments can cost online merchants sales and repeat custom, making Ecommpay's AI-driven checkout tools a commercial focus.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 3 min read • 2 days ago

Digital Transformation

Westpac approved to issue digital IDs

Business customers will soon be able to share bank details with fewer fraud risks, after the bank became the first in New Zealand cleared to issue digital IDs.

By RNZ • 3 min read • 2 days ago

Data Protection

Why the SOC needs to be re-engineered for AI

Alert-led security teams risk falling behind as AI now needs to be built into the SOC's core to stop attacks earlier and preserve sovereignty.

By Simon Chassar • 5 min read • 3 days ago

Data Protection

Digital footprint data improves cyber claim prediction

Insurers could better spot cyber claim risk as external digital footprint signals outperformed revenue, sector and geography in a study of 63,000 firms.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • 3 days ago