Inspiration for me appears in unusual places – Weird Barbie, Pink Floyd and the art of the Rugby Drop Goal to name but a few. This time, however, the well lived tones of Miley Cyrus and her song, Wrecking Ball, caught my attention.  I have been reflecting on the highly damaging era of rock bottom interest rates and quantitative easing (QE).  The purveyors of ‘nanny finance’ and free or super cheap money unleashed a financial time bomb into main street whose damaging shock waves will be felt for many years to come.

When adding new identity documents to the database, Regula’s experts meticulously describe all security features, providing detailed descriptions of how every element should look and how exactly one can verify its genuineness. Recent documents, including those integrated into Regula's 2023 database update, reveal a growing trend for more protection against counterfeits, which leads to including more security features or sophisticating the existing ones. 

AMLYZE, a leading RegTech company specializing in anti-financial crime solutions for FinTechs, will serve Bendras finansavimas, the operator of the peer-to-peer lending and crowdfunding platform Savy, as the primary anti-money laundering prevention and compliance solutions provider.

iDenfy, a global RegTech startup offering automated identity verification and fraud prevention tools, announced a partnership with NomadRem, a Lithuania-based fintech company,  which offers quick money transfers, bill payments, and a variety of other financial solutions. iDenfy’s newly integrated ID verification and AML screening tools will ensure a fraud-free, compliant environment for NomanRem. 

Trulioo, a leading global identity verification platform, today announced new research revealing that 79% of responding organizations have experienced business identity theft, which involves defrauding, extorting or stealing money from a company.

RegTech Africa & Agpaytech has released a report on the State of Fintech and Regtech activities in Nigeria.

Indonesia’s digital lending giant, Investree, is on the brink of clinching a significant series D funding, amassing up to €220m ($230.8m) via the establishment of a new joint venture based in Doha.

Getpaid, a European payments startup for marketplaces and platforms, has raised $6 million in a seed funding round led by Nordic investor Inventure with participation from Picus Capital as well as high-profile business angels from the payment and marketplace industry.