Sumsub, a regtech company that helps businesses stay compliant and fight digital fraud, establishes its first US office in Miami, Florida, launching new services available only for US customers. Now local clients can add Social Security Number (SSN) checks to verify users through Social Security records. SSN verification also enables background checks, which can immediately spot customer red flags, including bankruptcies, liens, criminal records, etc.

SC Ventures, Standard Chartered’s innovation, fintech investment and ventures arm, announced today that it has invested funds in Hong Kong-based  KYC, KYB and data management platform with the aim of accelerating the company’s product development and boosting its sales organisation – both to meet the increasing demand of the global identity verification market for individuals and corporates that is anticipated to be worth US$17 bill

British Arab Commercial Bank (BACB) has signed a collaboration agreement with leading Uganda-based commercial lender Tropical Bank Limited (Tropical Bank) to mutually support a range of projects and trade opportunities.

The sixth edition of the Latin America Summit, the annual event organized by Brazilian payments fintech EBANX will be held for the first time outside of Brazil in Mexico City from September 12-15.

Highline Technologies, the payments fintech that unlocks payroll-linked lending and bill pay, announced today that it has successfully raised $13 million in Series A funding. The round was led by Jump Capital, Costanoa Ventures, Foundation Capital and other investors.

Kasisto, creators of KAI, the leading digital experience platform for the financial services industry, today announced a $15.5 million Series C extension, led in the United States by Fidelity Information Services, LLC (NYSE: FIS) and internationally by Westpac Banking Corporation (OTCMKTS: WEBNF), with participation from BankSouth. This brings the total Series C funding to $31 million. 

Finastra and FormFree^®, a market-leading fintech company that enables lenders to understand people’s true ability to pay (ATP®), have partnered to further streamline electronic borrower verification for mortgage lenders. FormFree’s AccountChek will integrate directly into Finastra’s Mortgagebot solutions to facilitate an automated asset, income and employment verification process that paves the way for faster loan decisioning.

Invesco, a global asset manager with $1.6 trillion of assets under management, has launched an investment fund focused on the metaverse.

The Invesco Metaverse Fund is an actively-managed equity investment vehicle, that will focus on what Invesco calls the 'metaverse value chain'.

The fund will be managed by Tony Roberts and James McDermottroe, both part of Invesco's UK-based Asia and emerging markets team.

Fluctuating markets require companies to have a granular level of visibility into their cash position and cash projection. Today, Coupa Software, a leader in Business Spend Management (BSM), announced Coupa Treasury innovations designed to help companies improve liquidity during uncertain economic times.

Equals Group PLC has partnered with Featurespace to embed the world-leading fraud prevent