Robocash group, a global fintech holding, has published the results for the first half of 2021. The Group doubled the yearly loan disbursement volumes and managed to achieve commendable results. 

TrueLayer, Europe’s leading open banking platform, has announced that Roberto Villani has joined the firm as its Head of iGaming.

A highly experienced commercial manager and payments specialist with deep expertise in the iGaming sector, Roberto will define and manage TrueLayer’s strategy for iGaming alongside Truelayer’s Chief Revenue Officer Max Emilson and UK Country Manager Jamie Morton.

Digital AML provider launches campaign to highlight flaws in manual methods

Leading UK RegTech specialist SmartSearch has launched a new Electronic Verification Uncovered campaign, to raise awareness of the dangers of relying on outdated methods of identity verification for regulated businesses.

The campaign is part of the SmartSearch Index report which is being published to highlight the ongoing threat of money laundering in the UK.

Solidatus, the leading metadata management technology firm, has been chosen by British Business Bank to enhance its data governance and data lineage capabilities. British Business Bank is the UK’s business development bank that helps drive economic growth by making finance markets work better for smaller businesses across the UK. Solidatus’ award-winning data lineage solution will empower the company to visualise and manage all its data from end-to-end.

FutureBricks, tech-led specialist lender, joins Twenty7Tec, introducing its updated lending criteria to intermediaries.

New appointment brings up 100 employee milestone and follows the fraud fighters’ recent Series A investment round and launch into the US and Indonesia

 SteelEye, the compliance technology and data analytics firm, has appointed Philip Lemmon as Commercial Director, working with CEO, Matt Smith, and the management team to accelerate the firm’s commercial activity across its 

Appital, the Equity Capital Marketplace, today announced it has secured a £2.5m investment from Frontline Ventures and a number of seasoned capital markets angel investors to bring technological innovation and automation to today’s equity capital markets, hence increasing efficiency. 

The investment will accelerate the development of Appital’s technology infrastructure, integration with market leading financial institutions as well as technology vendors and enable the expansion of their engineering team to support the delivery of their go-to-market strategy.

Tempo France (operating brands: TEMPO Money Transfer, TEMPO Payments), Velo Labs, and Bitazza Thailand have opened up a remittance corridor between 27 countries in the EU region and Thailand. 

 The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC), on behalf of its members, today issued guidance that provides financial institutions with examples of effective authentication and access risk management principles and practices for customers, employees, and third parties accessing digital banking services and information systems.

The guidance: