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Napier AI lands £45 million in funding

UK financial crime RegTech Napier AI has landed £45m in backing from US-based Crestline Investors.

21 February 2024

NextGen Nordics 2024: What to expect from this year's conference

Finextra is returning to Stockholm for the annual NextGen Nordics event. Attendees can expect in-depth conversations on a variety of topics, and much more.

16 February 2024

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NextGen Nordics 2024: Agenda to cover AI, Buy Now Pay Later, data privacy and Request to Pay

The Nordic region has been at the vanguard of innovation across payments for decades, but is that the case in 2024? NextGen Nordics 2024 - a leading conference led by Finextra Research held in Stockholm on 23 April 2024 - will procure an answer to this question from experts hailing from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.

09 February 2024

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MEPs nod through ten second instant transfer rules

The European Parliament has adopted new rules to ensure transferred funds arrive within ten seconds into the bank accounts of retail customers and businesses across the EU.

08 February 2024

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Revolut says Meta platforms are a 'hotbed' for scams

In tune with bank findings, Revolut scam data for 2023 reveals that the majority of all its reported crime cases in the UK started on Meta platforms.

08 February 2024

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NextGen Nordics 2024: Payments is ready for a refresh

Finextra is heading back to Stockholm to delve into the most important topics in the Nordic banking world at our NextGen Nordics 2024 conference on the 23rd of April.

06 February 2024

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CFTC cautions against AI: 'be wary of the hype'

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has issued a customer advisory warning to the public to keep an eye out for artificial intelligence (AI) scams.

26 January 2024

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Artwork money laundering runs rife warns NCA in amber alert

The UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) has issued an amber alert to prevent further money laundering in the art storage sector.

26 January 2024

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Could CBDCs help prevent fraud?

Mandatory reimbursement for victims of authorised push payment (APP) scams came into full effect under the Payments System Regulator (PSR) at the end of last year.

26 January 2024

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BIS and Bank of England seek advisors for financial crime project

The London innovation hub of the Bank for International Settlements is inviting applications for an expert advisory group on a Bank of England-led project on financial crime fighting.

25 January 2024

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Hawk AI hires HSBC vet Shearer

German RegTech Hawk AI has brought in HSBC compliance veteran Michael Shearer as chief solution officer.

18 January 2024

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Do Kwon requests delay to SEC trial while being held in Montenegro

Representing counsel of the former CEO of Terraform Lab, Do Kwon, has requested a delay for his upcoming Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) trial in US court as he is yet to be extradited from Montenegro.

12 January 2024

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