Kyc news and trends

Solving the Working Capital Goldilocks Paradox: 3 Best Practices for CFOs
CFO // October 23, 2024

Today’s middle-market firms often find themselves caught in the Goldilocks paradox. These businesses, with $50 million to $1 billion in revenues, are too big for the financial products offered to smaller businesses, yet too small for the working capital solutions typically designed for multibillion-dollar enterprises....

Galileo: Banks Need to Predict Customer Experience to Combat Fraud
Security & Fraud // August 26, 2024

Forget everything you knew about fraud and fraudsters. Financial institutions must grapple with the dual challenge of countering increasingly sophisticated fraud attacks as fraudsters harness artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies. The flip side is ensuring that the customer experience is seamless through the entire...

Axle Automation Raises $2.5 Million to Grow AI-Powered AML/KYC Solutions
Investments // August 05, 2024

Axle Automation raised $2.5 million in a seed funding round to grow its artificial intelligence (AI)-powered anti-money laundering and know your customer (AML/KYC) solutions. The company will use the new funding to scale its team and deliver its solutions to more FinTechs, banks and other...

Niva Raises $3.3 Million for AI-Powered Business ID Solution
Investments // July 08, 2024

Business identity platform Niva has launched after raising $3.3 million for its verification solution, according to a Monday (July 8) news release. Verifying the identities of small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) by screening for fraud and meeting local and international know your business (KYB) requirements is a major...

Interviews & Exclusives
Mastercard: Building Trust Into the Blockchain Unlocks Its Cross-Border Potential

November 08, 2024
Until recently, blockchain’s potential impact within payments and commerce has been, well, somewhat blocked. But increasingly, financial service giants are turning their attention to unlocking the potential of blockchain platforms as the technology continues to mature and evolve how value moves across the globe. “Blockchain technology, and public blockchains in particular, are opening up a […]

Galileo: Banks Need to Predict Customer Experience to Combat Fraud

August 26, 2024
Forget everything you knew about fraud and fraudsters. Financial institutions must grapple with the dual challenge of countering increasingly sophisticated fraud attacks as fraudsters harness artificial intelligence and machine learning...

Verification Innovations Help Boost Compliance and Fraud Prevention

June 07, 2024
It’s been a busy few weeks in the realm of identity verification. Fraudsters are wily, it’s true — leveraging technology, particularly AI, and stolen data, to construct new online personas....

Thredd’s McCarthy Gets Down to the Business of FinTech

May 29, 2024
Defining “payments modernization” is no easy task. If you asked 10 different payments executives to define it, you might get 10 different answers. But for payment processor Thredd CEO Jim...

Quick Reads
Axle Automation Raises $2.5 Million to Grow AI-Powered AML/KYC Solutions

August 05, 2024
Axle Automation raised $2.5 million in a seed funding round to grow its artificial intelligence (AI)-powered anti-money laundering and know your customer (AML/KYC) solutions. The company will use the new funding to scale its team and deliver its solutions to more FinTechs, banks and other financial institutions, according to a July 29 press release. “This […]

Niva Raises $3.3 Million for AI-Powered Business ID Solution

July 08, 2024
Business identity platform Niva has launched after raising $3.3 million for its verification solution, according to a Monday (July 8) news release. Verifying the identities of small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) by screening...

FiVerity Unveils Risk Management and Fraud Prevention Platform

June 25, 2024
Identity verification and fraud prevention firm FiVerity is launching its Identity Trust Management platform. The platform integrates features such as enhanced know your customer (KYC) measures, fraud investigation, continuous monitoring,...

Treasury Prime and Footprint Team on ID Verification

May 28, 2024
Embedded banking software firm Treasury Prime has teamed with fraud, identity and security platform Footprint. The partnership, announced Tuesday (May 28), gives banks and their FinTech clients access to Footprint’s...