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BIGTXN Turns Investment Restrictions into Trade-Ready Controls
An interview with Founder & CEO, Haider Mannan. Investment screening has its greatest operational impact before a trade, when a firm needs a defensible compliance decision without delaying execution. BIGTXN founder and chief executive Haider Mannan built the company around that constraint. “Because if you’re holding up execution, it’s costing the business,” he told RegTech…
Hawk Appoints NICE Actimize Veteran to Lead Revenue Strategy
Anti-financial crime technology provider Hawk, has appointed Eli Chamoun as President and Chief Revenue Officer to lead its revenue strategy as it seeks to expand adoption of its artificial intelligence technology among banks and payment companies. Chamoun will oversee Hawk’s global revenue strategy and operations, develop its go-to-market team and deepen relationships with banks, payment…
FinScan Completes LSEG Validation for World-Check On Demand Integration
FinScan has completed LSEG Risk Intelligence’s technical validation process for its integration with World-Check On Demand. LSEG has designated the integration as ready to go to market. The integration gives financial institutions access to LSEG’s risk intelligence within FinScan’s anti-money laundering (AML) and sanctions-screening workflows. It is designed to reduce the operational work involved in…
EBA Framework 4.3 Maps the Data Behind AMLA’s First Risk Assessment
The European Banking Authority’s Reporting Framework 4.3 gives financial institutions their first machine-readable view of the data that will support the EU’s selection of firms for direct anti-money laundering supervision. Published earlier this month, the framework marks an intermediate step towards the first formal risk-assessment and selection exercise by the Authority for Anti-Money Laundering and…
Kyckr Revenue Grows 46% as Demand Rises for Live Registry Data
KYB data provider Kyckr has reported 46% revenue growth for the financial year ended June 2026, which it described as its strongest performance in two decades. The company attributes the increase to regulatory pressure in Australia and North America, where firms face growing scrutiny of the data supporting their compliance controls. Kyckr said regulated firms…
HACA Partners Selects Muinmos for Enhanced KYC/AML Capabilities
Luxembourg-based audit and consulting firm HACA Partners has selected Muinmos’ KYC and AML screening as it seeks to reduce manual processing and apply more consistent risk controls. The Luxembourg-based audit and consulting firm, which supports more than 500 clients operating internationally will use the technology for checks on its own clients, its clients’ customers and…
Asian KYB Requires Live Registry Data, Not Another Database: AsiaVerify CEO
Asian know-your-business (KYB) controls have an uncomfortable blind spot: firms can spend heavily on onboarding, sanctions screening and case management while still making decisions from corporate records that may be weeks or months out of date – and sometimes more. AsiaVerify CEO Leas Bachatene spoke with RegTech Insight about the KYB challenges for firms with…
Sanctioned Securities Risk Moves Inside the Portfolio
Sanctions screening in capital markets has traditionally been treated as a specialist compliance concern: one for legal teams, sanctions officers and financial crime specialists to manage through lists, policies and escalation procedures. That view is becoming increasingly difficult to sustain in capital markets, where sanctions exposure can be hidden inside the securities, funds and structured…
Eight RegTech Providers Tackling Sanctioned Securities and Financial-Instrument Screening
Sanctions screening in capital markets and treasury extends beyond conventional checks on payments, people and legal entities. Firms need to identify exposure inside securities, issuers, funds (including ETFs), indices, structured products, derivatives and custody positions. They also need to track changes as sanctions regimes, ownership structures and instrument composition shift. That creates a different control…
A-Team Group Announces Capital Markets Technology APAC Awards 2026 Winners and Launches ‘State of the Market’ Report
A-Team Group today announced the highly anticipated winners of the Capital Markets Technology APAC Awards 2026. These prestigious awards celebrate the most innovative solution providers and financial institutions that are reshaping the capital markets technology landscape across the dynamic Asia Pacific region. In conjunction with the awards, A-Team Group has also launched the “State of…