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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sanctions screening and case management while still making decisions from corporate records that may be weeks or months out of date – and sometimes more.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…
Fenergo Names Lekshmi Nair as CRO
Client lifecycle management specialist Fenergo has appointed Lekshmi Nair as chief revenue officer to lead the global go-to-market organisation and commercial operations. Nair previously worked at Finastra, formerly Misys, where she held roles in software development, delivery, platform sales and enterprise leadership before serving as global chief revenue officer for lending. Based in London, Nair…
Sumsub Adds Agentic Compliance Configuration Through MCP Integration
Sumsub has launched a Model Context Protocol (MCP) integration and a suite of AI agent skills designed to let compliance teams use large language model-based agents to configure and manage verification workflows. The new capability allows teams to upload anti-money laundering (AML) policies or regulatory requirements to AI agents such as Claude, ChatGPT or other…
The FCA’s Wakeup Call: Mature Financial Controls, Immature Trade Controls
By Becki LaPorte, Principal – AML Strategy & Innovation, FinScan. The FCA’s latest report on sanctions systems and controls delivers a verdict that compliance professionals will find both encouraging and concerning. Although financial sanctions programs have matured, trade sanctions compliance has not. The gap between the two is significant and the report highlights this clearly….
Adverse Media Screening Moves From Search to Risk Intelligence
Financial institutions have accepted adverse media screening as a core element of financial crime compliance, but the next challenge is more exacting: proving that the right entity is being screened, across the right sources, with a decision trail that can withstand scrutiny. That is the operational issue beneath Ripjar’s report, The State of Adverse Media…