The Ongoing and Evolving Threat of Insider Risks in Finance
The persistent and evolving challenge of insider threats in finance Insider threats represent a significant and often underestimated vulnerability for financial institutions. Unlike external attacks, these threats originate from within the trusted perimeter, making them particularly insidious and challenging to detect. Insider threats remain a persistent and profoundly challenging security concern for financial institutions of […]
Synctera Secures $15 Million as Embedded Finance Evolves
Synctera Raises $15 Million Amid Embedded Finance’s Evolution Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) and embedded finance firm Synctera raised $15 million in new funding. The financing brings Synctera’s total funding to $94 million and will help support the acceleration of its growth and meet the more complex needs of its customers, according to a Tuesday (March 11) press […]
British fintech founder relocates to U.S.: U.K. tech industry lacking ambition, not taxed
British fintech founder who moved to U.S.: U.K. tech’s problem isn’t taxes—it’s ambition When a government announces tax hikes and entrepreneurs celebrate, you know something’s deeply wrong. Yet that’s exactly what happened in Britain this week, as tech founders cheered Labour’s “modest” increase in capital gains tax—simply because they’d feared worse. It’s like watching passengers […]
HSBC Executive Notes Abundant ‘Success Theater’ in AI Within Finance
HSBC exec says there’s a lot of AI ‘success theater’ in finance Big technology companies are betting that a new wave of smaller, more precise AI models will be more effective when it comes to the needs of businesses in sectors like law, finance, and health care. LONDON — Increasingly many financial services firms are touting […]