Cybersecurity

Deel and Clarity on hiring fraud in the age of deepfakes

Deel's Alex Bouaziz and Clarity's Michael Matias explain why a one-off identity check at hiring no longer holds as deepfake candidates reach real interviews.

Deel, the global people platform, has acquired Clarity, an AI cybersecurity company that specialises in identity verification, deepfake detection and fraud prevention.

Rowen Brooks  · 
Datatech

Three Things Every First Time Fund Manager Needs Before Raising Capital

Build an investment platform around investor trust and clear business goals—not appearances. Prioritize investor conversations, practical systems, and an aligned team.

If you’re thinking about launching an institutional investment platform, the legal side is only part of the story.

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Fintech
AI & ML

eToro brings MCP connectors to Claude, ChatGPT and Grok

The Nasdaq-listed trading platform lets retail investors query live portfolios through AI assistants, marking a step toward agentic investing.
The Nasdaq-listed trading platform lets retail investors query live portfolios through AI assistants, marking a step toward agentic investing.
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Fintech
Retail & E-Commerce

AND Global joins TSE Asia Startup Hub with Tokyo listing in sight

The Mongolia-born fintech's Tokyo Stock Exchange selection signals how Asian capital markets are pulling frontier fintech into Japan's orbit.
The Mongolia-born fintech's Tokyo Stock Exchange selection signals how Asian capital markets are pulling frontier fintech into Japan's orbit.
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Fintech
AI & ML

nCino launches agentic mortgage suite to cut 59-hour approvals

nCino's new Loan Officer Productivity Suite uses agentic AI to compress mortgage pre-approval cycles from days to minutes.
nCino's new Loan Officer Productivity Suite uses agentic AI to compress mortgage pre-approval cycles from days to minutes.
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Fintech
Blockchain

African banks make simultaneous digital asset land grab

FNB, Absa and Standard Bank moved within days of each other to co-opt Africa's digital asset stack, ending years of defensive posturing.
FNB, Absa and Standard Bank moved within days of each other to co-opt Africa's digital asset stack, ending years of defensive posturing.
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Travel
Aerospace
AI & ML

Flyte Aviation lists as VJET with AI booking play for private jets

A former medical-device firm rebrands as a private aviation tech platform, targeting a fragmented $11.6bn US charter market.
A former medical-device firm rebrands as a private aviation tech platform, targeting a fragmented $11.6bn US charter market.
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AI & ML
Fintech

Farseer Co-Founder Answers the Bank of England's AI Warning

Matej Trbara, co-founder of FP&A platform Farseer, on black box forecasts, correlated model risk and what regulators should demand of AI in finance.

The Bank of England has warned that the adoption of artificial intelligence could pose risks to financial stability, including the danger that firms converging on similar models and similar data end up making the same mistake at the same moment.

Rowen Brooks  · 
Fintech

Zirtue's Dennis Cail on the bills families cannot cover alone

Zirtue co-founder Dennis Cail on what a million families' bill requests say about US household budgets, and why the money goes to the biller, not the borrower.
Zirtue is a US relationship-based lending platform that lets people ask family and friends for a loan to pay a specific bill, with the money sent directly to the biller and repayment terms agreed up front.The company says more than a million families
Rowen Brooks  · 
Fintech

Verto's Ola Oyetayo on why African firms still cannot pay abroad

Verto co-founder Ola Oyetayo on the hidden cost of single-currency cards for African businesses, what its Visa card needed, and what must change next.

Verto, the London-based cross-border payments platform built for businesses trading with and from Africa, launched a multi-currency corporate card with Visa in September.

Rowen Brooks  · 
Fintech

Pebblio's Alex Postlethwaite on the UK's unofficial overdraft

Pebblio founder Alex Postlethwaite on research showing half of UK adults lend or borrow within their circle, why it goes wrong, and what regulators should do.

Half of UK adults lent or borrowed money within their family or friendship group in the past year, according to research commissioned by Pebblio, a UK web application that helps friends and family put interest-free loans between themselves in writing.&nbs

Rowen Brooks  · 
Fintech

Mia Wealth's Sophia Jarvis on investing for children as a gift

Mia Wealth co-founder Sophia Jarvis on building a children's investing app around gifting, what stops families using Junior ISAs, and what the beta showed.

Mia Wealth is a new UK family investing and gifting app built to make investing for a child as easy as buying them a toy.

Rowen Brooks  · 
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