The new platform gives startups free access to the suite of security options: what would typically amount to hundreds of thousands of hours of in-house compliance work.
I dig deeply into the $5.3 billion acquisition of data aggregator Plaid by $500 billion payments network Visa. We examine why this deal is worth 25-50x revenue, while Yodlee's sale to Envestnet was priced much lower. We also look at how Plaid could be an existential threat to Visa, and why paying 1% of marketcap to protect 200 million accounts may be a good bet. Broader implications for product manufacturers across payments, investments, and banking also emerge -- the middle is getting carved out, and infrastructure providers like Visa or BlackRock are moving closer to the consumer.
A travesty of today’s financial system is how easy it is to launder money. Despite billions of dollars in expense...
While there will likely be a change in how organizations use sanctions as a tool, their increased use looks to continue.
London-based financial crime fintech, ComplyAdvantage, has closed a $50 million Series C funding round; the round was led by Ontario...
Jumio and ComplyAdvantage have teamed up to provide a new screening product aimed at banks called JumioScreening; the new product...
When China’s Aggressive Debt Collectors Come Knocking: ‘You Committed a Sin’ After being acquired by SoFi, Galileo’s Clay Wilkes looks...
This week Isabelle sat down with ComplyAdvantage's Andrew Davies, to talk about money laundering levels and why KYB could hold the key to reduction.