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Sovos adds Sovi AI tools across tax compliance cloud

Tax teams using the platform can now get regulatory answers, error fixes and early risk alerts, with human approval still required.

By Mark Tarre • 5 min read • Thu, 26th Mar 2026

Fintech

Spade raises USD $40 million to boost payments data

Banks and fintechs are increasingly using payments data for fraud checks and rewards as Spade expands its merchant-matching platform with fresh funding.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Thu, 26th Mar 2026

Software-as-a-Service

Spendesk names new chiefs as it posts first profit

Profitability gives the finance software group room to expand AI tools, as it brings in new product and technology chiefs to steer growth.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Wed, 25th Mar 2026

Digital Transformation

Origin raises USD $30 million to streamline global benefits

Origin secures USD $30 million to scale its AI-driven platform simplifying fragmented global employee benefits for large multinationals.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 5 min read • Wed, 25th Mar 2026

Disaster Recovery

Solana launches platform for banks, payments groups

Solana unveils an API-based developer platform for banks and payment firms, backed by Mastercard, Worldpay and Western Union pilots.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Wed, 25th Mar 2026

Software-as-a-Service

Galtea raises USD $3.2m to test AI agents reliably

Barcelona startup Galtea raises USD $3.2 million to scale its AI agent testing platform and launch a self-service product for developers.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Wed, 25th Mar 2026

Data Protection

OpenAI hires Brent Thomas to lead public policy in ANZ

OpenAI has appointed Brent Thomas to lead policy in Australia and New Zealand as Canberra tightens AI governance and copyright rules.

By Mark Tarre • 2 min read • Wed, 25th Mar 2026

Phishing

KnowBe4 launches AI defence agents for risk training

KnowBe4 expands its AIDA suite with AI defence agents to automate security training, phishing simulations and human risk measurement.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Wed, 25th Mar 2026

Crypto

Venmo links with PayPal for global money transfers

Venmo now lets users send USD $ transfers directly to PayPal accounts in 90 markets, creating a global person-to-person payments link.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Wed, 25th Mar 2026

Data Protection

Zalos raises USD $3.6 million for finance AI agents

Zalos secures USD $3.6 million seed funding to build AI agents that automate complex finance workflows across legacy enterprise systems.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 5 min read • Wed, 25th Mar 2026

Data Protection

Abacus adopts single brand after Medicus IT merger

Abacus unveils a single global brand after its merger with Medicus IT, uniting financial and healthcare cybersecurity under one banner.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Tue, 24th Mar 2026

Digital Transformation

European firms lack AI shutdown plans, survey finds

Most European organisations lack clear plans to rapidly shut down AI in a crisis, raising fresh concerns over governance and accountability.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Tue, 24th Mar 2026

Data Protection

EQS launches privacy risk module for compliance oversight

EQS launches a new Risk Management module for its Privacy COCKPIT platform to centralise oversight of data, AI and cyber compliance risks.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 3 min read • Tue, 24th Mar 2026

Stories from Other Regions

Regulatory technology stories

Fintech

Worth raises USD $30m for small business onboarding

The funding will help reduce days-long checks for lenders and payments firms onboarding small businesses, as manual reviews still slow approvals.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 5 min read • Thu, 26th Mar 2026

Crypto

Eunice raises USD $8 million for regulated market AI

The London startup's software could ease onerous due diligence for banks and custodians as scrutiny intensifies across digital assets and private markets.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Thu, 26th Mar 2026