#Regulation

Bengaluru-based fintech infrastructure provider Signzy secures $5.4 million led by Arkam Ventures and Mastercard to scale its automated compliance workflows.

South Korea's Financial Services Commission is drafting guidelines to allow listed companies to invest in major cryptocurrencies. However, dollar-pegged stablecoins like USDT and USDC are excluded due to conflicts with national foreign exchange laws.

Diligent AI, a startup developing autonomous artificial intelligence agents for financial crime compliance, has raised approximately €2.1 million in a Seed funding round led by Speedinvest and Shapers.

Morgan Stanley has submitted an application to the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) for a de novo national trust bank charter to establish a federally regulated trust bank that can directly custody digital assets.

Morocco-based retail fintech WafR has closed an oversubscribed $4 million seed round to expand its network of neighborhood merchants acting as last-mile financial access points across the region.