The payments and financial services landscapes remain in flux, and that continues to create opportunities for bad actors. With regulatory and cyber risk landscapes becoming increasingly complex, while at the same time financial crime tactics are growing more sophisticated, organizations cannot afford to remain reactive. The challenge, however, lies in convincing the C-suite that compliance is not merely a cost center or a bureaucratic necessity, but a critical enabler of growth, efficiency and competitive advantage. At the center of the dilemma is the reality that risk and compliance functions are often perceived as necessary evils — departments that slow innovation in the name of control

Belfast-based Cloudsmith, a cloud-native artifact management platform for software supply chain security, has raised a €21.9 million Series B funding