In a landscape where defence investments are increasing sharply due to escalating geopolitical conflicts, navigating the regulatory framework governing restrictions on weapons-related investments is key for lenders and...more
6/6/2025
/ Compliance ,
Defense Sector ,
Due Diligence ,
Financial Institutions ,
Investment ,
Italy ,
Lenders ,
New Regulations ,
Penalties ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Risk Management
The attention of financial regulators on environmental, social and governance factors is significantly and rapidly increasing. A proper integration of ESG features in the business model of financial and non-financial entities...more
6/9/2023
/ Bank of Italy ,
Climate Change ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
European Banking Authority (EBA) ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Regulatory Agencies ,
Italy ,
Non-Financial Firms ,
SFDR ,
Sustainable Finance
BNPL steals the show—20 successful European BNPL provider funding rounds in the past 12 months, covering the full spectrum from Seed through to late-stage.
New entrants and disruptors across Europe are likely to...more
Financial institutions M&A sector trends: consumer finance — H1 2021 and outlook for H2 2021 -
Hyper-specialisation of the European consumer finance market continues, with POS, entrepreneur, freelancer, migrant and payroll...more
9/28/2021
/ Acquisitions ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Entrepreneurs ,
EU ,
Financial Institutions ,
Investment ,
Investors ,
Lenders ,
Mergers ,
UK
Since March 2020, the Italian Government has enacted a package of measures designed to help Italian businesses survive the dramatic effects of the coronavirus ("COVID-19") pandemic. The measures include guarantee schemes from...more
Financial Institutions M&A sector trends: Payments — H1 2020 and outlook for H2 2020.
Lockdown utilisation levels encourage cross-border operators to scale-up and private equity investors to pile-in....more
Financial institutions M&A sector trends: payments — H2 2019 and outlook for 2020.
Megadeals, including Global Payments/Total System Services, Fidelity National/Worldpay and PayPal/iZettle, have dominated headlines, but...more
2/25/2020
/ Acquisitions ,
Banks ,
Cross-Border Transactions ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Sponsors ,
Global Dealmaking ,
Industry Consolidation ,
Joint Venture ,
Mergers ,
Payment Processors ,
Payment Systems ,
Private Equity ,
Venture Capital