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Enhancing Card Partnerships and Compliance: A Conversation With Matthew Goldman — Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast
Regulatory Rollback: CFPB’s Withdrawal of Informal Guidance Sparks New Litigation Dynamics – The Consumer Finance Podcast
Sunday Book Review: August 10, 2025, The More Books from The Ethicsverse Library Edition
AI Today in 5: August 6, 2025, The Rethinking Compliance Episode
Wild Times for the Community Reinvestment Act
Suluki Secrets: Behind the Scenes of Reasonable Investigations — FCRA Focus Podcast
The Current State of the Holder Rule: Friend or Foe? — Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast
Regulatory Rollback: Legal Challenges and Opportunities in Earned-Wage Access — Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast
Regulatory Rollback: Legal Challenges and Opportunities in Earned-Wage Access — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Daily Compliance News: July 22, 2025, The I-9 Hell Edition
Compliance Tip of the Day: Avoiding CCO Liability
2 Gurus Talk Compliance: Episode 55 – The From Worse to Worser Edition
Balch’s Consumer Finance Compass: How Standing Can Make or Break Certification for Class Action Lawsuits in Debt Collection
Top challenges with Compliance Management
Sittenfeld v. United States – Campaign Contributions as Crimes?
From Banks to FinTech: The Evolution of Small Business Lending — The Consumer Finance Podcast
From Banks to FinTech: The Evolution of Small Business Lending — Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast
The Capital Ratio Podcast | Entering the US Banking Market
Daily Compliance News: July 7, 2025 the Disaster on the River Edition
On June 5, 2025, the UK Government announced the result of their recent consultation process regarding their plans to bring carried interest within the income tax regime from April 2026, subject to an effective tax rate of...more
The interview below is part of an ongoing effort by McGuireWoods to profile women leaders in private equity (PE) and finance....more
Q: What led to the decision to raise your first fund? Constance Freedman: In 2008, I began building my track record at Second Century Ventures, the predecessor fund to Moderne Ventures. It was the first time I had a...more
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") has published findings from its multi-firm review of valuation processes for private market assets. Given the UK’s status as the largest centre for private market asset...more
In 2024, global venture investment in generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI) grew to more than $56 billion, a 94% year-over-year increase from 2023. From 2023 to 2025, Nvidia’s market cap has grown from about $500...more
Indicators in our fourth quarter 2024 corporate venture capital (CVC) survey demonstrate a slow yet steady CVC investor rate with a stabilizing venture financing market. The survey examines a number of key terms, including...more
Introduction - Les prêts de capital de risque jouent un rôle de premier plan sur le marché canadien du capital de risque, et la taille du marché des prêts de capital de risque continue de croître....more
In this Edition - The venture debt market continues to expand and play a prominent role in the Canadian venture capital market....more
Introduction - Venture debt plays a prominent role in the Canadian venture capital market, and the size of the venture debt market continues to expand. According to the Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity...more
This year’s M&A Report offers a detailed review of the M&A market and outlook, including a breakdown by various geographies and industry sectors. We examine what might be in store with antitrust and CFIUS under the Trump...more
In this episode of Venture Voices, Deangeor Chin and Raquel Smith of Lowenstein’s Africa practice speak with Jemimah Orevaoghene, a Venture Capital Director at Morgan Stanley and Africa portfolio leader, about her unique...more
As we move into 2025, anticipation in the financial services industry continues to build for a revitalized mergers and acquisitions (M&A) market. ...more
As we turn our thoughts to 2025, there is clearly significant enthusiasm in the financial world for a bust-out year in venture capital. Anecdotally, we can readily see that the number of transactions is increasing, and...more
The outlook for life sciences IPOs is showing renewed optimism heading into 2025, with market conditions becoming more constructive and regulatory environments potentially more favorable....more
UK & European Financial Services M&A: Sector Trends H2 2023 | H1 2024 — Consumer Finance - Current market: Inflexion point for UK & European consumer lending - We are seeing: Significant consolidation activity: ...more
Executive Summary - Over the last several years, a need has arisen in the fund finance market, which caters to private equity, venture capital, family offices, and other investment funds (“Funds”) and their sponsors, for...more
Welcome to the second instalment of 2024 of the Regulatory & Risk Advisory Review. In this edition we cover several Cayman Islands regulatory updates including updates to the Beneficial Ownership Transparency Act, the...more
As we’ve noted in a previous article, the Y Combinator-hosted SAFE (Simple Agreement for Future Equity) has become the investment contract of choice for startup companies that have already attracted investors. However, the...more
So you decided to use a SAFE (Simple Agreement for Future Equity) to raise money for your new startup – congratulations! And you’re off to a good start because you read our previous article, which summarized how to use the...more
देश से बाहर हेज फंड स्थापित करने के मामले में केमैन आइलैंड का नाम दुनिया में पहले नंबर पर आता है। इसका टैक्स-न्यूट्रल प्लेटफॉर्म, स्थिर अर्थव्यवस्था, व्यवहार-कुशल बैंकिंग क्षेत्र, गोपनीयता और पेशेवर वित्तीय सेवा उद्योग ये तो...more
There is increasing chatter in the startup and investor space surrounding venture debt. It is not at all surprising that as the availability of ready capital has contracted considerably over the past two years, debt and...more
Voyage Foods, a California foodtech company that develops eco-friendly snacks and spreads, announced that it raised $22 million in funding. Planet A, a German-based foodtech company that develops climate-friendly cocoa...more
As issues of high taxation, complex financial laws and economic and political instability continue to affect the onshore world, the attractiveness of the Cayman Islands as a location for establishing private equity, venture...more
UK & European Financial Services M&A: Sector trends H2 2022 | H1 2023 — Fintech - Whilst many European start-ups have struggled to successfully execute funding rounds at valuation levels of yesteryear, more mature fintechs...more
UK & European Financial Services M&A: Sector trends H2 2022 | H1 2023 — Consumer Finance - Europe's consumer finance decacorns stumble as their valuations crumble. ...more