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Q1 2025 Venture Beacon: Key VC Market Trends

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In this edition of the J.P. Morgan Venture Beacon, we analyze venture deals from Series Seed through Series D+ to surface the real-time dynamics shaping today’s startup ecosystem. Produced in collaboration with J.P. Morgan |...more

Hudson Cook, LLP

New Texas Law Offers Financial Institutions an Innovation-Friendly AI Framework

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On May 31, 2025, Texas enacted HB 149, the Texas Responsible Artificial Intelligence Governance Act, creating one of the most comprehensive state-level frameworks to date for regulating artificial intelligence....more

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FOIA Litigation Unveils Important Supervisory Insights and Needed Reform

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Following the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) litigation brought against the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) in 2024, on February 5, 2025, the FDIC released hundreds of pages of documents related to its...more

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DORA for Tech Vendors - What You Should Know (But Haven’t Asked)

DORA (Digital Operational Resilience Act) is an EU regulation that sets rules for how financial entities manage ICT (Information and Communication Technology) risks. It covers areas like cyber resilience, incident reporting,...more

A&O Shearman

FCA consults on proposed prudential regime for cryptoasset firms

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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published consultation paper CP25/15 on its proposed prudential regime for cryptoasset firms, also accompanied by an updated webpage. This is intended to be read together with...more

White & Case LLP

Islamic Finance 2.0: Innovation, Tokenisation, and the Evolution of Sukuk Markets in the GCC

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A digital transformation is quietly reshaping the Islamic capital markets of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). Tokenised and fractionalised sukuk are redefining how Shari'ah compliant capital is structured, distributed, and...more

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

The Compliance Gap in AML AI: Why Audit-Ready Tools Matter

icraAs artificial intelligence reshapes financial compliance practices, regulators across Latin America and globally are increasing their scrutiny of AI-based AML tools. This article explores the growing audit gap, and what...more

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SEC staff takes a position on the securities status of protocol staking activities

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On May 29, 2025, the staff of the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance (the “Staff”) issued a statement concluding that certain proof-of-stake blockchain “staking” activities do not involve the offer or sale of “securities”...more

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New FCA webpages on PISCES

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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published two new webpages on the Private Intermittent Securities and Capital Exchange Systems (PISCES) sandbox, a new type of trading platform designed to enable intermittent...more

Jones Day

Congress Introduces CLARITY Act to Establish Digital Asset Regulatory Framework

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U.S. House lawmakers introduced the bipartisan CLARITY Act of 2025 proposing a comprehensive regulatory framework for digital assets that would delineate agencies' oversight roles, establish a provisional registration regime...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Maryland enacts Earned Wage Access legislation

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A new Maryland law deems certain earned wage access (EWA) services to be loans. It then subjects those EWA services to the Maryland Consumer Loan Law and other consumer credit provisions, restricts the acceptance of tips by...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Decoded - Technology Law Insights, V 6, Issue 5, June 2025

Why this is important: Banks are spending big on generative AI (genAI). That’s the thrust of this article. Two hundred U.S. bank executives were recently polled for a report published in April. That report showed that six in...more

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

Decoding Tokenisation: An introduction

In the rapidly expanding and evolving digital economy, tokenisation is primed to transform how we interact with assets. By creating digital representations of real-world assets on a distributed ledger, tokenisation promises...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Explore the Impact of Point-of-Sale Finance in Our Upcoming Series — The Consumer Finance Podcast

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In this episode of The Consumer Finance Podcast, Chris Willis is joined by Jason Cover to introduce an upcoming special series focused on point-of-sale finance, a rapidly evolving sector in consumer financial services. This...more

Hudson Cook, LLP

North Dakota Law Regulates "Alternative Financing" as a "Loan"

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The state legislature in North Dakota recently passed House Bill 1127. This bill made a simple amendment to a 1970s-era law called the Money Brokers Act ("MBA")....more

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Weekly Blockchain Blog - June 2025

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Digital Asset Companies Announce Partnerships, Integrations, Product Launches - A major U.S. cryptocurrency exchange recently announced that it has completed a “proof of reserves” (PoR) report covering the exchange’s...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

GAO pens letter to OCC’s Hood on outstanding recommendations

On May 15, the GAO penned a letter to the Acting Comptroller of the Currency, Rodney E. Hood, highlighting areas it believes warrant the OCC’s focus. First, the GAO recommended that the OCC establish policies and procedures...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Food Venture Financing News - Weekly Issue No. 238

Butternut Box, a European dog food startup, announced that it raised 75 million Euros in debt funding. Verdi, a Canadian agtech startup, raised $6.5 million in its seed round....more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

SEC Staff Clarifies That Certain Staking Activities Are Not Securities

Protocol Staking Under the Federal Securities Laws - Historically, the SEC has taken issue with certain staking activities under the federal securities laws. The SEC previously alleged that staking-as-a-service programs...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Rules in Motion, May 2025 - IOSCO Publishes Final Reports on Finfluencers, Online Imitative Trading Practices and Digital...

On May 19, 2025, the International Organization of Securities Commissions (“IOSCO”) published its Final Reports on Finfluencers, Online Imitative Trading Practices and Digital Engagement Practices (the “Reports”), as part of...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

CFPB Drops Lawsuit Against Lease-to-Own Fintech Following Adverse Credit Ruling

On May 27, the CFPB filed a notice of dismissal with prejudice in its lawsuit against a lease-to-own fintech provider. The lawsuit, filed in July 2023, alleged that the company’s rental-purchase agreements violated several...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

CFPB Seeks to Vacate Open Banking Rule

On May 23, the CFPB notified a Kentucky federal court that it now considers its own 2023 open banking rule “unlawful” and plans to set the rule aside. The Bureau announced its intent to seek summary judgement against the...more

Morgan Lewis

SEC Roundtable on Tokenization: Technology Meets Regulation in the Evolution of Capital Markets

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The US Securities and Exchange Commission recently convened a public roundtable, Tokenization – Moving Assets Onchain: Where TradFi and DeFi Meet, the fourth in a five-part series hosted by its Crypto Task Force. The May 12...more

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5 Things Fintech Startups Need to Know About AML Compliance

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Bank-fintech partnerships have transformed the financial services landscape, creating new opportunities and challenges for traditional banking institutions and innovative technology companies alike. ...more

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Bank-Fintech Partnerships Under Scrutiny: What Fintechs Need to Know About AML Expectations

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Bank-fintech partnerships have transformed the financial services landscape, creating new opportunities and challenges for traditional banking institutions and innovative technology companies alike. In a typical arrangement,...more

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