AI Today in 5: August 5, 2025, The AI at the SEC Episode
Point-of-Sale Finance Series: Unpacking Leases and RTO Models — The Consumer 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
Innovation in Compliance: Allison Lagosh on Proactive Compliance Planning for Regulatory Changes
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 Authenticity Advantage: How Runbin Dong’s Scale Social AI Helps Small Businesses Shine
Point-of-Sale Finance Series: Banking on Lending Models — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Great Women in Compliance: GWIC X EC Q2 2025 - Exploring Compliance Innovations
Unlocking Crypto's Future: Insights From Coinbase's John D'Agostino — The Crypto Exchange Podcast
Innovation in Compliance: Real-Time Fraud Prevention Strategies for Financial Loss Prevention with Vince Walden
Episode 373 -- Christian Focacci on Current Developments in AI and Risk Management
Innovation in Compliance: The Critical Importance of Mobile Application Security: Insights from Subho Halder
Explore the Impact of Point-of-Sale Finance in Our Upcoming Series — The Consumer Finance Podcast
LathamTECH in Focus: How Should Crypto Companies Be Thinking About New Laws?
The LathamTECH Podcast — Where Digital Assets Slot Into a Shifting Fintech Regulatory Landscape: Insights From the US, UK, and EU
Welcoming a New Payment Pro: Jason Cover Joins the Payments Pros Podcast — Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast
Innovation in Compliance: Exploring the Intersection of Compliance, Technology, and AI with Ben Sperry
Payments Medley: Navigating Trends in Payments With Jason Mikula - Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast
Technology’s role in private credit is expanding, with digital tools, data management, and artificial intelligence (AI) reshaping underwriting, portfolio monitoring, and reporting processes....more
At the GRR: Women in Restructuring 2025 conference, leading practitioners dissected the year’s most significant developments in global insolvency and restructuring. Here, we distill the essential legal and market insights...more
Food Venture Financing Trends - St. Louis-based agtech firm Saluna raised $1.5 million to advance hemp crop development....more
Let us cut to the chase: In the high-stakes world of middle-market enterprises, innovation is not a luxury—it is survival calculus. Your Multiple of Invested Capital (MOIC) is not just a number on a spreadsheet; it is the DNA...more
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published final policy statement PS25/6, accompanied by a press release, setting out the final rules for the Private Intermittent Securities and Capital Exchange System (PISCES)...more
The Private Intermittent Securities and Capital Exchange System (Exemption from Stamp Duties) Regulations 2025 (SI 2025/666) have been published, alongside an explanatory memorandum. The regulations exempt the transfer of a...more
Food Venture Financing - Trends David, a protein bar emerging brand, announced that it raised $75 million in its Series A round....more
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
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
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
India’s capital markets have experienced a significant surge in initial public offering (IPO) activity in 2024, positioning the country as a global leader in public offerings. With 327 IPOs raising approximately USD19.9...more
Fundraising in the global investment space has undergone a significant shift in recent years driven by a range of factors, among them: evolving investor preferences as new generations of investors come through, technological...more
Food Venture Financing Trends - Rebel Foods, an India-based cloud kitchen startup, announced that it raised $25 million from Qatar Investment Authority....more
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published an update on the Private Intermittent Securities and Capital Exchange System (PISCES) sandbox, following the consultation in December 2024 (CP24/29). PISCES will be a new...more
First Water, a salmon farming startup, has raised $43 million in its latest funding round, facilitating its efforts to develop a system that supports seafood production while minimizing environmental impact. INTAKE, a B2C...more
Hershey announced that it plans on acquiring LesserEvil, a better-for-you popcorn brand, for approximately $750 million. GrubMarket, a San Francisco based food logistics company, has raised $50 million in funding to...more
Chef Robotics, an AI-Robotic systems for meal assembly in food manufacturing plants, announced that it raised $43.1 million in its Series A round....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
Artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as an influential technology, driving notable investments across various industries in recent years. In 2024, venture capital (VC) funding for AI companies reached record levels,...more
According to CB Insights’ State of Fintech 2024 Report (the “Report”), global fintech companies raised $33.7 billion in private placements in 2024, marking a 20% drop year-over-year. Deal volume also declined, with 3,580...more
StoneTurn’s Advance in Africa panel hosted by Partner Sarah Keeling, and moderated by renowned journalist Rageh Omaar, brought together leading industry experts to explore investment opportunities in Sub-Saharan Africa. Temi...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
On November 21, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a final rule that deems payment app providers “larger participants” subject to the agency’s direct supervision (Rule)....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