A Conversation with SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce
AI in Payments: Practical Applications and Legal Insights — Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast
Hot Topics in International Trade, Wyoming, Blockchain, Crypto, and the Current Landscape of Regulations
Fintech Focus Podcast | Sanctions Compliance: Regulators Set Their Sights on Fintechs
Sanctions Compliance: Regulators Set Their Sights on Fintechs
Exploring AI's Potential in Financial Services With John Sun of SpringLabs — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Fintech Focus Podcast | The UK Fintech Investment Landscape
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Regulators Escalate Focus on the Risks of Bank Relationships with Fintechs and Other Third Parties
Fintech Focus Podcast | Managing a Workforce in a Regulated Environment
2024 State Legislative Review: Key Payment Laws and Their Impacts — Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Why do Fintechs Want to Become Banks?
Loans, Retail Installment Contracts, and Refinancing Programs — Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast
Fintech Focus Podcast | Growing a Workforce in a Regulated Environment
The Future of Bank-Fintech Partnerships and Banking as a Service — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Interest Rate Exportation Under Attack Part II
Embracing Change & Community: The Keys To Startup Success With Chris Heivly
Navigating Bank-Fintech Partnerships: Avoiding Common Pitfalls — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Third-Party Risk Management in Bank-Fintech Partnerships: Strategies and Insights — Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast
A Tale of Two Crypto Cases
Unpacking the Lummis-Gillibrand Payment Stablecoin Act: Implications for the Digital Asset Industry — The Crypto Exchange Podcast
With President-elect Trump announced as the winner of the 2024 election, the private equity and private credit sectors are poised for significant developments. Positive economic trends, such as waning inflation, anticipated...more
Explore the unique considerations for mergers and acquisitions in the AI sector, the return of IPOs, the implications of new Supreme Court decisions and other developments in this edition of Skadden’s quarterly Insights....more
The global fintech industry has been buffeted by market headwinds in the last two years, with high inflation, volatile valuations and macroeconomic uncertainty inhibiting investor appetite in the still-young sector. Though...more
Buoyed by healthy GDP growth and rising consumer confidence, Indonesian M&A has been on a roll in recent years. Southeast Asia’s largest economy has largely evaded macroeconomic headwinds such as high inflation and weakening...more
After a sluggish 2023 in which global merger and acquisition activity fell almost 20% to $2.87 trillion – the lowest level since 2013 – the question in the corporate world, is: ‘Will M&A roar back in 2024?’...more
There is a wealth of dry powder to spend but 2023 has seen M&A deal activity hampered by rising costs of debt, unstable markets, supply chain issues, general political uncertainty, and fear of global recession. So, what does...more
Latin American startups have been drawing the attention of venture capital investors for the past few years, particularly Brazilian based startups. In fact, data from Statista indicates that Brazil accounts for the most VC...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
M&A transactions involving financial services providers—including tech-based providers or “fintechs”—raise a host of unique questions based on the types of services they provide, which are often highly regulated and may...more
Welcome to the inaugural Private Markets Update, which highlights developments in the European private markets, covering the issues that matter to investors in alternative assets. Touching on themes as diverse as predictions...more
Deal making has been running at a solid pace in Indonesia so far this year. In Q1 2023, 26 deals were recorded—a gain of 18% on the previous quarter by volume—for a total of US$2.2 billion. Value was down by 57% over the same...more
Our M&A lawyers predict a new wave of technology sector M&A centered on the consolidation of existing market participants, together with investors taking advantage of lower valuations to acquire strategic stakes in scaleable...more
The fintech landscape continues to evolve at speed. Recently it has faced various setbacks including a cooling of appetite for crypto risk and a tightening in the VC funding market. But the forces of innovation propelling...more
Welcome to Bennett Jones' quarterly Fintech in Canada update, where our fintech lawyers address timely issues shaping the industry. We look at what industry participants need to know in the areas of financial regulation,...more
Three months into 2023 and the fintech landscape looks wildly different than this time one year ago. Global economic uncertainty clouds the fintech industry, with it facing challenges from rising interest rates, significant...more
Circuits Split Over Whether Targeting Is Necessary for Seller Liability - Key Points - - While courts have long held that solicitations must be tailored to a particular audience to precipitate statutory seller liability,...more
The last 12 months have seen dramatic falls in fintech and payments valuations, but with the payments sector now a core part of the financial services ecosystem, strategic imperatives will continue to drive deals despite...more
Volatile technology stocks and rising interest rates put the brakes on fintech funding rounds and M&A in 2022. But even though investment activity fell from 2021’s highs, fintech deal volumes have remained well ahead of...more
Bank mergers and acquisitions are becoming a regular part of life in the banking industry, especially for smaller and medium-sized organizations. They provide significant opportunities for institutions to expand their...more
Acquisitions in industries related to cryptocurrency and blockchain technology exploded in 2021 in comparison with the preceding two years. Early data suggest that 2022 will be another record year for these acquisitions. This...more
On July 27, 2022, FINRA filed a proposed rule change with the SEC to make it easier for brokers to work from home. The proposed rule will add a category termed a “Residential Supervisory Location” under FINRA Rule 3110...more
UK & European Financial Services M&A: Sector trends H2 2021 | H1 2022 — Stock Exchanges/Trading Venues - Europe's FMI goes digital—data analytics, capital markets solutions, RegTech and DLT-based tech acquisitions feed the...more
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
UK & European Financial Services M&A: Sector trends H2 2021 | H1 2022 — Fintech - Europe has bucked the global trend of tightening private capital purse strings. While successful funding rounds rage on, fintechs with...more
Fintech is having a meteoric rise among investors in the emerging tech space, accounting for the second-highest area of investment with $3.8 billion in 2021. Q4 2021 alone saw $824 million across 23 deals, indicating a strong...more