"Trump Pardon Leads to Business Deal for His Son Donald Trump Jr. invested in a company founded by Michael Liberty, which is suing Apple and fundraising in the Middle East." @michaelroddan.bsky.social, Aaron Tilley for @theinformation.com

🚨ICYMI🚨 Eric Schmidt, Ray Dalio, Marc Benioff + others tipped $1bn into the $6bn Google AI spinoff SandboxAQ. CEO Jack Hidary spent some of that entertaining + flying women who had no connections to the biz. It's meagre revenue is traced back to Sergey Brin www.theinformation.com/articles/lav...

Exclusive: Steve McLaughlin’s FT Partners wants to cash in on a fintech rebound, but disputes over its hefty deal fees keep cropping up. www.theinformation.com/articles/ft-... From @michaelroddan.bsky.social

Regulators are turning the screws on fintech partner banks - generally ancient mom + pop community lenders that have grown exponentially backstopping our favorite financial apps Here's my story about two tiny banks that partnered with Block's Cash App www.theinformation.com/articles/tin...

In December, Centerview Partners punished four bankers who suggested in texts that a female employee should have sex with colleagues for promotion. This month, one of them was fired after comments made to a colleague at a party. More in our story: www.theinformation.com/articles/dis...

JPMorgan spent $800m buying 49% of fintech Viva Wallet - Greece’s first unicorn firm. But regulators have been probing Viva's AML/CTF controls. JPMorgan says it's "aware of certain findings by Viva’s regulators that the company is working to address".