Executive Summary A few years back, if a regulator asked a company about its AI oversight, a nicely worded policy document and an ethics statement on the website would usually get you through the conversation. That's genuinely not true anymore, and it's not true because of one single dramatic law. It's true because a handful of state-level regulators in the US, along with EU enforcers, started asking a much more annoying question this year: prove it. The thing forcing that qu

The appointment of Saloni Narayan as an Independent Director of BalanceHero India reflects a pattern that has become increasingly visible across India’s financial services sector — one where technology-led lending and payments platforms are actively seeking directors whose judgment has been tested inside the country’s largest and most systemically important banking institutions. Her arrival on the BalanceHero India board comes at a time when the company, in common with much o

Introduction: What Are PIPE Transactions? So, let’s dive into something you might have heard buzzing around in financial circles: PIPE transactions . Don’t worry, it’s not as complicated as it sounds! PIPE stands for Private Investment in Public Equity , which is just a fancy way of saying a private investor buys shares in a publicly traded company. Often, they get those shares at a discount, which sounds like a pretty sweet deal for the investor, right? While this might seem