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CIBC Innovation Banking announced its role as Lead Arranger and Administrative Agent in an expanded credit facility for Vena Solutions. The increased financing and broadened syndicate are set to support Vena's acquisition of Acterys, an industry-leading Microsoft Power BI-based operational planning and app development platform, and provide additional capital to fuel future growth for the newly combined organization. Existing investors include Vista Equity Partners, JMI Equity and Centana Growth Partners.

The Bank of Canada and the country's major banks and financial firms met Friday to discuss cybersecurity risks raised by Anthropic's latest artificial intelligence model Mythos and similar AI models, following a similar move by U.S. policymakers earlier in the week, Bloomberg reported. The Canadian meeting involved members of a body known as the Canadian Financial Sector Resiliency Group that includes representatives from the six largest domestic banks, the report noted.

CIBC Innovation Bankinghas provided growth financing for REG Technologies, a provider of compliance and regulatory risk software for the insurance and financial services sector. This follows a recent majority investment in REG Technologies by Accel-KKR. The company will use the financing to accelerate product innovation, build on its commercial capabilities, and expand into new international markets.