Investment Platforms and Marketplaces

October 23, 2024 @ 9:42 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Hata.io, a Malaysia-based digital asset brokerage and exchange in the Asia Pacific region, has raised $4.2 million in a seed funding round aimed at fueling its expansion. The newly secured capital will be used to develop new products and accelerate user acquisition across the Asia… Read More

October 22, 2024 @ 3:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Robinhood Markets (Nasdaq: HOOD) has launched margin investing in the United Kindom. Robinhood Markets noted that their “competitive” rates for UK customers range from 5.2% to 6.25%. At Robinhood Markets, they claim to be empowering customers with the tools they need to navigate the financial… Read More

October 22, 2024 @ 11:14 am By Michael Wong  |  

Indonesia’s Financial Services Authority (OJK) has officially revoked the business license of peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platform PT Investree Radhika Jaya (Investree), citing the company’s failure to comply with minimum equity requirements and other regulatory standards. The decision marks a significant crackdown by OJK on financial… Read More

October 22, 2024 @ 8:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Estateguru has shared their latest loan portfolio overview for the month of September 2024. Estateguru are pleased to share the key highlights from the past month, which has been a solid period for the investment platform. Estateguru reports that they saw fairly steady / consistent… Read More

October 21, 2024 @ 8:33 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Investa is raising funds via Crowdcube. The firm explains that it has built the UK’s first zero-commission listed options trading app for on-the-go traders. Established by ex-Citi options brokers, and reportedly built by the co-founder of Freetrade, Investa intends to level the playing field by… Read More

October 19, 2024 @ 5:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

PeerBerry’s business partner – real estate developer Lithome – recently revealed that it had repaid investors a EUR 435 000 loan (real estate project “Šilo 23”) and paid their investors EUR 41 648 in total interest payments. In other key updates shared recently in a… Read More

October 19, 2024 @ 4:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Investment platform TWINO recently shared the latest performance and activity update highlighting key developments from September. TWINO has provided a detailed overview of what’s been going on as of late on their European investment platform: Key TWINO Platform Stats: 12.29% average interest rate; interest paid… Read More

October 18, 2024 @ 12:31 pm By JD Alois  |  

Silicon Prairie Holdings has added a new feature to its platform – a voting module for issuers to poll investors. Silicon Prairie is a full-stack online capital formation provider that also offers services like secondary transactions with an ATS and tools to manage cap tables,… Read More

October 17, 2024 @ 2:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Paul Grewal, the Chief Legal Officer at US-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN),  has pointed out that at first, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) had reportedly stated that it could potentially avoid Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) since documents they’re owed are considered to be… Read More

October 17, 2024 @ 8:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital bank N26 announced recently that it has further strengthened its offer in 12 new markets with the launch of Stocks as well as ETFs trading. With the rollout of N26 Stocks and ETFs, clients residing in Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Portugal,… Read More

October 16, 2024 @ 12:16 pm By JD Alois  |  

StartEngine, one of the largest securities crowdfunding platforms in the US, says the number of firms raising money on its platform has more than doubled in just one year. StartEngine reports that 69 issuers signed in Q1 of 20224, with 148 following in Q2 and… Read More

October 15, 2024 @ 10:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Sarwa reportedly offers options trading to their customers, becoming one of the “first” fintech platforms in the Middle East to do so. Sarwa and Alpaca’s partnership has grown since 2021, and they are pleased to acknowledge Sarwa’s efforts and progress on achieving this first-to-market milestone…. Read More

October 15, 2024 @ 8:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bondora Group has shared their latest platform stats for the month of September 2024. Since 9 September, 2024, Bondora notes in a blog post that you can earn as much as 6.75% p.a. on your entire Go & Grow portfolio, along with any extra amount… Read More

October 14, 2024 @ 2:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Cboe: CBOE), the derivatives and securities exchange network, announced its Options on Cboe Volatility Index (VIX) Futures (Ticker: UX) are planned to begin trading on Cboe Futures Exchange, LLC (CFE) on October 14. The Options on VIX Futures will aim to… Read More

October 13, 2024 @ 11:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitpanda has shared research examining the crypto investment market in Italy. In Italy, Bitpanda said they have found that nearly one in ten people (9%) across the European nation currently invest in virtual currencies, however, the update clarified that this number rises to 16% for… Read More

October 13, 2024 @ 11:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

According to a report by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), over 15,000 registered investment advisers (RIAs) in the U.S. were managing around $128 trillion in assets by the end of last year. CoinList pointed out that this appears to underscore the expanding role… Read More

October 12, 2024 @ 6:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

iCapital, the fintech platform driving the alternative investment marketplace for the wealth management industry, announced the launch of iCapital’s Multi-Investment Workflow tool. Available to wealth managers on iCapital Marketplace, this tool reportedly streamlines the investing experience by allowing financial advisors to process “multiple alternative investments”… Read More

October 11, 2024 @ 9:05 am By Omar Faridi  |  

HeavyFinance has shared their latest portfolio performance review for the month of September 2024. HeavyFinance notes in its performance review that during September, they reportedly saw a total of €1.33 million invested of which €713K is said to have been allocated across 24 agricultural projects… Read More

October 11, 2024 @ 8:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Security tokens at Bitpanda are aimed at enabling new era of investing. The European Fintech firm recently shared that Bitpanda is the first crypto platform to make this particular asset class available to potentially millions of retail investors. All Bitpanda customers are now able to… Read More

October 10, 2024 @ 2:32 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Indonesian donation and crowdfunding platform Kitabisa has officially entered the country’s insurance sector by launching Kitabisa Insurance, a sharia-compliant subsidiary, marking a significant step in addressing Indonesia’s notably low insurance penetration rate, according to DealStreetAsia. The announcement follows the subsidiary’s introduction of its first product,… Read More