July 13, 2017 @ 2:53 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

investFeed, a community-powered stock trading network, announced on Thursday that it is making the ambitious move to drop U.S. equities from its platform and to replace them with digital currencies. The New York-based firm, which launched in 2014, revealed it made the decision to pivot… Read More

July 13, 2017 @ 12:05 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

TechSixtyFour, a UK-based wearable tech startup, is seeking to raise £200,000 on Crowdcube to bring its popular wearable, The Gator Watch, into Europe. According to the company, the Gator watch is described as a wearable mobile phone/tracker made for young kids. It can receive calls… Read More

July 13, 2017 @ 11:11 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Piero, with a co-founding team of six students from Brigham Young University, was dubbed winner of the fourth annual CommonBond Social Impact Award from fintech company CommonBond in partnership with Pencils of Promise. According to CommonBond, the award honors the nation’s top undergraduate entrepreneur whose for-profit… Read More

July 13, 2017 @ 9:58 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Dream Payments, a Canada-based fintech company that operates a payments cloud to power commerce and payments across mobile devices, announced on Wednesday the opening of its first Centre of Excellence in Moncton, New Brunswick. The company reported that this is its first Canadian office outside… Read More

July 13, 2017 @ 8:49 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Chinese peer-to-peer lending platform Dianrong announced on Wednesday it has acquired Quark Finance’s asset-origination operations. According to the online lender, the transaction will expand and strengthen its existing asset generation capabilities across Asia. Dianrong reported that Quark Finance currently operates 71 borrower service centers in 47 Chinese… Read More

July 12, 2017 @ 3:59 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Curve, a London-based fintech company that’s software allows customers to link their bank cards to one Mastercard, announced on Wednesday it secured $10 million during its Series A funding round, bringing its total funding to $13 million. The company saw global banking providers during the round,… Read More

July 12, 2017 @ 3:31 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Nearly three years after Kickstarter joined forces with various internet giants to protest against net neutrality, the crowdfunding giant has made the move to stand against potential changes to the current FCC net neutrality regulations. On Wednesday, visitors to Kickstarter’s main website page were greeted… Read More

July 12, 2017 @ 2:27 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Fintech firm Even Financial announced on Tuesday the launch of its Real Time Pricing (RTP) Programmatic Marketplace, which will support the company’s proprietary data, machine learning and predictive algorithms. Even Financial reported that the RTP technology creates a state-of-the-art marketplace with a new pricing model for in-app,… Read More

July 12, 2017 @ 12:53 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With its latest equity crowdfunding round set to close on Crowdcube next Wednesday, Powervault has secured nearly £1.3 Million from more than 975 investors. Founded in 2012, Powervault aims to enable customers to make smart use of their energy by gathering freely-generated solar energy and off-peak electricity. Powervault’s… Read More

July 12, 2017 @ 12:33 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Real-time payments platform provider and fintech firm nanopay announced on Tuesday it has appointed former Google engineer, Kevin Greer, as its new Vice President of Engineer. The company revealed that Greer will be overseeing technical strategy and ensure successful rollouts of global services. During his… Read More

July 12, 2017 @ 11:08 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

CrediFi, a fintech and commercial real estate finance platform, announced on Wednesday the launch of its new solution that streams CrediFi data into customer relationship management platform, Salesforce. While sharing details about the new solution, CrediFi CEO, Ely Razin, stated: “Anyone invested in CRE is invested in… Read More

July 12, 2017 @ 10:31 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Global crowdfunding platform GoFundMe announced on Wednesday it has formed a partnership with The San Diego Union-Tribune to enable readers to create campaigns and fund to those in need. GoFundMe revealed: “For decades, The San Diego Union-Tribune has been breaking news, delivering information and ideas… Read More

July 12, 2017 @ 10:07 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

BioSelf Technology, a UK-based stress management tech developer, is seeking to raise £250,000 through its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube for its mediation product, SENSATE. According to BioSelf, SENSATE is described as a consumer wearable tech+app solution that provides the benefits of deep relaxation, enhanced well-being and reduced… Read More

July 11, 2017 @ 4:58 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Over the weekend, crowdfunding platform YouCaring pulled a campaign that was seeking funds for Baton Rouge police officers to sue Black Lives Matter protesters. According to PBS, personal injury lawyer, Donna Grodner, attempted to raise $20,000 for two federal lawsuits on behalf of the Baton… Read More

July 11, 2017 @ 3:48 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Zuper, a data-driven financial organizer that helps people control their money and improve their financial health, has launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs, seeking to raise €500,000. Founded in 2016, the company stated it is creating a new kind of personal finance management platform… Read More

July 11, 2017 @ 3:05 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK-based Academy of Robotics has successfully secured its £300,000 Crowdcube funding target from more than 200 investors. The campaign was launched last month to raise funds for its new artificial intelligence (AI) vehicle, Kar-Go. The company boasts that Kar-Go is the world’s first AI controlled… Read More

July 11, 2017 @ 2:35 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Apex Clearing, an independent, full-service clearing firm and leader in the digital wealth space, has selected global fintech firm InvestCloud as a technology partner for its new digital advice platform. According to the companies, Apex will allow fintech startups and financial institutions to quickly take to… Read More

July 11, 2017 @ 12:03 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Boston-based fintech and investment analytics firm, FinMason, announced on Tuesday it has partnered with non-profit accelerator Fintech Sandbox to provide its enterprise solution, FinRiver, to participates in the program.  Fintech Sandbox notably offers data from 30 data partners, infrastructure from three partners, and collaborates with… Read More

July 11, 2017 @ 11:05 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, Biz2Credit announced its latest Small Business Lending Index revealed that loan approval rates at big banks, $10 billion-plus in assets, increased to post-recession highs in June 2017 while small banks, alternative lenders, and credit unions experienced a decline in the percent of funding… Read More

July 11, 2017 @ 9:39 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, cleaning giant Clorox announced in an effort to help teachers get the classroom supplies they need for the upcoming school year, it is set to offer a $150,000 “double your impact” match offer through its partnership with DonorsChoose. This is the second year The… Read More