August 4, 2021 @ 11:13 am By JD Alois  |  

UK-based peer-to-peer lending platform Proplend has added commercial property VAT loans, according to a release. Proplend is an FCA-regulated P2P lending platform specializing in sub £5 million commercial real estate debt. To date, Proplend has completed over £130 million of lending and is rated by… Read More

August 4, 2021 @ 10:12 am By JD Alois  |  

Robinhood (NASDAQ:HOOD), recently listed on the Nasdaq, is getting some investor love as shares have jumped dramatically following a tepid initial public offering (IPO). Robinhood floated its shares on the Nasdaq at $38/share but soon sank below the IPO price. This week, it has been… Read More

August 4, 2021 @ 9:45 am By JD Alois  |  

Property finance platform LendInvest has received the highest possible rating from a European rating agency for the seventh consecutive year, according to a note from the company.  For the 6th year in a row, ARC Ratings affirmed its SQ1 Servicer Quality Rating for LendInvest following… Read More

August 4, 2021 @ 9:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Localize has closed on a $25 million Series C funding round, according to a note from the Proptech firm. The funding round was led by Pitango Growth with Mizrahi-Tefahot and existing investors joining in. As part of the funding round Pitango co-founder and Managing Partners,… Read More

August 4, 2021 @ 8:59 am By JD Alois  |  

Financial risk management platform Feedzai has acquired Revelock a biometric ID platform. Revelock technology will be immediately integrated into the core Feedzai platform with historical behavioral biometric intelligence available.  Feedzai claims the purchase has created the world’s largest AI-powered financial risk management platform calling the… Read More

August 4, 2021 @ 8:00 am By JD Alois  |  

MakersPlace has announced a $30 million Series A funding round co-led by Bessemer Venture Partners and Pantera Capital, along with the backing of Uncork Capital, Draper Dragon Digital Assets, 9Yards Capital, Coinbase Ventures, and Sony Music Entertainment. Angel investors in the round include multiple well-known… Read More

August 3, 2021 @ 10:33 pm By JD Alois  |  

FinTech Australia, the leading association advocating on behalf of innovation in financial services in Australia, is looking for a new Chief Executive Officer. The hunt for new leadership was predicated by the decision of former CEO Rebecca Schot-Guppy to exit the group to take a… Read More

August 3, 2021 @ 4:27 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Gary Gensler, has been consistent in his comments regarding digital assets/crypto in regards to a need for more regulation. This week, Gensler addressed the Aspen Security Forum and his topic of choice was crypto and the need… Read More

August 3, 2021 @ 3:50 pm By JD Alois  |  

Figure, a financial services firm utilizing blockchain technology, has announced a merger with Homebridge Financial Services. Figure was founded by CEO Mike  Cagney, the founder of publicly-traded SoFi, a Fintech unicorn. The terms of the deal were not revealed. At the end of July, Figure… Read More

August 3, 2021 @ 11:55 am By JD Alois  |  

Sherwood “Woodie” Neiss is one of the creators of Title III of the JOBS Act of 2012 – the legislation that legalized Regulation Crowdfunding (Reg CF) and launched a new sector of financial innovation. Neiss also co-founded Crowdfund Capital Advisors along with Jason Best –… Read More

August 3, 2021 @ 11:05 am By JD Alois  |  

Gary Gensler, Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), has once again stated his opinion that cryptocurrency is in greater need of regulation in regards to investor protection concerns. Gensler has stated several times in the recent past his belief the crypto exchanges are… Read More

August 3, 2021 @ 9:31 am By JD Alois  |  

The Canadian Securities Administrators (CAS) has announced the creation of a single self regulatory organization (SRO) for the investment sector. According to a statement by the CSA, the SRO will consolidate the functions of the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) and the Mutual Fund… Read More

August 3, 2021 @ 9:16 am By JD Alois  |  

CrowdProperty recently returned to Seedrs to raise growth capital once again. This time, the Proptech raised over £1.8 million from 793 investors. The offering was initial pegged at a target of £800,000. Investors purchased equity at a pre-money valuation of £29.4 million. The offering was… Read More

August 3, 2021 @ 8:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Payments Fintech Rapyd has raised $300 million in Series E funding according to a note from the company. Rapyd recently acquired European payments firm Valitor for $100 mill to expand its services. The funding was led by Target Global along with participation from existing investors: General… Read More

August 2, 2021 @ 11:59 pm By JD Alois  |  

GenoCrowd, a partnership between Raiffeisenbank im Hochtaunus and CrowdDesk, has announced its first securities offering for a property project in Leipzig. GenoCrowd GmbH, a 100% subsidiary of CrowdDesk GmbH. Both GenoCrowd GmbH and CrowdDesk GmbH are companies that are independent of Raiffeisenbank im Hochtaunus eG…. Read More

August 2, 2021 @ 10:07 pm By JD Alois  |  

LiquidX says that Coface Singapore Branch has joined its LiquidX 360 digital platform, a marketplace for participants in the trade credit insurance market, including carriers, brokers, and policyholders. According to a release, Coface Singapore is the first carrier in the region to join the platform… Read More

August 2, 2021 @ 5:10 pm By JD Alois  |  

Senator Patrick Toomey, the ranking Republican on the Senate Banking Committee, has issued a statement calling proposals for a new cryptocurrency tax to be included in the infrastructure bill as “unworkable.” Toomey issued a brief comment regarding the proposal: “Congress should not rush forward with… Read More

August 2, 2021 @ 3:03 pm By JD Alois  |  

Rocket Companies (NYSE: RKT) has announced the launch of solar panel financing along with installation for consumers. Rocket is best known for its digital mortgage process. Citing research that indicates solar energy installations are supposed to quadruple by 2030, Rocket sees an opportunity to provide… Read More

August 2, 2021 @ 12:29 pm By JD Alois  |  

At the end of last week, Representative Don Beyer presented legislation that would create definitions for digital assets and digital asset securities and provide the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) with statutory authority over digital asset securities and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) with… Read More

August 2, 2021 @ 11:38 am By JD Alois  |  

tZERO ATS (alternative trading system) reports that it will list Exodus Movement, Inc. Class A common stock for secondary trading. Exodus issued securities under Reg A+, a securities exemption that allows the issuer to immediately trade shares on an exchange or ATS. Exodus closed its… Read More