April 29, 2020 @ 10:18 pm By JD Alois  |  

The global pandemic has been a total shock to the world. The COVID-19 crisis has devastated many businesses around the world. In New Zealand, popular fashion retailer Ingrid Starnes was planning a significant expansion of its business. Late last year, the company signed a lease… Read More

April 29, 2020 @ 2:12 pm By JD Alois  |  

  The US Federal Reserve issued a statement today indicating its intent to leverage all of its tools to help prop up the COVID-19 infected economy. The Fed said it is “committed to using its full range of tools to support the U.S. economy in… Read More

April 29, 2020 @ 1:36 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Sondors Electric Car Company, founded by Storm Sondors, has closed its securities offering on StartEngine having raised $569,413 from 761 investors. The Reg CF offering was seeking the max amount of $1.07 million. According to the offering page, investors are receiving common equity at… Read More

April 29, 2020 @ 12:15 pm By JD Alois  |  

  Earlier this month, Latvia-based peer to peer lender Grupeer announced it was pausing operations due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In a blog post, Grupeer founder Alla Kiska stated said that the Coronavirus had compelled the platform to halt operations as before and told investors… Read More

April 29, 2020 @ 9:59 am By JD Alois  |  

Incomlend, a global online invoice trading platform, has been recognized at the Global Trade Review (GTR) Leaders in Trade Awards 2020 as the “Best Fintech Startup”. GTR recognizes global top-performing companies in trade, commodity, supply chain, export finance, and fintech markets. Since launching in December… Read More

April 29, 2020 @ 8:30 am By JD Alois  |  

Deposit Solutions, a Fintech based in Hamburg, Germany, is reporting some solid numbers. According to the company, its Open Banking platform has now transmitted a total volume of €25 billion in savings deposits, up from €16 billion 12 months ago. Deposit Solutions now reports 150… Read More

April 29, 2020 @ 8:01 am By JD Alois  |  

Tandem Bank says that over half of its customers are using its AI-enabled Autosavings feature after one year of availability. The Autosavings feature is designed to effortlessly build an individual’s savings account for them. Tandem notes that even prior to Covid-19, the company found that… Read More

April 29, 2020 @ 1:35 am By JD Alois  |  

Blockchain Trust Solutions BCTS is introducing a blockchain network, SwissDLT, that is said to combine Swiss features such as “reliability, security, neutrality” along with being compatible with other common blockchain systems, according to a release. BCTS has developed the solution with its infrastructure partner Axpo… Read More

April 28, 2020 @ 11:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

CoinDCX, India’s largest crypto exchange, has listed Crypto.com‘s MCO and CRO tokens representing Hong Kong-based Crypto.com’s entrance into the Indian market.  Two trading pairs are now available on CoinDCX: CRO/BTC & CRO/INR. The MCO token is a payment and finance digital asset within the Crypto.com… Read More

April 28, 2020 @ 9:32 pm By JD Alois  |  

OurCrowd portfolio company enVerid Systems, a leader in HVAC technology, has closed on a $20 million Series B round of financing led by Breakthrough Energy Ventures. enVerid’s HVAC products significantly lower upfront system costs and reduce annual energy consumption by 20-30% while improving indoor air… Read More

April 28, 2020 @ 9:06 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee has scheduled a video conference to discuss proposals designed to improve the exempt securities ecosystem as well as the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on small businesses. The meeting, which is open to… Read More

April 28, 2020 @ 4:21 pm By JD Alois  |  

Kingdom Trust, a regulated custody provider, is now providing custody for Hedera Hashgraph‘s HBAR as it has been added to its list of “acceptable digital currency investments.” Lionel Chocron, Chief Product Officer of Hedera, said Hedera’s mission is to provide the trust layer of the… Read More

April 28, 2020 @ 3:27 pm By JD Alois  |  

  The North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) has created a new task force to address nefarious attempts of fraud leveraging the Coronavirus pandemic. The NASAA COVID-19 Enforcement Task Force is modeled after the “successful” Operation Cryptosweep that targeted digital asset scams and frauds. Christopher… Read More

April 28, 2020 @ 3:13 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Small Business Administration (SBA) has processed $48.5 billion in the first 24 hours of the second round of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). The SBA lending platform has struggled to maintain pace of the demand and crashed during the early hours as banks and… Read More

April 28, 2020 @ 2:01 pm By JD Alois  |  

This is an interesting discussion. Todd H. Baker and Kathryn Judge, both from the Columbia Law School, posted an article earlier this month on banks and Fintechs in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. As most people recall, during the last big financial crisis, policymakers fumbled… Read More

April 28, 2020 @ 12:28 pm By JD Alois  |  

Honeycomb Credit has announced a new financial product for SMEs called “Loyalty Bonds.” This new product is less a bond and more of a gift card as the offering enables small businesses to quickly raise cash today with the purchaser receiving a gift card worth… Read More

April 28, 2020 @ 12:14 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has announced that Commissioner Brian Quintenz will depart the agency at the end of his term. Quintenz will have completed a 5-year stint at the Commission. Quintenz issued a statement on his decision to exit the CFTC stating that… Read More

April 28, 2020 @ 12:04 pm By JD Alois  |  

We have all read the articles about how physical cash is pretty gross. This has been a well-known fact for years. A study from 20 years ago on the bacterial contamination of paper currency showed that 94% of dollar bills tested carried many pathogens including… Read More

April 28, 2020 @ 10:10 am By JD Alois  |  

Christian Faes is the founder and Chairman of one of the most successful Fintechs in the UK. While there may be better-known names in the Fintech world, LendInvest, a property finance platform, has emerged as a leader not only in the sector of finance it… Read More

April 28, 2020 @ 8:26 am By JD Alois  |  

Taulia has officially announced a strategic alliance with the largest US Bank JPMorgan (NYSE:JPM). According to a release, the partnership is said to create a unique trade finance solution for JPM clients. Crowdfund Insider covered the partnership this past weekend. Going forward, JPMorgan’s clients will… Read More