November 14, 2019 @ 3:28 am By JD Alois  |  

SME online lender creditshelf says banks are becoming more skeptical about investing in small businesses in Germany. creditshelf claims that last year only every third company had problems with bank financing, now every second medium-sized company encounters resistance from its house bank. It has been… Read More

November 14, 2019 @ 2:19 am By JD Alois  |  

Norton Motorcycles, the 121-year-old legendary British motorcycle company, is planning to raise capital on Crowdcube. Norton Motorcycles UK Ltd is seeking £1 million to help fill product pipeline orders and to continue to innovate and develop its bikes. Additionally, the company states that the offering’s… Read More

November 13, 2019 @ 3:10 pm By JD Alois  |  

The European Crowdfunding Association (ECN), the leading advocacy group for online capital formation in Europe, has published a report on blockchain – distributed ledger technology (DLT) and use cases in alternative finance. The report adds a new acronym “BDLT” thus representing the combination of the… Read More

November 13, 2019 @ 12:14 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) is working with financial industry partners to create a framework for financial institutions on the responsible adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Data Analytics (AIDA). The new framework has been given the name “Veritas.” The goal is to enable… Read More

November 13, 2019 @ 11:53 am By JD Alois  |  

Banco Sabadell, a bank based in Barcelona, has reached a partnership agreement with Nemuru – a Fintech that seeks to make it easier for professionals in the renovations sector to offer their customers instant loans at the point of sale. Banco Sabadell reports that the… Read More

November 13, 2019 @ 11:05 am By JD Alois  |  

The Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) has issued a statement of “strong support” regarding pending legislation targeting Industrial Loan Charters (ILC). An ILC is a regulated financial services charter that may be held by non-financial institutions. ILCs may hold FDIC insured deposits – a… Read More

November 13, 2019 @ 9:32 am By JD Alois  |  

Global tech giant Google is pushing further into Fintech with the revelation of a forthcoming consumer checking service. First reported in WSJ.com, Google is expected to partner-up with Citigroup, along with a small credit union at Stanford University, to provide checking accounts. The project is… Read More

November 13, 2019 @ 8:58 am By JD Alois  |  

Robocash Group is reporting that during Q3 of 2019 cumulative loan volume across their lending platforms amounted to $500 million. According to Robocash, in Q3 2019 Russia had 63% of all loans issued, Kazakhstan – 15% and Spain – 4%. At the same time, the… Read More

November 13, 2019 @ 8:35 am By JD Alois  |  

Online property finance platform LendInvest has announced the expansion of its services into Scotland. LendInvest will offer Buy-to-Let property financing as the “Scottish property market booms.” LendInvest states that recent research shows that property prices in Scotland have soared to an 11 year high, with… Read More

November 13, 2019 @ 4:10 am By JD Alois  |  

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has published a presentation on Small Business Credit. The document indicates that small business optimism is near a 15 year high and demand for small-dollar loans (under $1 million) is robust yet these same small dollars loans have… Read More

November 13, 2019 @ 2:54 am By JD Alois  |  

The French Crowdfunding Association (Financement Participatif France or FPF) has appointed Jérémie Benmoussa, co-founder of Fundimmo, as Chairman replacing Stéphanie Savel. Savel chaired FPF for 3 years. She was also President of the WiSEED platform. In May of 2019, Savel left to focus on other… Read More

November 12, 2019 @ 11:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Acatus, a Berlin-based Fintech, has raised €5.5 Million in a Series A funding round, according to the company. The funding was led by DIP Capital and the VC fund coparion. The existing investors and angels also participated in the round. Acatus claims to be the… Read More

November 12, 2019 @ 7:16 pm By JD Alois  |  

The recently-rebranded NIUM, formerly InstaReM, has received the Fund Transfers license from the Bank Indonesia and will now offer cross border digital payments. NIUM’s Indonesian operations will be headed by Vadyo Munaan, who comes with experience in financial services and payments industry at organizations including… Read More

November 12, 2019 @ 7:05 pm By JD Alois  |  

BnkToTheFuture alongside Coinstreet Partners has invested in US Broker-Dealer BMI Capital, according to a company release. Terms of the investment were not disclosed. BnkToTheFuture said it plans to bring security tokens to institutional investors in both the US and Asia facilitated by the BMI Capital…. Read More

November 12, 2019 @ 3:40 pm By JD Alois  |  

Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) has launched a payment platform, Facebook Pay. The new payment service will be available across the entire Facebook ecosystem including Messenger, WhatsApp, and Instagram. The news was revealed in a blog post today by Deborah Liu, VP, Marketplace & Commerce. The payment service… Read More

November 12, 2019 @ 3:05 pm By JD Alois  |  

Fundrise, a digital marketplace for real estate investments, is distributing an email touting platform returns. Fundrise started as a single property investment crowdfunding platform that has since migrated over to an unlisted REIT platform offering a diverse group of “eREITs” or funds targeting different sectors… Read More

November 12, 2019 @ 2:32 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), the leading financial regulator and central bank of Singapore, has announced renewed cooperation on Fintech with Canadian Securities Regulators while simultaneously announcing a tighter relationship with the Banque de France. The announcements were released during Singapore’s annual Fintech Week… Read More

November 12, 2019 @ 10:43 am By JD Alois  |  

CME Group will launch Bitcoin options on futures contracts starting Jan. 13, 2020, pending regulatory review. The move to allow Bitcoin options has been widely anticipated. Tim McCourt, CME Group Global Head of Equity Index and Alternative Investment Products, said that since Bitcoin futures launch… Read More

November 12, 2019 @ 9:53 am By JD Alois  |  

Last week, a meeting of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Investor Advisory Committee (IAC) held a meeting. On the agenda was the topic of the SEC’s concept release on regulatory harmonization. The concept release was initiated in recognition of the current ecosystem of private… Read More

November 12, 2019 @ 9:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Everybody knows that a good amount of cryptocurrency trading is utterly fake. Wash trades are prevalent as some exchanges seek to game the system and boost their relative relevance in the digital asset exchange world. Manipulation of various cryptocurrencies probably exists as well. CoinMarketCap, a… Read More