October 29, 2019 @ 1:10 pm By JD Alois  |  

Peer to peer property lender, CrowdProperty, is reporting that it has now lent more than £50 million after closing on the 121st loan today during a “record month” of lending £5 million. CrowdProperty says it has supported the development of over £120 million of property… Read More

October 29, 2019 @ 12:14 pm By JD Alois  |  

Smart Lenders, an asset management company specialized in managing portfolios of loans issued through online lending platforms (marketplace/crowdlending), is celebrating its fifth birthday. Founded in 2014 in London by Erich Bonnet (now based in Paris), Smart Lenders is now providing some data points regarding its… Read More

October 29, 2019 @ 11:50 am By JD Alois  |  

Aura, a lender seeking to provide access to credit to “working families in America” has received $130 million asset-backed revolving credit facility with Varadero Capital. This brings total lending capacity to $259 million. Aura reports that the new capital comes at a time of high… Read More

October 29, 2019 @ 11:34 am By JD Alois  |  

Israeli high tech firms are having a gangbuster year when it comes to raising capital. According to a report published by IVC Research Center and ZAG S&W Zysman, Aharoni, Gayer & Co, during Q3 these firms raised a record $2.24 billion for 142 different deals…. Read More

October 29, 2019 @ 11:03 am By JD Alois  |  

On October 25, 2019, Paxos sent a letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Division of Trading and Markets. The letter was in request to receive a No Action letter from the SEC in regards to Paxos’s operation of a securities settlement system. Paxos… Read More

October 29, 2019 @ 10:44 am By JD Alois  |  

Interdax, a digital assets exchange offering crypto derivative contracts has opened its testnet to the public, according to a company release. Interdax, registered in the Seychelles, said its crypto derivatives platform takes a “novel approach to trading” by giving investors the option to interact and… Read More

October 29, 2019 @ 9:11 am By JD Alois  |  

Trustology has integrated MoonPay into its TrustVault custodial wallet platform, according to a release.  The partnership enables users to easily buy cryptocurrencies by connecting their TrustVault app with the fiat-to-crypto payments platform MoonPay. TrustVault users may now go into the App and immediately purchase BTC,… Read More

October 29, 2019 @ 8:23 am By JD Alois  |  

The European Commission is well known for talking a lot but, at times, doing very little. The Europea Banking Authority is out with a report today telling the Commission to pick up the pace when it comes to cross border activity in banking, payments and… Read More

October 29, 2019 @ 7:57 am By JD Alois  |  

A recenty survey indicates that merchants are very interested in Open Banking. While the topic started as an esoteric policy goal with few people really understanding what it meant, a report from Sentenial/Nuapay indicates popular interest exists and that 97% of merchants are already looking… Read More

October 28, 2019 @ 10:19 pm By JD Alois  |  

The US House of Representatives passed HR 4860 or the Crowdfunding Amendments Act by a voice vote today thus indicating broad bipartisan support. The bill was part of a grouping of five financial services bills each quickly approved by the House. The bill was introduced by… Read More

October 28, 2019 @ 9:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

The world’s largest ride-sharing platform is going Fintech. In a corporate announcement, Uber (NYSE:UBER) said they were introducing “Uber Money” a series of services that will provide benefits to their drivers plus a relaunch of their consumer card. Uber said they have established a team… Read More

October 28, 2019 @ 4:04 pm By JD Alois  |  

How many people in the US own crypto? Good question. There have been plenty of estimates in recent years but, most likely, until FATF rules completely kick in and exchanges get used the fact they must hand over all of their numbers to the IRS,… Read More

October 28, 2019 @ 11:38 am By JD Alois  |  

ID Finance, a Fintech that is queued up for expansion into the Latin America market, is now above £2 million in its securities offering on Crowdcube. At the moment, ID Finance stands at £2.337 million backed by 730 investors. ID Finance originally sought £2 million… Read More

October 28, 2019 @ 11:12 am By JD Alois  |  

Groundfloor, an innovative real estate crowdfunding platform that leverages Reg A+ to offer investments to everyone, has announced the launch of its self-directed IRA program. Now, anyone may diversify their retirement savings by creating a custom real estate portfolio by using the Groundfloor platform. According… Read More

October 28, 2019 @ 10:37 am By JD Alois  |  

PeerStreet, a leading platform for investing in real estate backed loans, has closed on a $60 million Series C funding round led by Colchis Capital as the Fintech continues to execute on its unique approach to online lending. Existing investors Andreessen Horowitz, World Innovation Lab… Read More

October 28, 2019 @ 9:43 am By JD Alois  |  

Overstock (NASDAQ:OSTK) says it will hold a shareholder vote regarding approval pertaining to a planned digital dividend powered by tZero. Overstock has indicated it continues to work with regulators on the issuance of the “digital Series A-1 dividend.” In a release, Overstock stated: “Overstock will… Read More

October 28, 2019 @ 7:45 am By JD Alois  |  

Koyo, a Fintech in the online lending sector, has raised $4.9 million in debt and equity capital in a funding round led by Forward Partners with participation from Seedcamp. The company reports a few interesting co-investors including Christian Faes, founder & CEO of LendInvest and… Read More

October 28, 2019 @ 6:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Visa (NYSE:V), the ubiquitous credit card and payments rails, and Marqeta, the modern card issuing platform, have announced a new partnership designed to “ease global expansion for multinational card programs.” The project is said to provide a streamlined developer-friendly path for Visa issuers to launch… Read More

October 27, 2019 @ 11:38 pm By JD Alois  |  

InstaReM, a fast-growing payments Fintech, is rebranding as “Nium.” The InstaReM brand will be maintained as a remittance platform powered by Nium which is being positioned as the “first global payments platform to enable businesses to send, spend and receive money from around the world.”… Read More

October 27, 2019 @ 6:53 pm By JD Alois  |  

For some years now there has been a discussion at the European Commission regarding harmonization of online capital formation rules. Today, crowdfunding is regulated at the member state (national) level creating a mish-mash of European regulations that defy the entire concept of a single market… Read More