February 14, 2019 @ 9:01 pm By JD Alois  |  

Periodically, Crowdfund Insider reviews the status of Regulation Crowdfunding (Reg CF) the smallest crowdfunding exemption in the US. Reg CF has been in use since May of 2016. According to a recent report published by Crowdfund Capital Advisors (CCA), $194 million has been raised in… Read More

February 14, 2019 @ 2:39 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Bank of England (BoE) has published its Supervision of Financial Market Infrastructures (FMIs) – Annual Report. And inevitably buried within there are some interesting comments when it comes to innovations in finance. The Bank regulates FMIs in three broad categories: payment systems, central securities depositories… Read More

February 14, 2019 @ 9:56 am By JD Alois  |  

Nomo Banking, an App based banking service targeting freelancers, has added Raisin’s service to its platform. The bank will now offer its customers multiple options for overnight accounts and fixed-term deposits via Europe’s #1 deposit marketplace. Raisin currently provides access to over 65 different products… Read More

February 14, 2019 @ 9:34 am By JD Alois  |  

Fintech CommonBond has announced that it has arranged $750 million in lending capacity from Goldman Sachs, Citibank, Barclays, BMO, and ING. CommonBond is an online lender with a mission to give students and graduates more affordable, transparent, and simple ways to pay for higher education. To… Read More

February 14, 2019 @ 7:36 am By JD Alois  |  

Online property lender LendInvest is reporting a record month of signed applications. According to the Fintech, in January 2019 they received 428 applications totaling £100 million in value. LendInvest said the volume was due in part to rapid hiring in their lending team The LendInvest… Read More

February 14, 2019 @ 6:56 am By JD Alois  |  

JP Morgan Chase, a traditional bank whose CEO Jamie Dimon famously called Bitcoin a fraud, is issuing its own stablecoin: JPM Coin. According to CNBC, Umar Farooq, Head of JP Morgan’s blockchain projects predicted the JPM Coin may be huge for corporations. “Money sloshes back and… Read More

February 14, 2019 @ 2:08 am By JD Alois  |  

Payments platform Lemon Way is reporting solid growth. The France-based Fintech says it has experienced “astounding growth in Europe with major increases to turnover and new payment accounts for 2018.” Founded in 2012, Lemon Way is a payments provider that has targeted the digital industry… Read More

February 13, 2019 @ 10:10 pm By JD Alois  |  

Democratizing capital for small business and citizen investors The mission of NC3 is to help move a significant portion of the estimated $65+ trillion that Americans have in long-term savings from Wall Street to local and social entrepreneurs, and to inspire similar shifts worldwide. We are… Read More

February 13, 2019 @ 7:51 pm By JD Alois  |  

Nasdaq is moving up the crypto ladder with a new “data dissemination relationship” with Brave New Coin (BNC). The partnership will send real-time Bitcoin and Ethereum index level information on the Nasdaq Global Index Data ServiceSM (GIDS) starting on Monday, February 25th. The Bitcoin Liquid Index (BLX)… Read More

February 13, 2019 @ 3:07 pm By JD Alois  |  

Valuation and strategy consultancy Brand Finance has published its annual report on the top brands for the world’s most valuable exchange brands. According to their numbers, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) is the top regulated exchange in the world. CME held the top spot last… Read More

February 13, 2019 @ 2:02 pm By JD Alois  |  

An extended Series A funding round has seen Insurtech Socotra raise an additional $5.2 Million. Last September, Socotra closed on a $5.5 million funding round. Total funding now stands at $18 million. This newest funding was led by 8VC with Insurers Nationwide and MS&AD Ventures… Read More

February 13, 2019 @ 1:43 pm By JD Alois  |  

Property Partner announced its first “Opportunistic Fund” at the end of January. The new Fund is being launched to take advantage of the UK property market which has hit pause for the moment due to Brexit concerns. The Fund will “move fast as a cash… Read More

February 13, 2019 @ 10:12 am By JD Alois  |  

Hacked cryptocurrency exchange Cryptopioa has been given a green light to re-open its platform, according to a report in The New Zealand Herald. Authorities of the local Police’s High Tech Crime Group are quoted on the permission. Detective Inspector Greg Murton stated: “We have finished the… Read More

February 13, 2019 @ 8:38 am By JD Alois  |  

Insurtech Inshur has closed on a $7 million Series A investment round alongside a $2 million credit facility, according to a release from the company.  The investment was led by Munich Re Ventures with participation from MTech Capital – a venture fund focused on Insurtech. … Read More

February 13, 2019 @ 8:38 am By JD Alois  |  

LoanStreet, an online platform that enables traditional finance like banks credit unions and other direct lenders to streamline the process of sharing, managing, and originating loans, has added new features. The SaaS platform now offers commercial loan origination and administration solution for any size financial… Read More

February 13, 2019 @ 8:07 am By JD Alois  |  

GlobexUS Holdings, parent of Horizon Globex US, has inked an agreement with First Growth Funds Limited (ASX:FGF) to power regulatory compliant security tokens in both Australia and New Zealand. First Growth Funds trades on the Australian Stock Exchange and is a micro-cap with a market… Read More

February 13, 2019 @ 7:39 am By JD Alois  |  

The Gibraltar Blockchain Exchange (GBX) has listed the Iconiq token “ICNQ” to its Digital Asset Exchange (GBX-DAX). Since the beginning of 2019, GBX-DAX has listed XRP, EOS, TRON, XLM, and now ICNQ. In 2018, GBX-DAX received a full “Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) Licence” from the Gibraltar… Read More

February 12, 2019 @ 10:37 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Hong Kong Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury, James Lau, is visiting Ireland to foster closer financial co-operation between the two countries. According to a release, Lau met with the Minister of State at the Department of Finance and Public Expenditure and Reform of… Read More

February 12, 2019 @ 9:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

The initial coin offering (ICO) industry has morphed into the security token offering (STO) industry. This sector shift is due largely to the recognition, alongside the many regulatory enforcement actions, that have compelled digital assets to become compliant within existing securities law. For all intents… Read More

February 12, 2019 @ 11:05 am By JD Alois  |  

ICOx Innovations Inc., (OTCQB: ICOX) (TSXV: ICOX) has been approved for trading on the OTCQB Marketplace under the symbol “ICOX” effective today. OTC Markets provides three levels of trading. OTCCX is the “Best Market” and OTCQB is described as the “Venture Market.” There is also… Read More