July 17, 2018 @ 6:54 pm By JD Alois  |  

The House Agricultural Committee is the next contingency in Congress to schedule a hearing on cryptocurrencies. The hearing entitled “Cryptocurrencies: Oversight of New Assets in the Digital Age” is scheduled to take place tomorrow, at 10AM ET (Wednesday, July 18, 2018), in the Longworth House Office Building…. Read More

July 17, 2018 @ 4:50 pm By JD Alois  |  

In a profound act of bipartisanship, Representative Jeb Hensarling, Chairman of the powerful House Financial Services Committee, and Representative Maxine Waters, ranking member on the Committee, have joined together on a series of bills that are designed to “help America’s small businesses and entrepreneurs and to… Read More

July 17, 2018 @ 3:41 pm By JD Alois  |  

Tripoint Global, a boutique investment bank based in Manhattan, and its online capital formation platform Banq – have been leaders in the Reg A+ crowdfunding space since the beginning. When the  rules were quite new, Mark Elenowitz, CEO of Tripoint, was quick to recognize the potential… Read More

July 17, 2018 @ 12:22 pm By JD Alois  |  

Fintech is booming globally. France, an aspiring Fintech center, appears to be gaining momentum. According to a report in La Tribune, Fintechs in France have raised a solid €200 million since January 2018. This is more than all of 2016. During the year prior, Fintechs raised €318… Read More

July 17, 2018 @ 11:05 am By JD Alois  |  

Russia based Boomstarter.Network, a “cryptofunding platform” has raised $1 million in early financing from venture funds and private companies as part of its ongoing token offering. The blockchain based crowdfunding platform stated that DTI, an investor in Telegram and Dropbox, are participating in the funding of… Read More

July 17, 2018 @ 10:28 am By JD Alois  |  

Speaking at the Bloomberg ASEAN Business Summit in Bangkok this past week, Dr. Veerathai Santiprabhob, Governor of the Bank of Thailand, delivered a broad based speech that discussed the opportunities provided by Fintech and blockchain specifically. Dr. Santiprabhob said their Fintech regulatory Sandbox;  “… serves as a… Read More

July 17, 2018 @ 9:52 am By JD Alois  |  

Fintech Lemon Way, a payment institution regulated by the ACPR – Banque de France,  has received additional funding in the amount of €10 million. The round was led by Breega capital, with the participation from Speedinvest, a Fintech venture capital fund. According to the local… Read More

July 17, 2018 @ 9:18 am By JD Alois  |  

Investment crowdfunding platform Seedrs has announced a new feature. AutoInvest will now enable a robo-investing type service for individuals to gain access to early stage private equity while facilitating a diverse portfolio for risk mitigation. For the past six years, investments on equity crowdfunding platforms have… Read More

July 17, 2018 @ 8:30 am By JD Alois  |  

Medici Ventures, part of Overstock (NASDAQ:OSTK), has announced that portfolio company Bitt has appointed  Brian Popelka as President of the Fintech firm. Bitt is based in Barbados and is developing a digital currency ecosystem that seeks to provide a decentralized banking and payment platform. Bitt’s mMoney digital… Read More

July 17, 2018 @ 1:12 am By JD Alois  |  

PINTEC, a China based Fintech firm that offers financial solutions that connect business partners and financial partners to provide financial services to end users, has announced its intent to do an initial public offering on NASDAQ Global Market. PINTEC expects to trade under the symbol… Read More

July 16, 2018 @ 11:11 pm By JD Alois  |  

The CFA Institute is the global association of investment professionals that sets the standard for professional excellence and credentials. According to the group, there are more than 154,000 CFA charterholders worldwide in 165+ countries and regions. So when a group that prides itself on setting… Read More

July 16, 2018 @ 10:33 pm By JD Alois  |  

LendingClub (NYSE: LC), the largest US marketplace lender, has appointed Ronnie Momen to become their Chief Lending Officer. According to LendingClub, Momen will oversee company’s credit strategy including the use of credit data, analytics, and products. Momen started with LendingClub today and is reporting directly… Read More

July 16, 2018 @ 10:30 pm By JD Alois  |  

Banking software providor Temenos (SIX: TEMN), was recently recognized by analyst firm Gartner, for its service for the 9th year in a row. Temenos was acknowledged  in the June 2018 report “Magic Quadrant for Global Retail Core Banking” (GRCB) – a document that assesses vendors based… Read More

July 16, 2018 @ 5:19 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has issued their fourth warning on consumers purchasing cryptocurrency. The “Customer Advisory told investors to use caution and to extensive research prior to purchasing virtual coins or tokens – including “self described utility coins or consumption coins.” Erica Elliott… Read More

July 16, 2018 @ 3:03 pm By JD Alois  |  

UK based Sovren says it will launch the first digital asset exchange to be regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and accessible to institutional investors. The creation of two ex-bankers, Sovren has also announced an Initial Coin Offering (ICO) planned for Q3 this year…. Read More

July 16, 2018 @ 2:04 pm By JD Alois  |  

Online lending exchange LendingTree(NASDAQ: TREE) has announced it will acquire Austin, Texas based Student Loan Hero for $60 million in cash to be paid upon closing. The transaction is expected to close in Q3 of 2018. Student Loan Hero offers students financial comparison tools, educational resources, and personalized… Read More

July 16, 2018 @ 1:26 pm By JD Alois  |  

Leading non-bank finance firm Greensill has received an investment from General Atlantic in the amount of $250 million. This values Greensill at $1.64 billion. Gabriel Caillaux, Managing Director and Head of EMEA at General Atlantic, will be joining the Greensill board. Founded in 2011, Greensill provides… Read More

July 16, 2018 @ 12:18 pm By JD Alois  |  

UK based Shieldpay has expanded into the US by providing services to car classified site, AutoClassics.com. The Fintech scale up enables sites to become fully transactional marketplaces and offers an instant digital escrow payment solution.  Shieldpay can also accelerate multi-million-pound M&A deals and real estate transactions,… Read More

July 16, 2018 @ 10:42 am By JD Alois  |  

Coinbase, a marketplace for cryptocurrency, is “exploring” the addition of more digital coins. Specifically, Cardano (ADA) Basic Attention Token (BAT) Stellar Lumens (XLM) Zcash (ZEC) 0x (ZRX) Coinbase has never been shy about its intent to become the one cryptocurrency exchange to rule them all… Read More

July 16, 2018 @ 8:11 am By JD Alois  |  

CreditEase, a China based peer to peer lending platform, has been recognized for its Fintech venture fund by a CB Insights report. According to the report, the CreditEase Fintech Investment Fund is number three in the world when it comes to ranking the most active… Read More