March 15, 2018 @ 8:59 am By JD Alois  |  

Following in the footsteps of the European Commission’s Fintech Roadmap, the European Banking Authority (EBA) has released its opinion as to how to best foster and promote Fintech adoption. The EBA’s Fintech Roadmap is the result of a recent consultation as to how the Authority… Read More

March 15, 2018 @ 8:31 am By JD Alois  |  

Frankfurt, Germany based Robo-Advisor Ginmon has hired Dmitriy Fot as CTO. Fot previously worked as a cloud architect at Amazon Web Services (AWS) Germany. Ginmon says the appointment of a high profile expert for a Fintech company is quite rare. Ginmon’s mission is to provide investors… Read More

March 15, 2018 @ 8:17 am By JD Alois  |  

LendInvest, a UK based online marketplace platform for property finance, has announced a proposed issuance of  5.375% fixed rate bonds due October 2023 by its wholly-owned subsidiary, LendInvest Secured Income plc. Christian Faes, Co-founder and CEO of LendInvest Limited, said they were delighted to return… Read More

March 15, 2018 @ 4:00 am By JD Alois  |  

BnkToTheFuture has filed a Reg D 506c indicating its intent to raise $30 million. The recent filing, under the entity of BnkToTheFuture BFT SP – a Segregated Portfolio of BnkToTheFuture Capital SPC, with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) stated the first sale commenced on February… Read More

March 15, 2018 @ 3:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Digital challenger bank Revolut has announced EUR Direct Debits or European customers thus facilitating direct debits for automated payments. The traditional bank alternative now facilitates easy monthly payments such as  phone bills, utilities and other regular services. Revolut points out they already allow European customers… Read More

March 15, 2018 @ 2:20 am By JD Alois  |  

Luxembourg is the most recent country to issue a warning to consumers regarding the hazards of initial coin offerings and virtual currencies. The Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (Financial Sector Supervisory Commission) has issued an almost perfunctory statement. In two separate documents, the CSSF… Read More

March 14, 2018 @ 5:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Today, during a hearing by the House Financial Services Committee, subcommittee on Capital Markets, Securities, and Investment, representatives queried industry participants on the topic of “Examing the Cryptocurrencies and ICO Markets.” Crypto is a hot item of discussion on Capitol Hill. Both regulators and elected officials… Read More

March 14, 2018 @ 1:45 pm By JD Alois  |  

Following in the footsteps of Facebook, the worlds largest search engine and enormous advertising platform has banned all cryptocurrency advertising as of June 2018. Rumblings about a forthcoming ban had been circulating for some time now. Google periodically updates their advertising policies and crypto found… Read More

March 14, 2018 @ 1:26 pm By JD Alois  |  

In a Dear John Oliver missive, EOS simultaneously challenged the famous comedian and his recent diatribe against ICOs, and cryptocurrency in general, while dismissing crypto-advocate Brock Pierce. According to the post on Medium; “Brock Pierce was an early advisor to Block.one for several months and made significant… Read More

March 14, 2018 @ 10:06 am By JD Alois  |  

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the Bank of Lithuania have agreed to collaborate and mutually support the development of the Fintech ecosystems and encourage financial innovation between the two countries. Today, MAS and the Bank signed a Fintech Co-operation Agreement during the Money… Read More

March 14, 2018 @ 9:27 am By JD Alois  |  

In the early days of investment crowdfunding, many individuals assumed that most capital raised would go mainly to seed funding rounds. Startups that have a choice to bootstrap or raise equity capital from angel investors or risk taking VCs. But today, this is not the… Read More

March 14, 2018 @ 7:52 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfunding platform Crowd for Angels has shared that it is making progress in advancing its “Liquid Crypto Bond” issue and Initial Coin Offering (ICO) of its ANGEL tokens. As Crowdfund Insider previously reported, Crowd for Angels is looking to raise up to £50 million through… Read More

March 14, 2018 @ 7:32 am By JD Alois  |  

Coinbase, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world, has received an e-money license from the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). This will enable Coinbase to offer payments in the UK while supporting the UK’s Faster Payments Scheme. Simultaneously, Coinbase has partnered with Barclays… Read More

March 14, 2018 @ 3:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Last week during the National Crowdfunding and Fintech Association of Canada’s annual event, FFCON2018, there was a single presentation that provided a state of Fintech in Canada. Professor Michael King,  from the Scotiabank Digital Banking Lab @ Ivey Business School, delivered an excellent synopsis of what’s… Read More

March 13, 2018 @ 10:42 pm By JD Alois  |  

Payments platform Stripe has filed a Reg D 506b with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The filing indicated the company has issued stock in the amount of $38.6 million during the first week of March. According to the document, 36 investors participated in the equity… Read More

March 13, 2018 @ 8:41 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Hedera Hashgraph platform is “a new form of distributed consensus.” Unlike many existing iterations of distributed ledger technology, Hedera Hashgraph tackles known shortcomings that undermine the ability to scale to provide “lightning fast” and secure collaborations and transactions minus computer heavy proof of work…. Read More

March 13, 2018 @ 7:06 pm By JD Alois  |  

Rise of the CBDC Coin? Perhaps. The Bank for International Settlements have added their $0.02 to the discussion in a recently published paper from the Committee on Payments and Market Infrustructure, Markets Committee. The report entitled Central Bank Digital Currencies (or CDBCs) is the work… Read More

March 13, 2018 @ 2:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF) is the leading research authority on global innovations in finance. Over the past several years, CCAF has produced benchmark reports tracking the growth and evolution of all forms of Fintech around the world. These reports have become valued… Read More

March 13, 2018 @ 9:28 am By JD Alois  |  

At the beginning of 2018, a new Chair took over at the Israel Securities Authority (ISA). Anat Guetta took over the executive position from Shmuel Hauser. Recently, Guetta has indicated a more welcoming approach when it comes to initial coin offerings (ICOs) and crypto in general…. Read More

March 13, 2018 @ 8:34 am By JD Alois  |  

The Securities Commissioner of South Carolina, part of the office of the Attorney General of the state, has issued a Cease & Desist Order two global cryptocurrency miners: Swiss Gold Global and Genesis Mining. Genisis Mining is based in Hong Kong. Swiss Gold Global is… Read More