April 29, 2025 @ 12:42 pm By JD Alois  |  

KingsCrowd is expected to close its Regulation Crowdfunding (Reg CF) funding round tomorrow, April 30, 2025. The securities offering is listed on StartEngine. KingsCrowd filed a Form C indicating its interest in raising more growth capital this past February. Earlier this month, it was updated… Read More

April 29, 2025 @ 10:56 am By JD Alois  |  

Last week, FCA Chief Data, Information, and Intelligence Officer Jessica Rusu delivered a speech on the regulation of digital assets. Delivered at the CityUK International Conference 2025, Rusu said the regulator is supporting growth via innovation while reducing regulatory burdens. She noted that entrepreneurs are “looking for predictability,… Read More

April 29, 2025 @ 1:08 am By JD Alois  |  

Peer to Peer lender Folk2Folk has posted a preview of 2024 performance. According to the company, its platform generated record revenue for the full year of 2024, marking its sixth consecutive year of profitability. Folk2Folk said the top-line revenue was £6.6 million for the year,… Read More

April 28, 2025 @ 6:01 pm By JD Alois  |  

Pepperdine University, Graziadio Business School, recently announced that it is currently accepting applicants for the list of the most fundable companies. The competition is open to all startups generating between zero (pre-revenue) to $10 million in revenue based in the US. Pepperdine reports that thousands… Read More

April 28, 2025 @ 12:24 pm By JD Alois  |  

Zelle is a peer-to-peer transfers and payments network that was founded by big banks who recognized they were falling behind in a world of Venmo. Today, Zelle is well-established at these founding banks, as well as other financial services. Today, Zelle is distributing a report on… Read More

April 28, 2025 @ 12:01 pm By JD Alois  |  

Adyen (ADYEN:AMS), a multi-faceted payments provider, was hit by a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack last week. In a blog post, Adyen said the attacker was targeting their European data centers, with certain services experiencing degraded service or outages. The attack was marked as “resolved”… Read More

April 28, 2025 @ 11:46 am By JD Alois  |  

DealMaker, a tech-infused securities crowdfunding enabler, has announced new headquarters in New York City. Ostensibly, DealMaker was founded and has been based in Toronto. Having already established additional offices in the US, the move to the world’s leading financial center makes a lot of sense…. Read More

April 28, 2025 @ 9:33 am By JD Alois  |  

Tokenization enabler Tokeny and blockchain entity HBAR Foundation have revealed a partnership pertaining to the digitization of Real World Assets (RWAs). The collaboration is said to deliver a “compliant, scalable, and green institutional tokenization on the Hedera Network. The agreement is described as a “major milestone”… Read More

April 18, 2025 @ 12:55 pm By JD Alois  |  

Nansen is out with a report on the Stable Act, the legislation that creates a regulatory environment for fiat based stablecoins, and who is most likely to benefit. The report notes that yield-bearing, decentralized offerings will be no more as the digital dollar must be… Read More

April 18, 2025 @ 9:58 am By JD Alois  |  

The Trump Media and Technology Group (NASDAQ:DJT) has issued a statement claiming stock price manipulation. Shares in DJT have traded between $11.75 to $56.55 in the past twelve months. Shares closed yesterday at around $22. Trump Media, affiliated with President Trump and his family, is… Read More

April 17, 2025 @ 4:12 pm By JD Alois  |  

During the Biden Administration, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) enacted new rules designed to eliminate “bank junk fees.” While popular on the surface, the new rules did little to address the various levels of risk and the ability to provide credit. In March of… Read More

April 17, 2025 @ 3:26 pm By JD Alois  |  

It was recently reported that securities crowdfunding data provider KingsCrowd had announced the acquisition of CrowdCheck. CrowdCheck has been a mainstay in the securities crowdfunding sector. Founded by OG Sara Hanks, an attorney, CrowdCheck was one of the top legal firms assisting companies in filing… Read More

April 17, 2025 @ 11:40 am By JD Alois  |  

Regulation A or Reg A+ will be the topic of discussion for the SEC’s next Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee (SBCFAC) meeting which will take place on May 6th. The announcement of the topic shares that the Committee will review how firms are using… Read More

April 17, 2025 @ 10:10 am By JD Alois  |  

Global Payments (NYSE: GPN) announced the acquisition of Worldpay from GTCR and FIS (NYSE: FIS) for $24.25 billion, as well as the divestiture of its Issuer Solutions business, which FIS is acquiring for $13.5 billion. According to a company statement, the acquisition of Worldpay, will… Read More

April 17, 2025 @ 9:07 am By JD Alois  |  

The SEC’s Crypto Task Force meets next week, and the mission of this gathering is to discuss crypto custody. Commissioner Hester Peirce, who leads the Task Force, said the move to integrate crypto asset custody within the regulatory structure is one of the most challenging… Read More

April 17, 2025 @ 8:46 am By JD Alois  |  

The European Central Bank (ECB) has cut its benchmark rates by 25 basis points. The ECB Governing Council said the move was due to an updated appraisal of the inflation outlook while claiming the disinflation process is “well on track.” “Most measures of underlying inflation… Read More

April 16, 2025 @ 2:12 pm By JD Alois  |  

Webull (NASDAQ: BULL), an online investment platform, saw its shares trade on the Nasdaq today following the closing of a SPAC deal with SK Growth Opportunities. Anthony Denier, US CEO of Webull, rang the Opening Bell today at the commencement of trading. Webull celebrated the… Read More

April 16, 2025 @ 10:51 am By JD Alois  |  

Eurocrowd has revealed a partnership with the EU-funded project Early Stage Investing Launchpad (ESIL). Eurocrowd states that the objective is to provide guidance on integrating securities crowdfunding under ECSPR or European Crowdfunding Service Provider regulation. ECSPR was an initiative to harmonize investment crowdfunding rules across… Read More

April 16, 2025 @ 10:18 am By JD Alois  |  

Tech funding in France has cratered by 52% according to a report. During Q1 2025, early-stage tech ventures raised $820 million, a 52% decline compared to Q4 2024 when $1.7 billion was reported. According to the France Tech Q1 2025 Funding Report, published by Tracxn,… Read More

April 16, 2025 @ 9:58 am By JD Alois  |  

Artificial intelligence startup Portia AI has raised £4.4 million in funding led by General Catalyst with the participation of First Minute Capital and Stem AI. Portia AI is a provider of AI development tools offering an open-source SDK. The company says users can “build production-grade… Read More