September 3, 2017 @ 8:16 am By JD Alois  |  

Timelio, an online invoice financing marketplace operating in Australia, has received the backing of Anthony Thomson – a leading Fintech entrepreneur who is founder and Chairman of Atom Bank and founder and former Chairman of Metro Bank. Both Atom Bank and Metro Bank have positioned… Read More

September 1, 2017 @ 2:56 pm By JD Alois  |  

Congress returns next week hopefully reinvigorated and ready to reduce regulation and pass meaningful tax reform following some time off. Congress has not accomplished too much this year, much like many past years, but hope springs eternal and after a bumpy start of the year… Read More

September 1, 2017 @ 1:55 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Bitcoin Foundation is looking to stop Congress from including Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies in legislation regarding nefarious acts by terrorists organizations and money laundering. Senators Grassley, Feinstein, Cornyn, and Whitehouse, have sponsored legislation entitled, “Combating Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Counterfeiting Act of 2017,” includes a portion that points… Read More

September 1, 2017 @ 11:56 am By JD Alois  |  

Germany’s biggest “Founders Festival” Bits & Pretzels, which is taking place in September, has announced that last year’s highlight speaker Kevin Spacey will once again return to Munich. While he will not be participating as a keynote speaker he will be joining the event as… Read More

September 1, 2017 @ 11:16 am By JD Alois  |  

Fincera Inc. has received FINRA approval to change its ticker symbol to “YUANF“. Previously, the China based online lender had traded under “AUTCF”. Fincera trades on OTC Markets OTCQB. The Company’s common stock has been assigned a new CUSIP number of G3441J102 in connection with the… Read More

September 1, 2017 @ 10:33 am By JD Alois  |  

Securities and Exchange Chairman Jay Clayton has published the name is his executive staff. The SEC announced that John Cook, Jeffrey Dinwoodie, Raquel Fox, Kristina Littman, Alan Cohen, Christopher Carofine, and Shelby Begany Telle have been named to the executive staff of Chairman Jay Clayton…. Read More

August 31, 2017 @ 5:21 pm By JD Alois  |  

Over the past several years, traditional financial services firms have thrown shade at alternative finance platforms by labeling them “Shadow Finance.” This oblique reference to Fintech firms seeking to disrupt and dethrone old school banks is standard banter on the various financial news networks. Even… Read More

August 31, 2017 @ 3:55 pm By JD Alois  |  

Real estate crowdfunding platform CrowdStreet has announced its first offer that is available to both accredited and non-accredited investors. CrowdStreet enables commercial real estate firms to efficiently and cost-effectively attract and manage investors using their online channel. The offering on CrowdStreet is being made available through… Read More

August 31, 2017 @ 3:45 pm By JD Alois  |  

Traydstream has appointed Citi Bank’s former – Head of Trade for Europe, Middle-East & Africa (EMEA), Sameer Sehgal, as its Chief Executive Officer CEO. Traydstream said that Sehgal brings over 22 years’ expertise in trade, having held several senior roles over the years. Traydstream improves trade… Read More

August 31, 2017 @ 10:45 am By JD Alois  |  

Renaud Laplanche, an icon of the online lending industry, has been added as a keynote speaker to the roster of headliners at the forthcoming LendIt Europe event taking place this October. Laplanche founded LendingClub in 2006 as a peer to peer lending platform designed to… Read More

August 31, 2017 @ 8:43 am By JD Alois  |  

The FinLab, based in Singapore, has announced the graduation of eight Fintech startups from its 100-day accelerator program. The FinLab is an innovation accelerator joint venture between United Overseas Bank (UOB) and SGInnovate. The program provides practical guidance, resources and mentorship to enable startups  that… Read More

August 30, 2017 @ 11:20 pm By JD Alois  |  

Here is an interesting factoid, recently discovered. The ASX, or Australian Securities Exchange, the country’s primary market for trading securities is killing it in Initial Public Offerings in comparison to many of its global cousins. In fact, when you compare the ASX to some of… Read More

August 30, 2017 @ 10:51 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Financial Commission, a self-regulatory body that is dedicated specifically to FOREX, has announced the extension of its Fintech Certification services to companies raising money through Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs). The Financial Commission has been certifying trading platform technology for brokers and exchanges operating in foreign exchange… Read More

August 30, 2017 @ 7:01 pm By JD Alois  |  

SeedInvest and LendIt, the roving global Fintech conference, have partnered on live crowdfunding for the upcoming LendIt Europe event scheduled for this coming October. The live crowdfunding event is being billed as a European first. LendIt Europe participants will be able to invest directly in… Read More

August 30, 2017 @ 11:50 am By JD Alois  |  

Kik, a Canada-based chat platform founded in 2009, is poised to raise $125 million in an upcoming Initial Coin Offering (ICO) joining a handful of Token crowdsales that have topped the $100 million mark. Kik has already closed on a presale round that raised only… Read More

August 30, 2017 @ 11:31 am By JD Alois  |  

Fundrise, the very first real estate crowdfunding platform in the US, has re-opened its Income eREIT to investors. The Income eREIT was one of the first two eREITs Fundrise ever issued. Fundrise pretty much launched the real estate crowdfunding sector when it utilized old Regulation… Read More

August 30, 2017 @ 10:34 am By JD Alois  |  

Novume Solutions, a holding company formed as part of the merger between Keystone Solutions and Brekford Traffic Safety, has commenced trading on OTCQX. Keystone Solutions utilized the Reg A+ securities exemption to raise $5.3 million earlier this year. A copy of the Offering Circular is… Read More

August 30, 2017 @ 9:19 am By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), office of Investor Education and Advocacy, is out with a note on the booming Initial Coin Offering market telling investors to beware. The ICO market has grown rapidly with estimates topping $2 billion in token sales this year alone…. Read More

August 30, 2017 @ 9:03 am By JD Alois  |  

KickCity, a multi-platform event and ticketing site, is preparing for an Initial Coin Offering (ICO). The company hopes to raise over $7 million to help fund a new vertical in their portfolio: KICK – a decentralized, transparent and reward-based event token. The Y-Combinator grad says its… Read More

August 30, 2017 @ 2:25 am By JD Alois  |  

TAB  (née Crowdsurfer) is out with an update on the status of alternative finance around the world. According to the data platform, alternative finance remains robust even as their Crowdfunding and Marketplace Finance Index (CAMFI) indicates a slight summer slowdown. CAMFI exhibited a decline last month, dropping… Read More