August 24, 2017 @ 12:03 am By JD Alois  |  

  FinTech Australia and Next Money, along with the State Government of Victoria, a gearing up for their inaugural week long Fintech event –  Intersekt. The Fintech festival will be taking place in Melbourne, Australia from October 27 to November 3rd if you happen to… Read More

August 23, 2017 @ 4:08 pm By JD Alois  |  

Zopa, the first peer to peer lender to set up shop in the UK, has filed its annual accounts for 2016, and according to their numbers business is looking better. Top line revenue improved by 61% jumping to £33.2 million for 2016. The operating loss… Read More

August 23, 2017 @ 8:58 am By JD Alois  |  

The FileCoin Initial Coin Offering, listed on Coinlist, now stands at over $200 million invested. FileCoin is already one of the largest ICO’s ever having quickly raised this incredible sum. After a temporary pause and a bumpy start on Coinlist caused by excess demand, Filecoin… Read More

August 22, 2017 @ 9:59 pm By JD Alois  |  

FinTech Australia has announced that the EY FinTech Australia Census 2017 is underway to help create a more vibrant Fintech industry down under. The two groups are asking that all industry participants complete the questionnaire before September 3rd. So you better hurry. This years survey… Read More

August 22, 2017 @ 9:30 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Credo Initial Coin Offering (ICO), listed on Bitbounce, is in full swing having currently raised over $8 million.  But Credo organizers want more. In less than 3 5 days, Credo wants to push that number to over $10 million. According to a note distributed by… Read More

August 22, 2017 @ 9:29 am By JD Alois  |  

Lawrence Wintermeyer has stepped down as CEO of Innovate Finance. Wintermeyer has been in the leadership role for the past two years following in the footsteps of the inaugural CEO Claire Cockerton. The UK based association for the global Fintech industry announced that Charlotte Crosswell… Read More

August 22, 2017 @ 8:43 am By JD Alois  |  

RiverNorth is out with an encouraging note on its fund that invests in marketplace lending platform loans. As of the end of July 2017, RiverNorth’s portfolio consisted of 10,173 loans, with an average loan size of $10,176. The RiverNorth Marketplace Lending (NASDAQ:RMPLX) is designed to provide… Read More

August 22, 2017 @ 8:30 am By JD Alois  |  

Making Revenue Sharing Investments Accessible to Everyone Today, Startwise, the newest FINRA approved Reg CF platform, has officially launched a marketplace where you can invest in companies you care about for as little as $100. The newest entrant into the crowdfunding sector joins a growing list… Read More

August 22, 2017 @ 8:22 am By JD Alois  |  

Fintech Funding Fintechs Invesdor has listed a new investment opportunity on its European crowdfunding platform. Sharpfin AB, a Stockholm based Fintech, is seeking funding to develop the next generation of wealth management software. Sharpfin sees a finance industry that is riddled with high maintenance legacy… Read More

August 22, 2017 @ 1:36 am By JD Alois  |  

At some point in the coming weeks, the regulatory regime for investment crowdfunding (also referred to as Crowd-Sourced Funding at times) will change. The updates will be an improvement over the existing environment for businesses looking to raise capital online in Australia. Igniteme is the… Read More

August 21, 2017 @ 6:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF) has become the standard by which everyone measures the growth and aggregate success of the alternative finance industry. Cambridge was the first major institution to capture a snapshot, both qualitatively and quantitatively, on the emergence of crowdfunding, online… Read More

August 21, 2017 @ 3:15 pm By JD Alois  |  

Last week, Funding Circle celebrated seven years of operation. Launched in August of 2010, three friends from university concocted the concept of peer to peer lending in support of UK SMEs. That first year of operation saw a mere £2 million in loans originated. Today,… Read More

August 21, 2017 @ 2:40 am By JD Alois  |  

ExitValley is leveraging its own platform to raise growth capital for the young investment crowdfunding site. According to the campaign page; “2 years after we pioneered Israel‘s first Crowdinvesting platform, new government regulations are now in place that allow everyone to invest in Start-ups. We… Read More

August 20, 2017 @ 9:24 pm By JD Alois  |  

IVC, one of the original venture capital firms on Sand Hill Road in Silicon Valley, is poised to take a substantial stake in Fintech unicorn Transferwise. This is a according to a report by Sky News that indicated IVP would invest approximately $60 million in the… Read More

August 20, 2017 @ 1:03 pm By JD Alois  |  

Regulation D, or Reg D as everyone calls it, is probably the most powerful capital raising exemption in the US. Just about every single successful early stage company has leveraged Reg D in its various iterations. In 2013, the SEC enacted final rules for Title… Read More

August 20, 2017 @ 10:24 am By JD Alois  |  

Singapore based KyberNetwork, a decentralized exchange for the instant trading of any cryptocurrency, informs us they will be closing their Initial Coin Offering (ICO) whitelist registration three days earlier than planned, “due to a massive number of registrations.” The KyberNetwork public token sale is scheduled… Read More

August 19, 2017 @ 5:06 pm By JD Alois  |  

American Homeowner Preservation (AHP) has announced they have temporarily suspended accepting new investments. AHP is company that purchases distressed mortgages, typically at a steep discount, and then works with homeowners to find a solution to get the loans performing again. In operation since 2008, AHP… Read More

August 18, 2017 @ 3:14 pm By JD Alois  |  

Portland based Simple is going through a restructuring of sorts. According to a blog post by Simple’s co-founder and CEO Josh Reich, they made the mistake of acting too much like a bank. This wrong turn in the life of their company created some issues… Read More

August 18, 2017 @ 12:10 pm By JD Alois  |  

Elio Motors, Inc. (OTC QX:ELIO), the first Reg A+ issuer to list on a public marketplace following a crowdfunded offering, has filed a Form S-1 with the SEC indicating its intent to sell additional shares in the company. Elio also revealed its intent to list its… Read More

August 18, 2017 @ 11:38 am By JD Alois  |  

BlockMason is moving full steam ahead with their Initial Coin Offering (ICO) that will apparently be open to US purchasers. BlockMason is developing the Credit Protocol (CP) and associated Credit Protocol Token (CPT). With Credit Protocol, BlockMason says it has taken the “next logical step… Read More