July 10, 2017 @ 11:30 am By JD Alois  |  

Starting at today (July 10, 2017), One Spark is now accepting applications for Creators interested in sharing their innovations at the 2017 festival scheduled to take place October 6-7 in Jacksonville, Florida at the U.S. Assure Club West at EverBank Field. The application process closes on… Read More

July 10, 2017 @ 11:04 am By JD Alois  |  

The non-profit International RegTech Association (IRTA), incorporated in Switzerland in May, has launched to provide a united community of individuals and organizations, with a shared vision to innovate, advance, and influence the future of Regulatory Technology (Regtech).  Regtech is a vital aspect of financial services…. Read More

July 10, 2017 @ 8:16 am By JD Alois  |  

Seedrs has announced that it will be the sole equity finance provider in a new partnership with Fidor Bank, a challenger bank that launched in the UK back in 2015. Nutmeg, an online wealth manager, will also be joining Seedrs on Fidor’s new marketplace. The two platforms… Read More

July 9, 2017 @ 6:34 pm By JD Alois  |  

Equity crowdfunding and beer, or breweries in general, are a natural fit, so it would seem. Beer lovers have a tendency to be rather faithful to their preferred brew. Give them a chance to own shares in the company (along with a free beer or… Read More

July 9, 2017 @ 4:23 pm By JD Alois  |  

Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. (BBH), the 200 year old financial service firm, has announced that Managing Director, Michael McGovern, has been appointed Head of the Firm’s Investor Services Fintech offerings, which include middle office services, Infomediary, and software-as-a-service technology solutions for asset managers and… Read More

July 9, 2017 @ 3:43 pm By JD Alois  |  

Described as the next milestone for the alternative finance platform, Finnest, an SME online debt-based crowdfunding platform, has been selected by Polytechnic Luft- und Feuerungstechnik GmbH to provide growth funding. Investors may now invest in an internationally leading biomass, green energy firm; “We are very… Read More

July 8, 2017 @ 6:05 pm By JD Alois  |  

  This past Thursday at the Dorchester Hotel in London, the UK Business Angels Association’s (UKBAA) annual UK Angel Investment Awards took place. Fourteen awards were  presented by Emma Sinclair MBE, the youngest person in the UK to have created a public company. Jenny Tooth OBE,… Read More

July 7, 2017 @ 4:47 pm By JD Alois  |  

Below is the copy of the letter Paul Mathieson, the CEO of IEG, sent to Scott Sanborn, CEO of LendingClub, and the LendingClub Board of Directors. In the letter, Mathieson declares his intent to commence a tender offer for up to 9.99% of LendingClub (NYSE:LC)… Read More

July 7, 2017 @ 4:22 pm By JD Alois  |  

LendingClub (NYSE: LC) has announced that on June 29, 2017, its Board of Directors received a letter from IEG Holdings Corporation (IEG) stating its intention to acquire up to 9.99% of the outstanding common stock of LendingClub on the basis of two shares of IEG common stock… Read More

July 7, 2017 @ 3:30 pm By JD Alois  |  

Earlier this week while reviewing the status of NextSeed’s crowdfunding offers I noticed the company is expanding its physical presence beyond Texas. After confirming with the platform, NextSeed now has an office in both San Francisco and Los Angeles. Their HQ is based in Houston… Read More

July 7, 2017 @ 3:05 pm By JD Alois  |  

SoFi has announced the closure of Zenbanx, a digital only bank just acquired at the beginning of 2017 for an undisclosed sum. In a notice posted on the Zenbanx website, the company explained it had decided to close all US bank accounts effective August 31st:… Read More

July 7, 2017 @ 11:46 am By JD Alois  |  

The UK Department for International Trade has announced that the UK has attracted more foreign direct investment (FDI) projects than ever before for the year 2016 to 2017. This is encouraging news in light of Brexit and the looming changes regarding the UK’s relationship with continental Europe…. Read More

July 7, 2017 @ 11:23 am By JD Alois  |  

Marlette Funding, LLC, an online consumer lending platform and service provider, has closed its third securitization from its proprietary “MFT” shelf. Marlette states that approximately $369 million of BestEgg unsecured personal loan collateral was financed via three classes of Notes and one class of Certificates with… Read More

July 7, 2017 @ 8:16 am By JD Alois  |  

While some Fintech firms have started with online lending only to push into other verticals, BNI Europa – a digital only challenger bank – went the banking route first and is now providing consumer credit. Announced today, “Puzzle“, as it has been named, is the… Read More

July 7, 2017 @ 7:48 am By JD Alois  |  

Assetz Capital, a fast growing peer-to-peer finance platform, has outlined its intent to further develop its nationwide broker network, supported by its rapidly growing Regional Relationship Director team. The P2P lender explains that since 2014 brokers have played a key role in referring many small… Read More

July 6, 2017 @ 4:49 pm By JD Alois  |  

NextSeed, a Reg CF crowdfunding platform based in Houston, Texas, has successfully funded every issuer it has listed on its platform. As far as we know, there are only two other Reg CF platforms that can claim the 100% funded accomplishment today. NextSeed is a… Read More

July 6, 2017 @ 2:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

There is a bill circulating in Congress that may dramatically impact Reg A+ utilization – the crowdfunding rule that currently allows issuers to raise up to $50 million in a scaled disclosure environment. Sponsored by House Representatives Kyrsten Sinema and Trey Hollingsworth, the bill (HR… Read More

July 6, 2017 @ 11:27 am By JD Alois  |  

Experian and Orchard Platform have announced a “strategic collaboration” designed to give institutional investors access to Experian’s consumer credit data. Orchard’s clients will now be able to use depersonalized credit data for ongoing monitoring of borrower creditworthiness for loans in existing portfolios. Additionally, Experian will… Read More

July 6, 2017 @ 11:11 am By JD Alois  |  

Starta Accelerator has announced that during the ICO of Cross Coin, a Singapore-based company, $5 million in cryptocurrency was raised for investment in the tech start-ups within Starta Accelerator, a Russian and US initiative. The offer was announced this past June. Starta reported that $1.5 million… Read More

July 6, 2017 @ 10:34 am By JD Alois  |  

Seedrs is one of the largest investment crowdfunding platforms in the UK. It is also one of the largest platforms in the world. Today, Seedrs is celebrating its 5th year of operation. Over the years the platform has experimented and grown its online funding business… Read More