May 30, 2017 @ 8:11 am By JD Alois  |  

Seedrs, the UKs “most active equity investor into private companies,” has announced a new partnership with NatWest to provide access to capital for British SMEs labeled “Capital Connections”.  Seedrs joins an existing group of alternative finance platforms in the initiative that includes Funding Circle, Assetz… Read More

May 30, 2017 @ 7:39 am By JD Alois  |  

Banco BNI Europa, a Lisbon based digital only banking group, has announced a strategic agreement with Raize, Portugals largest peer to peer lender. Banco BNI Europa will invest €10 million to boost SME lending via Raize over the next two years. The announcement by the… Read More

May 29, 2017 @ 12:12 pm By JD Alois  |  

Finnest continues to experience success with its debt-based “crowdinvesting” platform. The Austrian platform recently listed Risus, GmbH, a medium size health software provider, that is seeking growth capital for the second time on the platform. Founded in 2003, Risus has been experiencing solid growth. “We… Read More

May 29, 2017 @ 10:03 am By JD Alois  |  

In a speech delivered to the Symposium on Asian Banking and Finance, co-hosted by the Monetary Authority of Singapore and the US Federal Reserve Bank of California, Ravi Menon, Managing Director of MAS, spoke about Asian banking and addressed the potential of Fintech to help the… Read More

May 29, 2017 @ 8:52 am By JD Alois  |  

Woomentum, a community for female entrepreneurs, has expanded into Vietnam with the first edition of CrowdfundHer Live which took place in late April. The crowdfunding event in Ho Chi Minh City was said to capture about 200 participants while establishing itself as being one of… Read More

May 28, 2017 @ 3:15 pm By JD Alois  |  

CommonBond, an online lending platform and community that is targeting the student loan space, has launched a new competition that is giving away $10,000. In partnership with Pencils of Promise, CommonBond has launched the Social Impact Award. According to their site, CommonBond and Pencils of… Read More

May 28, 2017 @ 2:58 pm By JD Alois  |  

Mercator Advisory Group is out with brief write up on the status of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Fintech Charter and one sentence in the report pretty much sums it up: “The United States has the most fractured, decentralized, and complicated regulatory… Read More

May 28, 2017 @ 2:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Coming off a two-day event in Warsaw, FutureTech Congress organizers are reporting that Poland aspires to become a Fintech hub in Europe. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Development and Finance (and former banker) Mateusz Morawiecki delivered a speech at the event saying Polish Fintech… Read More

May 27, 2017 @ 2:54 pm By JD Alois  |  

Sondors Electric Car Company has listed another crowdfunding campaign on StartEngine – this time targeting accredited investors under Reg D 506c (Title II of the JOBS Act). Previously, Sondors raised $1 million under Reg CF rules. Under Reg CF, issuing firms have the ability to… Read More

May 27, 2017 @ 1:34 pm By JD Alois  |  

OneGram announced at Consenus this week the world’s first Sharia-compliant, gold-backed digital currency. The company also announced details for its “OGC” token crowdsale which will begin at the onset of Ramadan. The Initial Coin Offer (ICO) will continue for 120 days. OneGram seeks to raise… Read More

May 27, 2017 @ 11:41 am By JD Alois  |  

The SEC Investor Advisory Committee (IAC) has scheduled their next meeting for June 22, 2017, from 9:35AM to 2:35PM at the SEC Headquarters. The meeting is open to the public but will be live-streamed on the SEC website as well. As always, the public is… Read More

May 26, 2017 @ 1:11 pm By JD Alois  |  

MoneyLion has announced new features for its online lending and personal finance App as part of a website and mobile redesign. MoneyLion’s new features have been designed to help their 1 million + users simplify their day-to-day relationship with money and making it easier to build… Read More

May 26, 2017 @ 10:18 am By JD Alois  |  

The European Crowdfunding Network (ECN) has scheduled its Assembly of Members to take place on June 21, 2017. The gathering will be held at the ECN offices in Brussels. All ECN members are invited to stand for and vote on the ECN Board of Directors. The Board… Read More

May 26, 2017 @ 8:57 am By JD Alois  |  

Moscow based ZrCoin says it has raised $3.7 Million with the support of over 1,500 participants via an Initial Coin Offering (ICO) on the Waves Blockchain Platform. ZrCoin reports the money was raised during a two week crowdfunding campaign earlier this month The funding was… Read More

May 26, 2017 @ 7:45 am By JD Alois  |  

The UK housing market has struggled for years as high demand has challenged supply. The markets have reacted naturally by driving housing costs up. Home buyers and renters have struggled to keep up. London has become one of the most expensive property markets in the… Read More

May 25, 2017 @ 7:32 pm By JD Alois  |  

Silver Bullion reports it has now facilitated S$30 million in peer to peer loans secured by precious metals like gold and silver. The Singapore-based platform expects to pay out S$1 million in interest as the loans mature. Lenders are receiving an average return of 3.83%… Read More

May 25, 2017 @ 3:50 pm By JD Alois  |  

Online lender Earnest has closed $175 million in refinanced student loans. The offering received a AA rating on the senior notes by DBRS which is one notch below the highest attainable rating of AAA. Earnest said the transaction was oversubscribed by 3X and traded at… Read More

May 25, 2017 @ 3:31 pm By JD Alois  |  

Money20/20 Europe, has emerged as a pretty big deal in the Fintech space. Last year the event garnered almost 4,000 attendees making it one of the largest alternative finance conferences on the continent. Tracey Davies, Managing Director of Money20/20, claims that this years event will… Read More

May 25, 2017 @ 2:05 pm By JD Alois  |  

Michigan enacted an intrastate investment crowdfunding exemption back in 2013 with broad bipartisan support. But legislators are looking to expand the reach of the current rule by updating the law. According to the Michigan House Republicans, State Representative Bronna Kahle’s new legislation (HB 4305) will broaden… Read More

May 25, 2017 @ 11:28 am By JD Alois  |  

Facebook is ratcheting up the competition with JustGiving and GoFundMe with its own donations-based crowdfunding vertical. According to information posted on the Facebook press page, the social media platform is adding two new categories: Community and Sports. Now users in the US can raise money… Read More