April 17, 2017 @ 3:55 pm By JD Alois  |  

Are you looking at purchasing a home? Do you not quite have enough cash on hand to purchase the home you really want? If this is the case, there may be a solution to your challenge as Unison may be willing to provide a portion… Read More

April 17, 2017 @ 12:49 pm By JD Alois  |  

Deloitte’s recent report on Fintech Hubs entitled A tale of 44 cities – Connecting Global FinTech: Interim Hub Review 2017 indicated that London remained at the top of the list with Singapore closely behind it and obviously hoping to become number one. But alongside the original 20… Read More

April 17, 2017 @ 9:38 am By JD Alois  |  

Dallas based MoneyGram (NASDAQ:MGI), a global provider of money transfer services, has become quite popular. This past January, Alibaba’s Ant Financial subsidiary announced it had offered the firm $13.25 per share to acquire the company. The two companies had entered into a definitive agreement to… Read More

April 17, 2017 @ 8:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Nearly two years ago, GOKey launched a perk-based crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo. The concept was fairly simple: a piece of hardware that you keep on your key-ring to replace all those different cables we constantly carry to charge and connect our smartphones. The targeted funding… Read More

April 17, 2017 @ 7:35 am By JD Alois  |  

The Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) has announced it is now accepting applications for its ‘FinTech Hive at DIFC’ accelerator program. The announcement comes after DIFC received registered interest from more than 200 companies since it opened its doors in January. The 12-week program is… Read More

April 17, 2017 @ 2:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Last week at the International Fintech Conference in London, Mark Carney, Governor of the Bank of England, delivered a speech on what he and the bank is doing to assure that Fintech innovation survives in the world’s leading Fintech Hub. Carney is an early convert… Read More

April 16, 2017 @ 8:37 pm By JD Alois  |  

In a series of reports, ChinaNews is pointing to the increasing scrutiny of the Chinese government regarding financial fraud and over-all malpractice. In March there was the case of the “first and high profile” peer to peer lending fraud case where 41 people associated with Baiyin… Read More

April 16, 2017 @ 3:01 pm By JD Alois  |  

First Successful Arbitration Settlement Against a Crowdfunding Scofflaw Prominent crowdfunding marketing firm Funded Today is perhaps the most successful agency in their space today. Having helped to direct more than 300 perk-based crowdfunding campaigns to financial success, Funded Today has now been instrumental in raising… Read More

April 16, 2017 @ 12:45 pm By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfunding is a global phenomenon but it is obviously evolving at different speeds in different countries. Africa is one region where the new form of finance can be utilized to benefit the economy.  A recent report published by the CrowdfundingHub highlights a single country in… Read More

April 14, 2017 @ 5:17 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Federal Reserve has published a report on the state of small business credit. The Small Business Credit Survey (SBCS), a national collaboration of the 12 Federal Reserve Banks, is designed to provide information on small business financing needs, decisions, and outcomes to policy makers. The… Read More

April 14, 2017 @ 2:30 pm By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfunding platforms in the US have been unable to accept investments via credit cards thus streamlining the process of purchasing securities online. That is until now. Vantiv (NYSE:VNTV), a Cincinannit based payment processor, has decided to facilitate these transactions. In a recent update by FundAmerica,… Read More

April 14, 2017 @ 10:43 am By JD Alois  |  

Renren (NYSE: RENN), an early investor in the first Fintech unicorn SoFi, recently announced it had sold preferred shares in SoFi to investors on April 4th. The transaction was completed in conjunction with SoFi’s $500 million funding round. Renren is an early investor in SoFi which… Read More

April 14, 2017 @ 9:09 am By JD Alois  |  

  LendIt, the global lending and Fintech conference, has announced the official launch of the Asian edition of their Fintech startup competition, PitchIt, in association with JadeValue, a Shanghai-based Fintech incubator. The competition is for all early stage Fintech startups in Asia-Pacific. PitchIt will take… Read More

April 14, 2017 @ 8:05 am By JD Alois  |  

Financial Innovation Now (FIN) has submitted their recommendations to Senators Crapo and Brown, the Chair and Ranking Member on the Senate Banking Committee, as to how best to improve Economic Growth. The proposals follow a public request by the two Senators asking members of the public… Read More

April 13, 2017 @ 5:44 pm By JD Alois  |  

Lending Club (NYSE:LC), the largest marketplace lending platform in the US, has scheduled its Q1 2017 earnings call for Thursday, May 4, 2017. Earnings will be released that day after market close. Lending Club will host a conference call to discuss the first quarter financial… Read More

April 13, 2017 @ 3:40 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has filed a regulatory notice and a request for comments regarding capital formation. The review includes aspects of the JOBS Act and crowdfunding. FINRA said the request for comments was part of its FINRA360 initiative, a comprehensive review of… Read More

April 13, 2017 @ 2:52 pm By JD Alois  |  

LendingClub (NYSE:LC) has not only provided a new option to gain access to credit for both consumers and small business but it has helped to create a new asset class by allowing smaller investors an option to invest in small loans. Today a majority of… Read More

April 13, 2017 @ 12:34 pm By JD Alois  |  

BrewDog released impressive news this week. The UK-based craft brewery received £213 million for a 22% investment from private equity firm TSG – an entity with $5 billion in assets under management. The investment delivered a £1 billion valuation on the fast growing brewery –… Read More

April 13, 2017 @ 8:35 am By JD Alois  |  

Assetz Capital, a UK-based peer-to-peer finance platforms, has raised the interest rate on its 30 Day Access Account (30DAA) by 0.5% to 4.75% for a limited time.  The 30DAA allows peer-to-peer lenders to invest automatically in loans and features automatic diversification to spread risk. The… Read More

April 13, 2017 @ 8:07 am By JD Alois  |  

  Riga-based 4finance Holding S.A., a large online and mobile consumer lending group, has placed and priced $325 million of senior unsecured 5 year fixed rate notes. These notes mature in 2022 and were issued with a 10.75% yield, at par. 4finance reports that net… Read More