December 14, 2016 @ 12:53 pm By JD Alois  |  

Fitch Ratings is out with a note on the recently announced Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) Fintech charter. The OCC has crafted a document to allow digital banks to become regulated entities by receiving federal bank charters. Fitch is of the opinion the Fintech charter… Read More

December 14, 2016 @ 11:08 am By JD Alois  |  

The National Crowdfunding Association of Canada (NCFA) has published a report on the status of crowdfunding and other forms of alternative finance including online lending. The research was said to become an annual project; “This is the inaugural report of NCFA’s annual exercise in providing… Read More

December 14, 2016 @ 9:07 am By JD Alois  |  

Patch of Land, a real estate crowdfunding platform, has filed a Form D (506c) with the SEC to raise $3.2 million in debt capital. According to the document, Patch of Land has already raised $1.5 million. A minimum investment threshold has been set at $250,000…. Read More

December 14, 2016 @ 8:18 am By JD Alois  |  

Global investment crowdfunding platform Eureeca has funded its first Dutch company. Adtech firm Cabture has raised €212,051 from 44 investors from eight different countries after 64 days of campaigning and pitching via Eureeca. The Cabture crowdfunding offer is still open as it has shifted into over-funding mode…. Read More

December 14, 2016 @ 7:30 am By JD Alois  |  

All in one cloud platform for insurance One, Inc., has raised $20 million from two very large insurance companies.  AXA Strategic Ventures (ASV), the VC fund backed by AXA, and MassMutual Ventures, the venture firm offshoot of Massachusetts Mutual Life. Earlier investor H&Q Asia Pacific also… Read More

December 14, 2016 @ 5:48 am By JD Alois  |  

ThinkMarkets Launch EA Buyback Campaign ThinkMarkets, a multi-asset brokerage, has launched an “EA Buyback initiative” designed to give FX traders more control through manual trading. The campaign is said to easily facilitate current Robo-Traders to switch over to ThinkMarkets’ ThinkTrader service. ThinkMarkets’ EA said their push comes… Read More

December 13, 2016 @ 10:46 pm By JD Alois  |  

According to multiple reports, the Italian Stability Law for 2017 extends investment crowdfunding to all small and medium companies that want to raise capital online. Previously only “innovative” SMEs were able to raise capital online but now crowdfunding will be opened up to the 136,000… Read More

December 13, 2016 @ 11:25 am By JD Alois  |  

Earlier this month Crowdfund Insider reported that VidAngel had raised $5 million from investors crowdfunding under Reg A+ in just 28 hours. VidAngel went on to raise $10 million from over 7500 smaller investors. Today, VidAngel has received some bad news as a court order is… Read More

December 13, 2016 @ 10:37 am By JD Alois  |  

uFundingPortal (UFP, LLC), disappeared from the ranks of approved Reg CF crowdfunding platforms in early November. Before their removal, a multitude of crowdfunding industry insiders questioned the operation and the investment offers posted on the site. The posted investments lacked transparency while proposing valuations and… Read More

December 13, 2016 @ 8:26 am By JD Alois  |  

Oval Medical raised £1,118,647 in August 2014 crowdfunding on SyndicateRoom. The offer saw the participation of 40 SyndicateRoom investors. The company offered 25% equity in the EIS qualified investment.  Today Oval is announcing it has been acquired by SMC Ltd., a US-based contract manufacturer in… Read More

December 13, 2016 @ 7:56 am By JD Alois  |  

Online balance sheet lender, Nucleus Commercial Finance, is now offering a range of specialist products for the education sector. The education finance portfolio has been designed by Nucleus to allow education providers the ability to receive advances and secure a line of credit against their… Read More

December 13, 2016 @ 7:37 am By JD Alois  |  

Singapore-based Kapital Boost, an Islamic SME crowdfunding platform, has received a Shariah pronouncement from the Financial Shariah Advisory & Consultancy (FSAC) on its “Murabaha” crowdfunding structure. Murabaha is an acceptable form of credit sale under Islamic religious law. Financial Shariah Advisory and Consultancy (FSAC) was introduced… Read More

December 12, 2016 @ 10:40 pm By JD Alois  |  

Equidate has settled with the SEC for selling unregistered swaps involving pre-IPO companies. The San Francisco-based Fintech firm agreed to settle the charges it had violated federal securities laws by failing to register security-based swaps that were sold online to shareholders in pre-IPO companies. Equidate stopped offering security-based… Read More

December 12, 2016 @ 2:29 pm By JD Alois  |  

ApplePie Capital has signed a $180 million loan purchase agreement with TowerBrook Capital while simultaneously announcing the closing of a $16.5 million Series B funding round. The TowerBrook funding will come from its Structured Opportunities Fund and a credit facility provided by SunTrust Banks, Inc…. Read More

December 12, 2016 @ 1:29 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has launched a market study to review the mortgage sector. The research hopes to determine whether or not there is sufficient competition in this sector of finance.  Competition helps consumers as providers are compelled to provide better services.  When a… Read More

December 12, 2016 @ 9:55 am By JD Alois  |  

The Federal Reserve released a report on Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) or Blockchain last week. The document reviews the potential and challenges for the new technology to disrupt and benefit financial services.  The Federal Reserve is correctly reviewing DLT – just as other central banks… Read More

December 12, 2016 @ 8:45 am By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced that Enforcement Director Andrew J. Ceresney will depart the agency by the end of the year. Ceresney has been with the SEC for four years as the head of SEC Enforcement – the largest division of the… Read More

December 12, 2016 @ 8:12 am By JD Alois  |  

uFundingPortal (UFP LLC) went off-line last month after receiving regulatory approval to operate as a Reg CF funding portal earlier this year.  Crowdfund Insider reported the disappearance of the site in November as questionable companies were listed with bare bones information and outlandish valuations. Industry… Read More

December 11, 2016 @ 7:01 pm By JD Alois  |  

Alternative finance using asset-backed lending has hit a record high of £4.3 billion – up  22% versus year prior.Total asset-based finance hits £20.7 billion, another all-time high, as the Government Bank Referral Scheme kicks in. Nine of the UK’s  biggest banks will be required to pass… Read More

December 11, 2016 @ 6:21 pm By JD Alois  |  

The SEC Small Business Advocate Act of 2016 or HR 3784 passed the Senate on Friday (December 9, 2016) as part of a last-minute legislative push before Congress adjourns for the holiday season. The bill passed the House earlier this year meaning the bill will… Read More