Investment Platforms and Marketplaces

December 2, 2022 @ 8:30 am By JD Alois  |  

CrowdProperty, a property investment platform,  has appointed Richard Sinfield as Head of Compliance. The company said the new hire represents its commitment of the business to operating with the highest ethical standards and levels of transparency. Seinfield said CrowdProperty has an excellent reputation in the… Read More

December 1, 2022 @ 11:57 pm By JD Alois  |  

Atish Davda, CEO and founder of EquityZen, a secondary market for private securities, says now is the time for people to invest in private firms. While public markets have tanked since the beginning of the year, experiencing exceptional volatility in recent months, and private markets… Read More

December 1, 2022 @ 5:40 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) reports that the US District Court for the Southern District of New York has entered a consent order for a permanent injunction, restitution, and equitable relief against Jeremy Spence of Bristol, Rhode Island, who conducted business as Coin Signals…. Read More

December 1, 2022 @ 5:19 pm By JD Alois  |  

According to multiple reports, Coinsquare, a top Canadian crypto exchange, was the target of a hack where customer information was taken, but no passwords or funds were stolen. Coinsquare is Canada’s first IIROC-regulated crypto marketplace. On November 19th, Coinsquare said they witnessed “unusual activity” on… Read More

December 1, 2022 @ 4:35 pm By JD Alois  |  

Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) has taken to Twitter to criticize Apple (NASDAQ:APPL) because it has blocked its most recent App update as Coinbase moved to evade app store fees. Coinbase said that Apple does not understand how NFTs and blockchain work, and thus Apple is in the wrong…. Read More

December 1, 2022 @ 11:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance, which claims to be the world’s “leading” blockchain ecosystem and cryptocurrency infrastructure provider, announced it has “acquired 100% of Sakura Exchange BitCoin (SEBC), the Japanese-registered crypto exchange service provider.” Through this acquisition, Binance enters “the Japanese market, as a Japan Financial Services Agency (JFSA)… Read More

December 1, 2022 @ 10:08 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Gillian Lynch, Head of Ireland and EU at Gemini, notes that they are pleased to announce that Gemini has “registered as a Virtual Currency Operator with Italy’s payments services regulator, the Organismo Agenti E Mediatori (OAM), and as a custodial wallet provider and provider of exchange services… Read More

December 1, 2022 @ 9:15 am By JD Alois  |  

Singapore-based Funding Societies has surpassed THB 1 Billion (USD $27.8 million) in online lending in Thailand, according to a note from the company. Funding Societies secured a license in Thailand in 2021. Funding Societies is a platform providing access to capital for SMEs in multiple… Read More

December 1, 2022 @ 8:59 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Over the last year, the team at Assetz Capital have finally seen “substantial rises” in bank interest rates after well over ten years of them “languishing at near zero levels.” Assetz Capital noted in a blog post that this has led to the Access Accounts… Read More

December 1, 2022 @ 7:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Mintos are pleased to announce an improvement to how the Mintos Risk Score is displayed on the platform. Previously, they displayed Mintos Risk Scores “as whole numbers, for example, 7. But now, [they] display all Mintos Risk Scores rounded to one decimal… Read More

November 30, 2022 @ 4:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Rialto Markets, a broker-dealer that specializes in online capital formation, has announced a partnership with Rubicon Carbon, LLC. Rialto will serve as the tech provider for the issuance of the assets. According to a note from the firm, the partners will launch market-based products for… Read More

November 30, 2022 @ 3:36 pm By JD Alois  |  

Kraken, the third largest crypto exchange according to Coinmarketcap, has decided to reduce its workforce by 1100 employees representing approximately 30% of its headcount. The reduction in employees was revealed in a blog post today by Kraken CEO and co-founder Jesse Powell. Powell said the… Read More

November 30, 2022 @ 11:53 am By JD Alois  |  

Binance recently announced the creation of an “Industry Recovery Fund” following the collapse of FTX and the collateral damage it has caused to the cryptocurrency industry. Several other platforms have indicated they have been impacted by the bankruptcy of FTX, and several have shut down… Read More

November 29, 2022 @ 11:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In October, Bondora reveals it “saw favorable increases in investments and originations. Originations exceeded €15M, and investments €14M.” This puts Bondora on track “for a good Q4 in 2022.” Spanish originations “exceeded 1M once again.” In contrast to September, investments “for all products increased in… Read More

November 29, 2022 @ 9:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Credifiel, which claims to be one of the largest Mexican payroll lending companies specializing in loans for government employees whose loan repayments are deducted directly from their salaries, has “launched a cashback offer.” For a limited time, you can “earn a cashback for investments in… Read More

November 29, 2022 @ 8:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

A microfinance company, A Credit, launched by Aventus Group in the Republic of Kazakhstan in February 2022, joins the PeerBerry platform. A Credit will “offer PeerBerry investors investments in short-term loans with an 11.5% annual return.” A Credit loans offered to PeerBerry investors “include a… Read More

November 29, 2022 @ 4:55 pm By JD Alois  |  

  Senator Ron Wyden, the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance, has sent letters to several crypto exchanges which operate in the US pressing them on consumer protection concerns in the wake of the bankruptcy of FTX. Senator Wyden contacted the following crypto exchanges; … Read More

November 29, 2022 @ 12:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Prosper notes that they’re sharing performance data from the Prosper Portfolio for October 2022. Highlights from the Prosper Performance Update – October 2022: Dollar % of AA-B rated loan originations in October comprised approximately 63% of total loan originations, representing a 102… Read More

November 29, 2022 @ 12:21 pm By JD Alois  |  

LendingRobot has been acquired by Lime Financial. According to an email, Lime Financial is now the majority owner of the company. Details of the transaction were not provided. LendingRobot was previously part of Lend Academy Investments, LLC dba NSR Invest. Lend Academy also operates the… Read More

November 29, 2022 @ 10:17 am By JD Alois  |  

Bitfront, a US-based crypto exchange and yield provider, has decided to shut down. Bitfront is just the latest casualty during a time of crypto contagion following the collapse of multiple large digital asset platforms. Bitfront, previously known as BITBOX – located in Singapore, is a subsidiary… Read More