Investment Platforms and Marketplaces

April 24, 2022 @ 11:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Britannia Financial Group, a global financial services group with head offices in London, is pleased to confirm the acquisition of Alphaplate Ltd, a proprietary tech firm “specializing in cryptocurrency trading.” Alphaplate was established in 2017 and is “a systematic, quantitative market-maker predominately on top tier… Read More

April 24, 2022 @ 8:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently caught up with Marcus New, CEO and Founder of pre-IPO marketplace InvestX. InvestX delivers access, liquidity, and innovation to the private equity asset class via investments in late-stage private equity on a  trading platform, InvestX GEM. InvestX aims to empower broker-dealers and advisors… Read More

April 24, 2022 @ 5:52 pm By JD Alois  |  

This week, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Division of Enforcement, requested an extension pertaining to the disgorgement of funds affiliated with Poloniex. To go back in time a bit, Poloniex is one of the few crypto exchanges that the SEC has targeted with an… Read More

April 24, 2022 @ 4:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at digital assets firm Binance recently noted that they are pleased to announce the appointment of Seth Levy, formerly from Citadel LLC and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), “as Binance’s Head of Market Surveillance.” Seth will be responsible for overseeing efforts “to… Read More

April 23, 2022 @ 10:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

FundGuard, the AI-enhanced SaaS investment management and asset servicing enterprise platform, recently announced that it has finalized a $40 million Series B funding round. The investment round included investors Citi and State Street Corp, who “joined initial investors Blumberg Capital, LionBird Ventures, Team8 Capital, and… Read More

April 22, 2022 @ 11:55 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowdcube has become the first investment crowdfunding platform to be approved under the new European Crowdfunding Service Provider Rules (ECSPR) that went into effect in November of 2021. Crowdcube, a platform that has long operated a subsidiary in Spain, received approval from the Spanish regulator… Read More

April 21, 2022 @ 8:24 am By Omar Faridi  |  

European lender Bondora notes that if you are looking to invest while you’re on the move, then they have an app just for that. The investment platform is introducing the Go & Grow app by Bondora. With the app, users have all they need at… Read More

April 20, 2022 @ 8:58 am By JD Alois  |  

Robinhood (NASDAQ:HOOD) has turned on the feature to enable extended hours of securities trading. The new feature was revealed earlier this month and turned on yesterday. Account holders may now trade during pre-market hours (7AM to 9:30AM ET) and post-market hours (4PM to 8PM ET)… Read More

April 19, 2022 @ 11:14 pm By JD Alois  |  

Robinhood (NASDAQ:HOOD) has agreed to acquire UK Fintech Ziglu. In a blog post today, Robinhood said the acquisition is part of its goal to expand internationally in the UK as well as continental Europe. Ziglu is a regulated e-Money institution that operates as a neobank… Read More

April 19, 2022 @ 5:58 pm By JD Alois  |  

Fundrise, a real estate investment platform that offers a series of targeted funds to retail investors, says Q1 one results were solid even during a choppy market period. As everyone knows, interest rates are moving higher as inflation kicks in. Add some geopolitical conflicts like… Read More

April 19, 2022 @ 4:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CoinDCX, which is among India’s leading players in the cryptocurrency sector, has finalized an oversubscribed round, over $135 million, in their Series D funding. The investment round was led by Pantera and Steadview along with contributions from investors such as Kingsway, DraperDragon, Republic, and Kindred…. Read More

April 19, 2022 @ 9:01 am By JD Alois  |  

Nasdaq Private Market (NPM) has appointed a new Chief Executive Officer – Tom Callahan. According to Nasdaq, Callahan is a financial services veteran with more than 30-years of experience at firms like BlackRock, NYSE Liffe, NYSE Euronext and Merrill Lynch. Most recently, Callahan led the… Read More

April 19, 2022 @ 7:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Bitfinex Derivatives, part iFinex Financial Technologies Limited, has announced the launch of perpetual contracts for Ethereum Classic (ETCF0:USTF0), Anchor Protocol (ANCF0:USTF0), Waves (WAVESF0:USTF0).  Bitfinex is registered in the British Virgin Islands and US individuals may not utilize its services. In general Bitfinex offers new trading… Read More

April 19, 2022 @ 3:01 am By Omar Faridi  |  

PeerBerry’s business partner – real estate developer Lithome – successfully “closed the real estate project ‘Aurea Home’ in the center of Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania.” The real estate loan of EUR 1 million, “plus an interest rate of EUR 91 647 (total amount of… Read More

April 19, 2022 @ 2:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

At the end of February, Debitum had introduced Asset-Backed Securities and by doing so, they reportedly became the first platform in all of Europe that has “managed to offer this kind of financial instrument to the retail market.” Therefore, the Debitum team will represent their… Read More

April 18, 2022 @ 5:52 pm By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfund Insider last reported on the growth of FINRA-regulated Funding Portals at the beginning of 2022. A Funding Portal is a new entity created by the JOBS Act of 2021 designed to issue securities under the Reg CF (Regulation Crowdfunding) – a securities exemption created… Read More

April 18, 2022 @ 9:31 am By JD Alois  |  

WonderFi  (NEO:WNDR; OTC:WONDF) has entered into an agreement to purchase Coinberry, a Canadian digital asset exchange that is regulated and compliant. WonderFi recently acquired Bitbuy – another crypto platform operating in Canada. Coinberry is one of just a handful of compliant crypto marketplaces operating in… Read More

April 18, 2022 @ 7:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

European lender Bondora notes that the collection and recovery efforts in March 2022 set new “record highs” for 2022. The cash collected increased by 61.6% from February 2022, “totaling €1,249,637.” And 77,471 missed payments “were recovered, which is the highest number in Bondora’s history:” The… Read More

April 17, 2022 @ 5:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Funding Societies, which claims to be Southeast Asia’s largest SME digital financing platform, recently announced that it has teamed up Dedoco, a “decentralized” digital document and workflow management platform, in order “to become one of the first FinTech platforms to enable micro, small and medium… Read More

April 15, 2022 @ 11:58 am By JD Alois  |  

  In a tweet, DeFi firm Equilibrium announced a partnership with Republic Crypto, part of the Republic group of companies. 🤝 We're proud to announce our collab with @joinrepublic @RepublicCrypto! 👀 Stay tuned for more exciting news, updates and much more! $EQ #DeFi pic.twitter.com/1PiRYdvV8g —… Read More