Investment Platforms and Marketplaces

March 8, 2022 @ 5:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Capchase asks if you have been looking into more alternative financing firms and if so, then you are not alone. This, as the financing market is evolving “to include players beyond traditional banks.” At Capchase, they receive many questions about alternative financing… Read More

March 8, 2022 @ 4:09 pm By JD Alois  |  

Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) has published a blog post on how it uses technology to adhere to sanctions compliance. The post follows the many economic sanctions that have been applied to Russia, and Belarus, following the unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. Coinbase notes that it has blocked over… Read More

March 8, 2022 @ 2:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

UK’s investment platform easyMoney notes that we are in the middle of a cost-of-living crisis and prices are increasing on just about everything we purchase so putting away extra funds into a savings pot might “not be at the top of your list, but it… Read More

March 8, 2022 @ 8:30 am By JD Alois  |  

FOLK2FOLK, a peer-to-peer lender that aims to provide access to capital for UK SMEs, says it anticipates a £1.98 million profit for its 2021 fiscal year approximately 2X versus the year prior. Subject to audit, this is expected to be the company’s largest annual profit… Read More

March 8, 2022 @ 8:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

European lender Mintos has posted its monthly publication that offers an overview of what’s been happening on the platform, “including recent investor activity, educational topics, and more.” Here are the main takeaways: Investors are now “able to donate to help the people in Ukraine and… Read More

March 7, 2022 @ 4:02 pm By JD Alois  |  

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued a statement pertaining to EQONEX Limited and the Binance Group stating that Bifinity will advance a USD $36 million in a convertible loan to EQONEX. EQONEX is a firm based in Singapore that is listed on the NASDAQ… Read More

March 7, 2022 @ 11:46 am By JD Alois  |  

Digital security marketplace tZERO ATS has started trading Myra Park, a property development in Dallas, Texas. Myra Park is being developed by MarketSpace Capital and is said to be the first security to commence trading on tZERO ATS following the launch of its self-clearing operations…. Read More

March 7, 2022 @ 11:06 am By JD Alois  |  

European investment platform, Estateguru has announced the launch of its services in the UK while opening an office in Manchester. Estateguru is based in Estonia but has long operated across Europe including Germany, Spain, Portugal, Finland, and, of course, Estonia. The company is known for… Read More

March 7, 2022 @ 8:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Viritech, a Cleantech investment opportunity in the global hydrogen economy, has raised 141% (£1,414,140) of its £1,000,000 target via Crowdcube from 772 investors (at the time of writing) with 11 days left in the firm’s crowdfunding campaign. Viritiech claims that it has “a world-class engineering… Read More

March 7, 2022 @ 8:48 am By JD Alois  |  

Linked Finance, a peer-to-peer lending platform serving SMEs in Ireland, has announced the launch of a new service allowing clients the ability to borrow against card payments. According to Linked Finance, Merchant Cash Advance will allow businesses to borrow a lump sum and then repay… Read More

March 7, 2022 @ 8:25 am By Omar Faridi  |  

PeerBerry business partner – real estate developer SIB Group – has “successfully closed the real estate project “Bukčiai” in Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania.” The real estate loan of €2 million plus interest rate €199,746 (total amount €2,199,746) was “repaid to PeerBerry investors on March… Read More

March 6, 2022 @ 6:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in the Philippines has reportedly granted crowdfunding permits to SeedIn Technology and Eastern Securities Development Corporation. The licenses should allow the business entities to serve as crowdfunding intermediaries and provide crowdfunding portals, offering the Southeast Asian country’s SMEs with… Read More

March 4, 2022 @ 11:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Pärtel Tomberg, CEO at European lender Bondora, notes that the news of the Russian invasion of Ukraine has “sent shock waves around the world.” Bondora‘s CEO writes in a blog post that their thoughts “go out to everyone who is affected, and [they’re] committed to… Read More

March 4, 2022 @ 9:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

After closing the month of February 2022, the team at Robo.cash has shared their latest platform updates, as well as some of their recent results. Robocash noted in an update: Plarform investors funded loans worth 15M euro. 685 people started investing via Robocash. Investors earned… Read More

March 4, 2022 @ 8:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In order to assist investors, company founders, and workers with making informed decisions and benchmark past performance, Carta has shared key insights from their private market data. Carta points out in an extensive report that this past year saw an “astonishing new high in rounds… Read More

March 4, 2022 @ 8:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UK-based MarketFinance notes that while consumer apps have undergone major digital transformation over the past decade, many B2B experiences have “remained largely offline and clunky.” MarketFinance writes in a blog post that they have “grown used to consumer experiences being unlocked with a few taps,… Read More

March 4, 2022 @ 8:22 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

BlockFi, a crypto-financial services company, this week released its third edition of the Real Talk survey, a quarterly series focused on understanding changing consumer sentiment towards crypto, investing and other related topics. Real Talk: Women x Crypto 2.0 asked female Americans about their current motivations,… Read More

March 2, 2022 @ 4:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital asset firm Gemini is pleased to confirm that they are now supporting Solana (SOL) trading. Solana (SOL) is currently available for trading via their API/FIX and ActiveTrader apps for USD trading pairs, and on the Gemini Mobile App and website “for USD, GBP, EUR,… Read More

March 2, 2022 @ 8:34 am By JD Alois  |  

EstateGuru, a marketplace lending platform that provides secured loans pairing investors with borrowers, has signed a partnership with Raisin Bank – a banking as a service provider operated by global Fintech Raisin. According to EstateGuru, the Frankfort-based Raisin Bank will provide services to Estate Guru’s… Read More

February 28, 2022 @ 8:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently connected with Neeraj Khandelwal, Co-founder of CoinDCX, one of India’s largest digital asset exchanges. As covered in August 2021, CoinDCX turned into India’s first crypto unicorn following a $90 million investment round led by Facebook Inc. co-founder Eduardo Saverin and B Capital Group… Read More