Investment Platforms and Marketplaces

August 21, 2021 @ 12:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

UK-headquartered MarketFinance, one of the world’s largest peer-to-peer (P2P) invoice finance platforms, notes that assisting your clients with getting back on track with their growth plans is a key priority for your accounting company. And making use of the latest UK government financial support for… Read More

August 21, 2021 @ 11:01 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Robo.cash, a Croatian peer-to-peer lender, has shared insights on different investment approaches. In a new blog post, Robo.cash talks about the liquidity strategy. As explained by the P2P lender,  liquidity is one of the “significant factors” that make assets appealing to investors…. Read More

August 21, 2021 @ 9:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The bridging finance sector has changed quite a bit during the past 2 decades. Bridging has gone mainstream and is “constantly growing,” according to an update from Assetz Capital. UK-based Assetz Capital, a marketplace lending platform originating secured loans, notes that in the current  economy, after… Read More

August 20, 2021 @ 3:16 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

DriveWealth Holdings, a provider of fractional trading and embedded finance, this week announced a $450 million Series D with a valuation of $2.85 billion, co-led by New York-based global private equity and venture capital investors Insight Partners and Accel, with significant participation by Greyhound Capital,… Read More

August 20, 2021 @ 12:23 pm By JD Alois  |  

OurCrowd is not only a platform for single investments but a diverse range of funds thus providing investors with immediate portfolio diversification. Two of these funds in which OurCrowd is participating have revealed exits that should be beneficial to investors. OurCrowd points to an article… Read More

August 20, 2021 @ 12:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The art and collectible markets are considerably more “liquidity-starved” when compared to the global equity, gold markets, and other assets. And this problem is even more prevalent in the NFT market, which is its early stages of development. It might take a long time to… Read More

August 20, 2021 @ 9:41 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Goldex, a multi-dealer marketplace for allocated physical gold, reveals that it has introduced a free-of-cost online academy to “democratize” financial literacy around gold. Goldex Academy will be hosting a “dedicated” vault of informative content with insights on how to go about making investments in gold…. Read More

August 19, 2021 @ 3:09 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

European loan marketplace Mintos has secured investment firm and electronic money institution licenses from the Latvian regulator Financial and Capital Market Commission (FCMC). Investors on Mintos have funded close to €7 billion in loans which are issued by more than 90 alternative lending companies to… Read More

August 19, 2021 @ 11:28 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

South African cryptocurrency exchange OVEX, which specializes in over-the-counter (OTC) trading, this week announced a partnership with P2P Fintech Paxful. As part of the agreement, Paxful’s customers will be able to utilize OVEX’s Direct Transfer to Bank mechanism, which allows them to instantly convert their… Read More

August 19, 2021 @ 11:20 am By JD Alois  |  

tZERO, a regulated ATS for digital securities, has scheduled Exodus Movement to commence trading on September 14, 2021. As was previously reported, Exodus a non-custodial cryptocurrency software platform that aims to make cryptocurrency and digital assets easy for everyone, raised $75 million in a Reg… Read More

August 19, 2021 @ 7:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Apifiny, a global digital asset trading network, has unveiled its VIP Early Access Program for Apifiny HEX, a “new class of hybrid digital asset exchange” that’s designed to combine the “best advantages” of centralized and decentralized trading into one, more powerful global trading platform. Eligible… Read More

August 18, 2021 @ 1:29 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Real estate Fintech GROUNDFLOOR, is once again among the fastest growing private companies in the United States. Today, Inc. Magazine revealed GROUNDFLOOR is 2,075th on its list, with 212 per cent revenue growth over the last three years. This marks GROUNDFLOOR’s second consecutive appearance on… Read More

August 17, 2021 @ 1:42 pm By JD Alois  |  

Rialto Markets, a regulated alternative trading system (ATS), is looking to provide liquidity to the crowdfunding sector by enabling retail investors to sell or buy shares in securities issued under the Reg CF and Reg A+ exemptions. Rialto Markets CEO Shari Noonan says it is… Read More

August 16, 2021 @ 2:21 pm By JD Alois  |  

Saum Noursalehi, the CEO of tZERO, has exited the firm, according to a statement by the company. Noursalehi reportedly has submitted his resignation effective August 13, 2021. Noursalehi will also step down from his role on the Board of Directors. The tZERO Board has selected… Read More

August 16, 2021 @ 10:13 am By JD Alois  |  

TWINO, an online lending marketplace based in Latvia, is reporting a record profit of €7.4 million on revenue of €61.6 million. The profit was an increase of 28% versus the year prior while top-line revenue increased by 30% year over year. Anastasija Oļeiņika, CEO of… Read More

August 15, 2021 @ 11:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In June 2021, the team at Bondora, a leading P2P lending platform, had celebrated Go & Grow’s success with more than €10 million invested. And this month in August, they’re celebrating another key milestone: Bondora now has more than 170,000 investors active on its platform…. Read More

August 15, 2021 @ 8:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Prosper, a peer-to-peer lending company that connects borrowers and investors with over $17B in loans issued via its platform, has shared its Performance Update Report for the month of July 2021. As noted in the report prepared by Haiyan Huang from Prosper, dated August 13,… Read More

August 15, 2021 @ 11:59 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Automobile lender Jet Finance reveals that it has launched on European peer-to-peer lending platform Mintos. As mentioned in a blog post by Mintos, the Jet Finance team says it’s pleased to confirm that it has officially gone live on Mintos. According to the update, Jet… Read More

August 14, 2021 @ 1:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nearly 80% of European investors now use digital tools to keep track of their expenses, according to an update from Croatian peer-to-peer lender Robo.cash. Robo.cash notes in a blog post that 78.9% of investors have been monitoring their spending or transactions via an app or… Read More

August 13, 2021 @ 4:11 pm By JD Alois  |  

Bondster, an online investment platform where individuals may invest in secured loans, has launched a secondary trading marketplace, according to a note from the company. The Czech crowdfunding platform now provides greater liquidity for investors enabling them to cash out before the maturity of a… Read More