Investment Platforms and Marketplaces

July 19, 2021 @ 12:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at European P2P lending platform Bondora reveals that it has been another solid month of growth for recoveries. Bondora, which has seen nearly 170,000 people invest more than €455 million and have reportedly earned €54 million to date, reports that the amount of… Read More

July 18, 2021 @ 11:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Kuflink Group, a platform that connects borrowers with lenders, by providing a steady flow of accessible finance and competitive interest rates, notes that their tech team has worked hard to bring new features. Kuflink‘s management writers in a blog post that together, with users’ feedback,… Read More

July 18, 2021 @ 10:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

UK-based MarketFinance, one of the world’s largest peer-to-peer (P2P) invoice finance platforms, acknowledges that they understand the “stresses” and “frustrations” that small businesses go through on daily basis. Although they cannot fix everything, the company explains that they can provide you the financial “firepower” you… Read More

July 18, 2021 @ 9:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Lithuania-based financing platform Debitum recently published their platform statistics update for June 2021. As noted in a blog post by Debitum, the month of June was a relatively calm or quiet month for the platform. However, their team continued working hard to… Read More

July 18, 2021 @ 6:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

European peer-to-peer lending platform Mintos has reportedly changed the status for E-Cash and Dziesiatka on its platform. The Mintos team writes in a blog post: “Along with proceeding with the recovery of funds from E-Cash and Dziesiatka, we are changing the status for both lending… Read More

July 18, 2021 @ 5:22 pm By JD Alois  |  

  The number of FINRA regulated funding portals has plateaued in the past few months. Periodically Crowdfund Insider reviews the roster of funding portals, a new type of financial entity created by the JOBS Act of 2012. Under the Act, approved platforms may raise capital… Read More

July 17, 2021 @ 8:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at European online lender October has published a blog post on credit risk analysis models including their construction and application. October notes in an update that the Covid-19 health crisis has led to two situations: a rise in the number of new loan… Read More

July 17, 2021 @ 6:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital investment platform Robo.cash reveals that it performed a survey in order to examine the most common spending habits or patterns among consumers. According to an update from Robo.cash, the “overwhelming” majority of European investors plan to include summer vacation as a major part of… Read More

July 17, 2021 @ 6:05 pm By JD Alois  |  

Digital assets are inclusive of securities, commodities, utilities, and all of the above. For crypto exchanges, the ability to trade security tokens makes sense – if you are fully compliant. Yesterday, the world’s largest crypto exchange Binance announced it will no longer support stock tokens…. Read More

July 17, 2021 @ 5:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at EstateGuru, an online lending platform that offers retail investors the ability to back loans secured by property, notes that even though we’re in the middle of really hot summer days and the start of the holiday season, the platform has still seen… Read More

July 17, 2021 @ 5:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has issued a notice that Binance may be offering stock token offerings to Hong Kong investors. The SFC stated that Binance is not licensed to offer regulated activity in Hong Kong. Binance has recently been the target… Read More

July 17, 2021 @ 11:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

After digital asset firm Kraken’s listings of Enjin (ENJ) on May 14 and Polygon (MATIC) on May 17 for most jurisdictions, the company is pleased to confirm the availability of Polygon and Enjin trading for US, Canada and Australia residents. Trading for both assets are… Read More

July 17, 2021 @ 10:31 am 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 June 2021. As noted in the report from Prosper, dated July 15, 2021: “In June, we… Read More

July 16, 2021 @ 12:20 pm By JD Alois  |  

NextSeed, an online capital formation platform, says it has now topped $8 million in returns since its inception in 2015. Initially launched as a bank replacement platform providing loans to SMEs, NextSeed has since expanded its offerings into other securities. In an email, NextSeed said… Read More

July 16, 2021 @ 10:11 am By JD Alois  |  

The Bank of Lithuania has issued a warning targeting Binance and its “unlicensed investment services provided in Lithuania.” The Bank did not indicate whether or not it was taking further action to compel Binance to cease any activity within Lithuania. The central bank ordered Binance… Read More

July 16, 2021 @ 9:51 am By JD Alois  |  

Marketplace lending platform Assetz Capital has added two executives to its bridging team to accelerate the growth of bridge loans. Assetz Capital states that the moves signal a strategic focus on the bridging market for the lender. Since 2013 the Fintech has originated about £1.5… Read More

July 15, 2021 @ 12:33 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Asian cryptocurrency exchange platform Liquid this week announced Stellar USDC is now available on Liquid. This will include multi-chain support for USDC by expanding into a Stellar-based version. Users will see fee-free USDC withdrawal capabilities, Liquid COO Seth Melamed said. “Liquid focuses on increasing cryptocurrency… Read More

July 15, 2021 @ 11:53 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Cryptocurrency, blockchain, and digital asset technology company Net Savings Link (OTC Pink: NSAV) this week announced its cryptocurrency exchange will launch Aug. 9 under the brand name NSAV. Net Savings Link will own 100 percent of the exchange. The NSAV management team includes director Yuen… Read More

July 14, 2021 @ 5:30 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

BlueHelix Group has released a decentralized trading platform that supports deposits, withdrawals and trading of any asset across blockchains. HDEX went live July 8. HDEX is based on the patented BlueHelix decentralized private key generation technology known as BHEX Chain. It supports arbitrary linkage and… Read More

July 14, 2021 @ 3:39 am By Omar Faridi  |  

On July 9 2021, Latvian financial service firm AS DelfinGroup issued bonds through private placement in the “amount of €5 million with an annual coupon rate of 9.75%.” The nominal value of a bond is €1 000, and the “minimum subscription size was €100 000,”… Read More