Investment Platforms and Marketplaces

July 23, 2019 @ 8:06 am By JD Alois  |  

Smart Valor, a licensed Financial Intermediary in Switzerland and registered crypto-fiat exchange  in Liechtenstein, will go-live next week on July 30, according to an email from the company. Smart Valor claims to be the “first to build a fully compliant security token exchange for alternative… Read More

July 22, 2019 @ 10:53 pm By JD Alois  |  

PeerStreet, a real estate investment platform, has integrated with Mint. This is the fourth “integration” with PeerStreet already forming partnerships with Betterment, Wealthfront, and Personal Capital. PeerStreet has emerged as a leading property crowdfunding platform. While some early leaders rushed to scale at all cost,… Read More

July 22, 2019 @ 10:49 am By JD Alois  |  

Not too long ago, the Chinese peer to peer lending industry was growing at a breakneck speed and the largest online lending market in the world. This sector of Fintech was the enormous in China as big names and aspiring platforms moved quickly to fill… Read More

July 22, 2019 @ 9:06 am By JD Alois  |  

LendingClub (NYSE: LC) has issued its “next-generation certificates,” called “Levered Certificates.” These certificates are backed by approximately $100 million of loans originated on the LendingClub platform. According to a release, LendingClub has structured the offerings to consist of two securities, one equity certificate, and one… Read More

July 21, 2019 @ 9:51 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

SecurCapital Corp, an expanding supply chain and financial services provider, announced last week it has acquired Breakout Capital Finance, a fintech company and nationwide small business lender.  Founded in 2015, Breakout Capital claims it is a small business lender that provides simple, straightforward working capital… Read More

July 21, 2019 @ 9:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Iain Niblock, CEO peer to peer lending aggregator Orca Money, says that current criticism of the P2P sector of Fintech should not be construed as being reflective of the entire industry. Returns, which tend not to be correlated with the stock market, remain strong. The… Read More

July 20, 2019 @ 12:47 pm By Cali Haan  |  

The US Commodity Futures and Trade Commission (CFTC) is engaged in a “months-long” investigation of BitMEX, a cryptocurrency exchange that made its mark by enabling retail investors to conduct 100x leveraged trades of bitcoins, Bloomberg reports. According to “people familiar with the matter,” the CFTC… Read More

July 19, 2019 @ 1:41 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ethic Inc., a U.S. asset management platform that powers sustainable investment portfolios, announced on Thursday it secured $13 million through its Series A funding round, which was led by Nyca Partners with participation from Sound Ventures, Fidelity Investments, ThirdStream Partners, Urban Innovation Fund and Kapor… Read More

July 19, 2019 @ 11:53 am By JD Alois  |  

TokenMarket, part of the UK Financial Conduct Authority Sandbox program, is scheduled to close its own security token offering (STO) this coming Monday (July 22nd). TokenMarket launched its STO in early July seeking a max amount of £2 million. As it stands today, TokenMarket has… Read More

July 18, 2019 @ 11:47 am By JD Alois  |  

Sure, banks do not like to provide small business loans. Too much work, too much risk and no money in it for them. A plethora of online credit providers has moved in to fill the gap. Supply meets demand. But sometimes fast finance from an… Read More

July 18, 2019 @ 11:13 am By JD Alois  |  

Brexit be damned. At least, so it seems. The UK is rocking early-stage equity investments, according to Beahursts 6 month report. While the political class agonizes over what may happen when the European divorce is final, investors continue to shoulder risk in the UK market… Read More

July 17, 2019 @ 10:41 pm By JD Alois  |  

tZERO, a subsidiary of Overstock (NASDAQ:OSTK) and a leader in the security token issuance and trading sector, has announced several new hires. According to the company, Brooke Navarro has been appointed Head of Issuance. Michael Mougias joins tZero as Head of Investor Relations and Alexandra… Read More

July 17, 2019 @ 8:29 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Binance, a major cryptocurrency exchange that suffered a $44 million USD hack in May, recently processed some of the Bitcoins stolen from it on behalf of the hackers, digital currency Regtech firm Coinfirm reports. According to data Coinfirm furnished to Coindesk, hackers have been moving… Read More

July 17, 2019 @ 5:42 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has posted final judgments in the case of real estate crowdfunding platform iFunding and co-founders William Skelley and Sohin Shah.  The two founders were charged last year by the SEC Enforcement Division regarding allegations of fraud in the misappropriation… Read More

July 17, 2019 @ 8:46 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

OnDeck (NYSE: ONDK), a small business online lending platform, announced on Wednesday it has formed a new partnership with  Upserve, a restaurant management platform, to provide Upserve’s restaurant customers with online financing options from its website. According to OnDeck, more than 10,000 restaurants currently use… Read More

July 17, 2019 @ 2:51 am By Cali Haan  |  

Bitcoin’s recent rollercoaster ride, involving multiple thousand-dollar fluctuations between $9000 and $14 000 USD within very short time frames (sometimes less than 2 hours) is being brought about by an increase in leverage available at exchanges, “CZ Binance” told Bloomberg recently. Changpeng Zhao or “CZ”… Read More

July 16, 2019 @ 6:41 pm By Cali Haan  |  

In keeping with its Business Plan 2019-2022, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) may, “adapt the current regulatory framework to address the unique challenges brought by crypto-assets that fall under the CSA jurisdiction.” At present, “There are currently no platforms facilitating…trading of crypto-assets that are regulated as… Read More

July 16, 2019 @ 2:42 pm By JD Alois  |  

Real estate marketplace Roofstock says it has surpassed $1.6 billion in transactions in just three years. Roofstock is a Fintech marketplace that allows investors to participate in single-family investment properties. The number of individual investors increased by 126% during 2018, according to the platform. 75%… Read More

July 16, 2019 @ 11:31 am By JD Alois  |  

UK online lending platform LendInvest, a marketplace for property finance, has launched a new “Bridge-to-Let” service for borrowers seeking to refurbish a property before exiting to a Buy-to-Let mortgage. Currently, bridge to let loans are available for amounts from £75,000 to £750,000. Terms are up… Read More

July 15, 2019 @ 3:50 pm By JD Alois  |  

Securities crowdfunding has been touted as the future of capital formation on this site and the pages of many other newspapers. The traditional venture capital industry has effectively fueled innovative young firms for decades but, too frequently, smaller investors are being cut out of the… Read More