Investment Platforms and Marketplaces

June 27, 2019 @ 8:10 am By Cali Haan  |  

A trader on Synthetix, “a decentralized protocol focused on creating synthetic assets,” took advantage of a price feed (oracle) glitch governing smart contracts on the platform to mint $37 million in synthetic ethers, Crypto AM reports. According to a blog post by Synthetix, the manoeuvre… Read More

June 26, 2019 @ 4:18 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

BankMobile, a no-fee, mobile, online and tablet bank, announced on Wednesday the launch of its new student loan refinancing platform, BankMobile Student Refi. BankMobile reported that it has partnered with LendKey Technologies, a lending-as-a-service platform for banks and credit unions, to offer a simple, secure… Read More

June 26, 2019 @ 9:29 am By JD Alois  |  

The Association of Online Investment Platforms (AOIP) has published a series of policy recommendations encouraging Congress to act and improve the online capital formation marketplace by fixing existing flaws in crowdfunding rules. The AOIP is a newer advocacy group formed in the last year. The… Read More

June 25, 2019 @ 12:06 pm By JD Alois  |  

LedgerX, a crypto trading platform that specializes in physically-settled digital currency derivatives, has been approved by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) as a designated contract market (DCM). DCMs are exchanges that may list for trading futures or option contracts based on all types of commodities and… Read More

June 25, 2019 @ 8:39 am By JD Alois  |  

Peer to peer lender and digital bank Zopa is out with note highlighting the fact that consumers too frequently do not receive the interest rate they expect when applying for a loan. In fact, Zopa states that an astounding two-thirds of loan applicants are offered… Read More

June 24, 2019 @ 3:48 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

OnDeck (NYSE: ONDK), a small business online lending platform, recently announced the launch of its new national “Summer of Small Business” campaign. According to OnDeck, the campaign spotlights the hard work and achievements of small business owners and as part of the event, CEO of… Read More

June 24, 2019 @ 12:50 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Online lending platform Funding Circle announced on Monday it has teamed up with Merseyside Pension Fund to launch UK Economic Impact Fund for British small businesses. According to the duo, the UK Economic Impact Fund will give institutional investors including pension funds, insurance companies and local… Read More

June 24, 2019 @ 8:04 am By JD Alois  |  

A study published in the Small Business Economics: An Entrepreneurship Journal by faculty at Florida Atlantic University College of Business and the University of Bergamo in Italy, says that investment crowdfunding has been good for young entrepreneurs but not so much for minority founders. While… Read More

June 24, 2019 @ 7:43 am By JD Alois  |  

Bitbond, a Germany-based global online lending platform that is in the process of issuing one of the first security tokens, says guidelines issued by FATF impacting “virtual asset service providers” or VASPs – has gone too far. Bitbond, licensed by BaFin, is in the midst… Read More

June 24, 2019 @ 4:01 am By JD Alois  |  

MarketInvoice, a Fintech in the invoice financing sector, has published their “MarketInvoice Business Insights survey” based on responses from 1,000 business owners of UK Ltd companies between 31st May and 5th June 2019. According to their results, the lack of finance options is considered to… Read More

June 22, 2019 @ 3:20 pm By Xu Gao  |  

Online Insurance Platform Wukongbao Secures a New Round of Financing from 58 Group, Plum Ventures and Yeepay On June 20th, online insurance platform Wukongbao announced that it had received a new round of financing. Participants in the investment included 58 Group, Yeepay, and Plum Ventures…. Read More

June 21, 2019 @ 2:04 pm By JD Alois  |  

The largest provider of personal online loans in the US, LendingClub (NYSE: LC), got to ring the bell at the New York Stock Exchange today. The event was to celebrate the marketplace lending platform’s 3 millionth borrower. To date, LendingClub has originated over $50 billion… Read More

June 21, 2019 @ 8:07 am By JD Alois  |  

Robo.cash is reporting its millionth loan funded. According to the peer to peer lending, for the first five months of 2019, the platform has shown a 26%-increase in the number of funded loans and a 54%-increase in the amount of new investors, compared to the… Read More

June 21, 2019 @ 6:38 am By JD Alois  |  

Slack (NYSE:WORK) completed a direct listing on the New York Stock Exchange this week. A direct listing is not a capital raising effort, it is a move by a company to provide liquidity for existing shareholders while remaining compliant under the law. Slack kicked off… Read More

June 20, 2019 @ 10:24 am By JD Alois  |  

Peer to peer lender Viainvest has circulated an email indicating they have established  “one interest rate for all loan originators.” Currently, the interest rate is pegged at 11%. Viainvest, part of the Via SMS Group, is based in Riga, Latvia. The company currently offers small… Read More

June 20, 2019 @ 9:17 am By JD Alois  |  

SupraFin, described as the first automated investment management platform for cryptocurrencies / digital assets, will be crowdfunding soon. SupraFin utilizes bespoke algorithms and trading models designed to give individuals the upper hand in the volatile crypto market. According to an email from SupraFin, the company… Read More

June 20, 2019 @ 8:14 am By JD Alois  |  

UK based Smartlands has joined the European Crowdfunding Network (ECN). Smartlands is a blockchain based crowdfunding platform that tokenizes real estate investments. Earlier this month, Smartlands announced their first tokenized property investment while staking claim to being the first platform in the UK to accomplish… Read More

June 19, 2019 @ 9:22 am By JD Alois  |  

The TQSR Group, Austria’s master franchisee of Burger King is raising capital via online marketplace Finnest as opposed to working with traditional banks. Finnest is a crowdfunding platform operating in the DACH region. Not too long ago, Finnest and Invesdor, a leading Nordic crowdfunding platform,… Read More

June 19, 2019 @ 8:37 am By JD Alois  |  

In an example of Fintech cooperation, EstateGuru investors may new monitor their investments on LHV internet bank. EstateGuru is a short term property loan crowdfunding platform. LHV is the largest domestic financial group in Estonia. According to EstateGuru, on the summary view of the online… Read More

June 19, 2019 @ 1:00 am By Therese Torris  |  

Younited Credit announced today that it has hired Kai Friedrich, a senior German banker to head its German operations. Younited Credit is the only consumer lending platform which has its own “passportable” license allowing it to operate as a credit institution throughout the European Union…. Read More