Investment Platforms and Marketplaces

March 31, 2016 @ 7:57 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowdstacker is one of the elite few peer to peer lending platforms that has received the stamp of approval by the FCA as a fully regulated platform.  While other P2P platforms will follow, Crowdstacker will be ready to go next week as the Innovative Finance… Read More

March 30, 2016 @ 3:20 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Wednesday, Singapore-based bullion retailer, Silver Bullion Pte Ltd., announced the launch of its 1-month bullion secured peer-to-peer(P2P) loans. Silver Bullion previously offered loan durations of 6 months, 12 months and 24 months secured by physical gold and silver collateral stored in its vault, The Safe… Read More

March 30, 2016 @ 2:40 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Innovative Finance ISA (IF ISA) becomes actionable for all UK savers next month and the peer to peer industry is moving rapidly to embrace the new investment vehicle. Assetz Capital, has announced its plans for the IF ISA. According to Assetz Capital management, both… Read More

March 30, 2016 @ 12:18 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

MobileCause, a mobile, social and online fundraising platform, announced on Wednesday that it has teamed up with nonprofit education organization, Step Up For Students, to launch a series of digital fundraising and communication campaigns for scholarships and wraparound services. According to MobileCause, the new partnership… Read More

March 30, 2016 @ 10:49 am By JD Alois  |  

Goji, a platform that aggregates peer to peer lending investment opportunities including the forthcoming Innovative Finance ISA, has announced its “official” launch as the new IF ISA is set to hit hit the marketplace. Goji states that P2P lenders Landbay, ArchOver and Assetz Capital are… Read More

March 30, 2016 @ 10:06 am By JD Alois  |  

Peer to peer lender Mintos and Polish platform Aforti Finance have formed a cooperative agreement that will help Aforti lend to more small to medium sized businesses in Poland. Mintos currently offers loans from 9 non-bank lenders from Poland, Lithuania, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia and… Read More

March 30, 2016 @ 8:44 am By JD Alois  |  

While many of the larger peer to peer lending platforms remain in limbo as to whether or not they will make the April 6th launch date for the Innovative Finance ISA (IF ISA), Abundance will be one of the first to offer the newly minted… Read More

March 30, 2016 @ 8:23 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfunding software provider Katipult has partnered with Mangopay in its push to enter the UK crowdfunding market. Based in Canada, Katipult clearly wants to be the dominant global, white label software provider and is already compliant in more than 20 different countries. An expansion into… Read More

March 30, 2016 @ 7:52 am By JD Alois  |  

Leading mortgage peer to peer lender LendInvest has published a statement of caution and concern regarding the recently increased stamp duty tax on buy-to-let properties.  Christian Faes, CEO of LendInvest, called the Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) increase “bad news” as landlords will be facing… Read More

March 29, 2016 @ 1:20 pm By Amy Wan  |  

  In translating the JOBS Act into final regulations, the SEC sought to protect investors in myriads ways: limiting certain opportunities to accredited investors, implementing caps on the annual amount certain investors may invest, and requiring certain disclosures, among other things. Understandably, the bulk of… Read More

March 29, 2016 @ 12:13 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Peer-to-peer lender, China Rapid Finance, announced on Tuesday it has become a sponsor and founding member of the National Internet Finance Association of China (NIFA). According to the company, the NIFA was founded with the approval of China’s State Council. It has been led by the People’s Bank of China,… Read More

March 29, 2016 @ 10:54 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Global crowdfunding platform, Indiegogo, announced on Monday its new social media photo contest. This event encourages users of the funding portal to show off their creative side. The Indiegogo team shared: “The Indiegogo community has come up with so many amazing ideas, and it’s been incredible to… Read More

March 29, 2016 @ 9:28 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Monday, Kickstarter-success Oculus hit the streets of Brooklyn to visit the crowdfunding giant’s headquarters and brought over its famous project, Rift. The company successfully securing $2.4 million on Kickstarter nearly three and a half years ago. Last week, CEO of Oculus, Brendan Iribe, announced on Twitter that the… Read More

March 29, 2016 @ 8:55 am By JD Alois  |  

Late last month the National Internet Finance Association of China (NIFA) was launched during a ceremony in Shanghai. CreditEase, the first (and largest) peer to peer lender in the country, was elected as an Executive Director to the new entity. Former People’s Bank of China Deputy… Read More

March 29, 2016 @ 8:32 am By JD Alois  |  

Following a year of change where senior management was replaced and Andy Whelan was appointed CEO of the company, GLI Finance (LSE:GLIF) has published annual results as it seeks to “materially strengthen the long term cash generation potential for GLI Finance”. Patrick Firth, Chairman of GLI… Read More

March 28, 2016 @ 9:40 pm By JD Alois  |  

Equity crowdfunding platform Growthdeck has updated their platform. The  new approach is said to be designed to improve their private equity style approach to raising capital online. Growthdeck has always set the bar a bit higher than some of the other UK crowdfunding sites. By… Read More

March 28, 2016 @ 4:06 pm By JD Alois  |  

The New Zealand investment crowdfunding market has progressed rapidly since the Financial Markets Authority (FMA) provided a regulatory structure to allow both equity and debt based platforms to operate. Today there are 8 equity operations and 4 licensed peer to peer platforms. New Zealand is… Read More

March 28, 2016 @ 9:34 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Friday, investment crowdfunding platform Symbid announced its full year 2015 financial results. The company revealed that its revenue increased by 28% over the past 12 months versus 2014. Korstiaan Zandvliet, co-founder and CEO of Symbid Corp., stated: “We are pleased to report continued revenue growth in… Read More

March 27, 2016 @ 8:47 pm By JD Alois  |  

A growing number of platforms are offering credit to their consumers as it appears just about everyone is getting into the online lending business these days. Square (NYSE:SQ), in launching loans from Square Capital provided by Celtic Bank in Utah, has provided another incremental service… Read More

March 26, 2016 @ 2:26 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this week, crowdfunding giant Kickstarter held a STEM event at its headquarters. It was revealed that those who attended the special event were able to enjoy some children-focused games that were all about programming. During an interview with Engadget, Kickstarter’s director of media relations… Read More