Investment Platforms and Marketplaces

August 7, 2023 @ 5:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bybit, which claims to be one of Coingecko’s top-five cryptocurrency exchanges, is pleased to announce that users can now “buy crypto on-chain using Bybit’s peer-to-peer (P2P) trading service.” The P2P enhancement currently “allows for the purchase of USDT using more than 62 fiat currencies, with… Read More

August 7, 2023 @ 12:50 pm By JD Alois  |  

Last week, CrowdStreet endured several difficult days as a report in WSJ.com was highly critical of the real estate investment platform, claiming that $63 million of investor funds had “gone missing.” The claim was due to a securities offering on CrowdStreet by an issuer that… Read More

August 7, 2023 @ 9:16 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Investment platform Shojin has teamed up with LINUS as well as Reinvest24 in order to expand various real estate opportunities. Shojin, a UK-headquartered FCA-regulated investment platform, has announced its partnership with LINUS Digital Finance, a Berlin-based real estate investment platform, and Reinvest24, an Estonia-based real… Read More

August 7, 2023 @ 2:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Dot Investing, which aims to tap into investments for the £75.2tn pool of capital with limited access to fast-evolving private markets, has raised 99% (£744,625.44) of its £750,000 fundraising target (at the time of writing) from 87 investors via its crowdfunding campaign, carried out via Crowdcube,… Read More

August 6, 2023 @ 10:20 pm By JD Alois  |  

Fasset, a Fintech aiming to support financial inclusion, has launched a “Super App,” reportedly garnering over one million signs ups in the first week. Fasset is a digital asset firm that provides access to tokenized real world assets. The company said that sign ups came… Read More

August 6, 2023 @ 5:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Debitum wants investors to consider investing in Sandbox Funding, a new ABS program that includes 5 loans “to forest and agricultural land company ‘Ozolu Meži’ LTD.” As noted in a blog post by Debitum, loans to the borrower company are “issued to support business operations… Read More

August 6, 2023 @ 2:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The month of July has shown “promising” growth on Mintos. Total investments saw “a significant increase of €90.8 million worth of Notes funded, and interest earned by investors in July climbed to €4.1 million.” The average interest rate for July “stood at 12.7%, translating to… Read More

August 5, 2023 @ 3:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ASIC has commenced proceedings in the Federal Court against online investment platform, eToro Aus Capital Limited, “regarding its contract for difference (CFD) product.” ASIC is alleging “breaches of design and distribution obligations and of eToro’s licence obligations to act efficiently, honestly and fairly.” The case… Read More

August 5, 2023 @ 1:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Netcapital Inc. (Nasdaq: NCPL, NCPLW), a digital private capital markets ecosystem, has announced financial results for its fourth quarter and fiscal year 2023 ended April 30, 2023. Netcapital operates a FINRA-regulated funding portal that may issue securities under Reg CF. Martin Kay, CEO of Netcapital… Read More

August 5, 2023 @ 1:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fundrise notes that the belief that a very real and potentially significant downturn still lies ahead has necessarily “been the foundation for all their decisions across the portfolio over the past six months.” As Fundrise noted at the beginning of the year and again in… Read More

August 4, 2023 @ 5:01 am By Omar Faridi  |  

iCapital, the global fintech platform driving access to alternative investments for the wealth management industry, unveiled iCapital Architect, an innovative portfolio construction tool that empowers financial advisors “to build robust, personalized client portfolios incorporating alternatives and structured investments.” Advisors can use Architect – which “combines… Read More

August 3, 2023 @ 7:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

HeavyFinance, a climate tech investment marketplace, has financed €40 million in agricultural loans across Europe. The achievement marks a major step forward “in promoting sustainable practices and the company’s aim of generating 250,000 carbon credits from 100,000 hectares of agricultural land by the end of… Read More

August 3, 2023 @ 4:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Interactive Brokers (Nasdaq: IBKR), an automated global electronic broker, announced the launch of fractional shares trading for Canadian stocks and ETFs. Clients of Interactive Brokers can now buy and sell fractional shares of “all stocks and ETFs listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange and on… Read More

August 3, 2023 @ 11:26 am By JD Alois  |  

CrowdStreet founder Tore Steen has stepped down from his CEO position at the real estate investment marketplace, and Jack Chandler has taken over as interim CEO, according to a statement by the firm. Steen had been one of the longest-serving CEOs in the real estate… Read More

August 3, 2023 @ 10:29 am By Omar Faridi  |  

CrowdStreet, one of the most established real estate investment platforms in the US, has been hit with a damning article claiming the $63 million in customer cash has gone missing. The errant funds stem from an office project in Atlanta that was reported in 2022…. Read More

August 2, 2023 @ 10:27 pm By JD Alois  |  

Groundfloor, a real estate investment platform, is now offering a series of new notes, with one that provides investors with an interest rate of 10%. Issued under the Reg A+ securities exemption, the Groundfloor notes represent non-traded, collateralized debt securities based on real estate loans…. Read More

August 2, 2023 @ 11:41 am By JD Alois  |  

SMBX, a FINRA-regulated funding portal, has partnered with Mercer County’s new Small Business Investment Program to help small businesses raise funding directly through retail investors in their communities as well as nationwide. SMBX is best known for its bank-replacement product or the issuance of small… Read More

August 2, 2023 @ 11:00 am By JD Alois  |  

OurCrowd, one of the largest securities crowdfunding platforms in the world, has signed up Airwallex to streamline the investing process.  The Airwallex service was actually integrated several months back, with more than a third of OurCrowd’s funding going through Airwallex, typically completed in under 24… Read More

August 1, 2023 @ 11:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

One in ten (11%) retail investors are using artificial intelligence (AI) tools “such as ChatGPT to help pick and alter investments in their portfolio,” according to data from the latest Retail Investor Beat from trading and investment platform eToro. The study of 10,000 retail investors… Read More

August 1, 2023 @ 7:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The new platform reportedly provides fast account set-up, easy online access to 13 international equity markets and brokerage rates from USD$5. CommSec has also reduced brokerage fees “for Australian share trading to $5 for trades under $1,000 and is introducing three new ETFs to CommSec… Read More