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February 3, 2017 @ 11:10 am By JD Alois  |  

In a publication created by Crowdfunding.de, the report, entitled “Marktreport 2016: Crowdinvesting in Deutschland,” states that investment crowdfunding grew by 39% during 2016 reaching €63.8 million. Still quite small in comparison to some other countries but solid growth none-the-less. The sector was largely powered by a… Read More

February 2, 2017 @ 11:14 pm By Martin Baker  |  

The State of Fintech in the United Kingdom. Observers in London see a paradox at the heart of today’s financial technology sector. If Fintech is all about playing the cutting edge and disrupting the mainstream, how come so many Fintech players and commentators obsess so… Read More

February 1, 2017 @ 10:00 pm By Therese Torris  |  

With more than 1700 participants from 35 countries, the recent Paris Fintech Forum demonstrated the strength of the French Fintech ecosystem and the attractiveness of Paris as a financial center. French officials and financial regulators participated in the event with a strong delegation and asserted… Read More

February 1, 2017 @ 9:40 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Top Online Lender SoFi Acquires Digital Only Bank Zenbanx SoFi has announced the acquisition of Zenbanx, a Delaware-based Fintech firm providing multi-currency mobile banking services in the U.S. and Canada. SoFi revealed it intends to leverage Zenbanx’s platform and underlying technology to expand its growing suite of… Read More

January 31, 2017 @ 8:02 pm By JD Alois  |  

The advent of new securities exemptions has created opportunity for various sectors of finance. Beyond the fact that issuing companies now have new alternatives for raising capital, and a broader group of investors may gain access to early stage companies, there is a question of… Read More

January 31, 2017 @ 8:08 am By JD Alois  |  

Australia is embracing the innovation of Fintech. The advancement in the rest of the world has not been ignored.  Seeing opportunity, the Australian government has been working on crafting an environment where rules do not hinder financial innovation and regulations are crafted to encourage competition… Read More

January 30, 2017 @ 1:07 pm By JD Alois  |  

The United Kingdom has dominated the Fintech sector globally.  Starting with innovations in capital formation from crowdfunding and peer to peer lending platforms, the UK has fostered an impressive ecosystem of Fintech entrepreneurs. While a culture of innovation and risk-taking has been vital to this… Read More

January 30, 2017 @ 4:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Africa is probably the least developed continent when it comes to alternative finance but it certainly stands to gain much in its evolution. In a new report published today by the Financial Sector Deepening Africa (FSD Africa) in partnership with the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF) and Anjarwalla… Read More

January 29, 2017 @ 2:35 pm By Joy Schoffler  |  

Since Title II of the JOBS Act went into effect September 23, 2013, crowdfunding has been gaining traction. With investors becoming increasingly more comfortable with new Fintech platforms, the amount of money invested in crowdfunding in the Americas jumped from $11.4 billion in 2014 to… Read More

January 28, 2017 @ 1:50 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

“We are convinced that the moment has come for Spanish banks and insurance companies to recognize the great opportunity that the whole country and financial sector have thanks to the impulse and promotion of Fintech. It is also the time to begin to promote strategies… Read More

January 27, 2017 @ 8:47 am By Therese Torris  |  

On January 25, Raffael Johnen, the CEO and co-founder of auxmoney, was on stage at the Paris Fintech Forum as the news was still under embargo: Dutch insurer Aegon has agreed to lend €1.5 billion euros over the next 3 years through the auxmoney lending… Read More

January 26, 2017 @ 12:21 pm By JD Alois  |  

LendingRobot has officially launched their next big vertical: a Robo-Hedge Fund for alternative lending. Crowdfund Insider initially wrote about the forthcoming Robo-fund when we uncovered an SEC filing for a pooled investment vehicle last November. While the filing became public at that moment, the “LendingRobot… Read More

January 25, 2017 @ 11:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

The current Governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, has engendered much respect from the land of Fintech. An unabashed supporter of the potential for financial innovation to improve financial services for all, Carney has periodically addressed the subject of Fintech with pointed speeches…. Read More

January 25, 2017 @ 4:17 pm By JD Alois  |  

The other day Crowdfund Insider shared that Fundrise was preparing for its “Greatest Innovation Yet”, today we may have a bit more information. Fundrise is going to crowdfund itself. True to form, the real estate marketplace will use Reg A+ to raise capital and offer equity… Read More

January 25, 2017 @ 1:30 am By JD Alois  |  

loanDepot challenges the status quo of traditional banking every day. loanDepot has just achieved an impressive milestone.  In the past 7 years since platform launch, loanDepot has now funded $100 billion in home, personal and home equity loans making it a top-five retail mortgage lender… Read More

January 24, 2017 @ 4:05 pm By Jessica Pham  |  

Online lending experienced a challenging year in 2016. Regardless of your base of operations, unexpected events created a bumpy ride for many platforms in this sector of finance. Crowdfund Insider last spoke to Zopa CEO Jaidev Janardana in mid-2016, just prior to the UK’s decision… Read More

January 24, 2017 @ 8:38 am By Erin Hobey  |  

“We can do online voting on blockchain in a highly scalable way, and that’s what we did.” Focusing on solving the problem of securing public, private and proxy global election systems, Votem offers a blockchain-based solution which aims to give democracy back to the people by allowing… Read More

January 23, 2017 @ 12:18 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation and Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago and the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF) at the University of Cambridge Judge Business School have partnered again on the 2017 Americas Alternative Finance Industry survey. Research… Read More

January 22, 2017 @ 2:47 pm By JD Alois  |  

The concept of a Fintech Charter for emerging firms in the financial services industry has generated plenty of attention on Capitol Hill and with Fintech entrepreneurs. Originally pitched by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency towards the end of last year, a comment… Read More

January 20, 2017 @ 4:16 pm By Victoria Silchenko, PhD  |  

“The more cashless our society becomes, the more our moral compass slips.” ― Dan Ariely Happy New Era, my fellow entrepreneurs, and next generation financiers! In a world of dramatically accelerating technological, social and economic changes, it is clear we are heading into a time where… Read More