General News

September 27, 2017 @ 9:58 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Wednesday, Lend360 announced a panel of experts will discuss what’s “Coming Down the Pipeline: Innovative Products and Contributing Factors Affecting the Future of Small Business Finance” at 4 p.m. Wednesday, October 11th during a session at the Lend360 conference in Dallas. According to Lend360, the session, which… Read More

September 27, 2017 @ 8:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Innovate Finance has announced the appointment of Danny Lopez and Iain Anderson as non-executive directors of the organisation. Lopez is the Chief Operating Officer of Blippar, a technology company specializing in augmented reality and artificial intellegence. Between 2011 and 2016 Lopez was the British Consul General to New York and was Director General of UK Trade & Investment in the United States. He played a… Read More

September 26, 2017 @ 1:08 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), the International Financial Centre in Abu Dhabi, partnered with Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank (ADIB), a leading financial institution in the UAE with more than AED 122 billion in assets, to seek opportunities to collaborate and consult on initiatives to promote… Read More

September 26, 2017 @ 12:38 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Startupbootcamp has launched its new InsurTech Accelerator in Hartford, designed specifically to rapidly scale insurance-focused technology startups. The InsurTech Accelerator, which is now accepting applications, aims to attract new talent and technology to Hartford, one of the world’s leading insurance centers, and will provide entrepreneurs with the support,… Read More

September 26, 2017 @ 12:04 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

BitClave, a company aiming to disrupt the traditional ad tech market, has partnered with Carnegie Mellon University (CMU). This fall, BitClave is sponsoring a practicum project for graduate students in the College of Engineering’s Information Networking Institute (INI) at CMU Silicon Valley. “Carnegie Mellon has long… Read More

September 26, 2017 @ 11:37 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Business finance company MarketInvoice surveyed UK businesses on their awareness and adoption of fintech (financial technology) products and services*; the platform’s findings indicate that UK businesses adopting fintech are saving £4.6b every year.** “The expansion of tech-driven digital services has been remarkable over the past 5 years…. Read More

September 26, 2017 @ 8:32 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Monday, Lend360 announced it has teamed up with LendingTree to launch Startup Innovators Program, an on-site competition where fintech startups will present cutting-edge solutions that are propelling the online lending ecosystem forward. Winners of this new competition will receive $10,000. Lend360 revealed that startups in… Read More

September 26, 2017 @ 7:58 am By JD Alois  |  

The UK Amazon Growing Business Awards ceremony will take place on 29th November 2017 at The Brewery, London. Today, the e-commerce/tech company has announced their shortlist of companies in the mix to win.  According to Amazon, more than 500 nominations were received from across the… Read More

September 24, 2017 @ 2:05 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Global Crowdfunding Convention (GCC) will be delivering their Crowdfunding Visionary Award to former President Barack Obama. The award is in recognition of his signing into law the bipartisan JOBS Act of 2012. This is the legislation that created the three different iterations of crowdfunding;… Read More

September 22, 2017 @ 9:12 pm By Xu Gao  |  

China Takes Strict Control Over Consumer Credit, Forbidding it to Enter the Real Estate Market It is reported on September 20th that the Guangzhou branches of PBOC and CBRC have jointly issued a statement about consumer credit regulation, forbidding it to enter the real-estate market…. Read More

September 22, 2017 @ 12:01 pm By JD Alois  |  

Elevate (NYSE: ELVT) is out with a report stating that members of Generation-X, the rapidly aging population that followed the Boomers, born between 1965 and 1980, are facing economic challenges that constantly keep them off balance. Yes, Baby Boomers do suck. They Hoovered up all of… Read More

September 21, 2017 @ 4:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Wednesday, personal finance app Clarity Money announced it has reached 500,000 users in less than seven months after launching on iOS. The app, which launched in January 2017, reportedly analyzed over $60 billion in transaction for customers and saved its users who interact with… Read More

September 21, 2017 @ 12:46 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

iCapital Network, a fintech platform democratizing alternative investments for high-net-worth individuals and their advisors, has entered into a definitive purchase agreement to acquire the US Private Equity Access Fund Platform from the Asset Management division of Deutsche Bank. “We see this deal as an important… Read More

September 21, 2017 @ 12:22 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

WorldRemit, a digital money transfer company, has launched in Malaysia following the company’s acceptance as one of only four initial entrants into Bank Negara’s Financial Technology Regulatory Sandbox in June.  Ridzuan Aziz, a senior Malaysian business leader with experience in compliance advisory and fintech, has… Read More

September 21, 2017 @ 12:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Earlier this month, Crowdfund Insider had the fortune to participate in ComCap 2017 in Monterey, California. The event focused on an incredibly important sector of alternative finance – local crowdfunding. Providing access to capital for local entrepreneurs while empowering communities to be able to fund… Read More

September 21, 2017 @ 11:22 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Wednesday, Lending Works announced as of Monday, it five-year lender rate has increased to 5.5%, which is considered the highest level it has reached since August 2016. The company revealed that the reason for the rate increase is due to the fact that it has… Read More

September 21, 2017 @ 11:05 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

LendInvest announced on Thursday it has appointed former Aldermore Bank Head of Commercial Mortgages, Ian Boden, as its new Sales Director. According to the online lender, Boden joins its team with more than 35 years of experience in financial services, buy-to-let, and commercial mortgages.  Prior… Read More

September 21, 2017 @ 7:46 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Reserve Bank of India recently announced it will be classifying peer-to-peer lending platforms as non-banking financial institutions. According to Economic Times, Sudarshan Sen, executive director of RBI, announced that the regulator is currently waiting for the gazette notifications from the central government for the final… Read More

September 20, 2017 @ 11:42 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Wednesday, Indiegogo announced the launch of Entrepreneur’s Elevator Pitch challenge. The global crowdfunding platform, which is powering Elevator Pitch, revealed that the media outlet has teamed ups tie a group of real investors to put entrepreneurs to the “ultimate” pitch test. “Entrepreneurs have sixty… Read More

September 20, 2017 @ 10:40 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Real estate crowdfunding platform PeerStreet announced on Tuesday it was named one of the Top Ten Startups to Work For in Los Angeles. The list was created by Zippia, an online startup career platform. The funding portal revealed in a blog post: “We were proud to be… Read More