General News

September 1, 2017 @ 11:38 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Online lender SoFi announced this week its program, SoFi Accelerate, will be heading to Chicago later this month. According to the lending platform, SoFi Accelerator is the first-of-its-kind career incubator that gives “ambitious” professionals the time and space to think big – and the tools… Read More

September 1, 2017 @ 9:35 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Online loan marketplace LendingTree announced on Thursday it has named Starbutter AI the winner of its Startup Innovation Spotlight, which showcased the top startup companies in fintech. LendingTree teamed up with LeadsCon for the event.  According to the company, the finalists presented their business plans on… Read More

September 1, 2017 @ 9:16 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Thursday, Plug and Play Japan announced it opened applications for its first batch of start-ups. The program is set to begin in November and the organization is seeking startups in three categories, Internet of Things (IoT), Fintech, and Insurtech.  Plug and Play Japan stated… Read More

August 31, 2017 @ 2:52 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

New York-based Starta Accelerator has launched Token Rockets, an accelerator program targeting startups working with blockchain technology. The training will culminate in a new crowdsale of cryptographic tokens for each of the startups. “One of the options for developing such startups will be the introduction of… Read More

August 31, 2017 @ 10:45 am By JD Alois  |  

Renaud Laplanche, an icon of the online lending industry, has been added as a keynote speaker to the roster of headliners at the forthcoming LendIt Europe event taking place this October. Laplanche founded LendingClub in 2006 as a peer to peer lending platform designed to… Read More

August 31, 2017 @ 9:30 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Credibly, a leading findata small and medium-sized business lending platform founded in 2010, has crossed the $500 million milestone in capital deployed to tens of thousands of SMBs across the U.S. In addition, Credibly also announced that it is now servicing BizFi’s $250 million portfolio and 5,200… Read More

August 30, 2017 @ 7:01 pm By JD Alois  |  

SeedInvest and LendIt, the roving global Fintech conference, have partnered on live crowdfunding for the upcoming LendIt Europe event scheduled for this coming October. The live crowdfunding event is being billed as a European first. LendIt Europe participants will be able to invest directly in… Read More

August 30, 2017 @ 9:19 am By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), office of Investor Education and Advocacy, is out with a note on the booming Initial Coin Offering market telling investors to beware. The ICO market has grown rapidly with estimates topping $2 billion in token sales this year alone…. Read More

August 29, 2017 @ 2:51 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Blockchain platform TenX has become the latest member of the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance – the world’s largest open-source blockchain initiative. The Enterprise Ethereum Alliance connects Fortune 500 enterprises, startups, academics, and technology vendors with Ethereum subject matter experts. Building upon the leading smart contract supporting blockchain… Read More

August 29, 2017 @ 12:13 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Less than one month after closing its Equity For Punks USA Reg A+ crowdfunding campaign, BrewDog announced it is set to give away 20 percent of all its profits annually through the new BrewDog Unicorn Fund. According to the UK-based brewery, 10 percent will be shared… Read More

August 29, 2017 @ 11:37 am By Erin Hobey  |  

  Burger King Russia’s adoption of Waves Platform for its loyalty program shows that Distributed Ledger Technology could one day become as mainstream as burgers and fries. Fast food giant Burger King Russia has announced its new blockchain loyalty program, hosted on the Waves platform. Whoppercoin –… Read More

August 29, 2017 @ 11:16 am By Erin Hobey  |  

The Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) has announced two entrants into its regulatory sandbox:  Tramonex, a London-based forex cash management solution for businesses and NOW Money, the Dubai-based account and remittance service for low-income workers in the GCC. “We are pleased to welcome the first… Read More

August 29, 2017 @ 9:00 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Agency 2.0, a leading LA-based crowdfunding marketing agency and Platform88, a Shanghai-based distribution, engineering, manufacturing and prototyping company announced a new strategic partnership to deliver end-to-end crowdfunding services to clients across the globe. This collaboration will enable clients access to a broad portfolio of solutions… Read More

August 28, 2017 @ 8:40 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

LATTICE80, a fintech hub owned and operated by Singapore-based private investment firm Marvelstone Group, announced on Monday it is set to open a fintech hub in London as part of its global expansion. The organization revealed that as of August 2017, its UK entity has… Read More

August 27, 2017 @ 6:01 pm By JD Alois  |  

We have another contestant for the Hall of Shame when it comes to failed pre-sale campaigns. Kanoa, a company that was attempting to compete with Apple and bring wireless earbuds to market, shut down their company this week as they encountered a one two punch… Read More

August 26, 2017 @ 1:39 pm By JD Alois  |  

We all know that Floyd Mayweather stands to make a killing in his fight with the 29 year old mixed martial arts pro Conor McGregor. But will he make a “$hit T$n” of money in this upcoming Initial Coin Offering? The Mayweather – McGregor fight… Read More

August 25, 2017 @ 2:00 am By JD Alois  |  

The 2017 shortlist of academic entrepreneurs for Scotland’s company creation competition has been announced today. The nominees represent 12 Scottish universities from across the country and 44% of this year’s finalists are female showing increased female participation versus year prior. Converge Challenge is Scotland’s leading… Read More

August 24, 2017 @ 1:15 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Thursday, FolioDynamix announced its partnership with Apex Clearing to usher in a new wave of customer-centric investment technology in the wake of the Department of Labor’s Fiduciary Rule. The collaboration of the two fintech companies reportedly combines turnkey investment technology from FolioDynamix with automated and expedited… Read More

August 24, 2017 @ 12:12 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

This week, the World Economic Forum released its latest report, Beyond Fintech: A Pragmatic Assessment Of Disruptive Potential In Financial Services. According to the organization, the report represents the culmination of three years of research into the transformation of financial services prepared by the World Economic Forum… Read More

August 24, 2017 @ 9:00 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

dLocal, a fintech company specializing in facilitating cross-border payments for global e-commerce merchants in emerging markets, announced on Thursday the launch of its payments platform in India. The company stated its newly-opened local office in New Delhi enables global e-merchants to accept and remit payments… Read More