General News

August 12, 2016 @ 10:34 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Friday, Mizuho Bank and Fujitsu announced they have teamed up for a fintech field trial that is aiming to provide electronic invoice and payment, along with automated accounts receivable reconciliation services that use electronic invoicing and financial EDI. This trial is part of an agreement,… Read More

August 12, 2016 @ 8:34 am By Bret Conkin  |  

So you want to start a Crowdfunding Portal…. Crowdfunding and Fintech in general are demonstrating dramatic growth due to many factors including the growth of the sharing economy, technology innovations and the liberalization of securities regulations in the US and Canada. A sure indicator of… Read More

August 11, 2016 @ 4:23 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Exciting news, Mondo investors! The Crowdcube #FundedClub member announced it has officially become a licensed bank and is now regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and Prudential Regulation Authority. The Mondo team shared details about its launch, which can be found below. “We started Mondo… Read More

August 11, 2016 @ 1:15 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Thursday, organizers of the Growth Investor Awards announced UK-based crowdfunding platforms, Seedrs, Crowdcube, and SyndicateRoom have been named finalists of the 2016 Best Investment Platform. The Growth Investor Awards notably celebrates the role of the UK SME fund management community in both job and wealth… Read More

August 11, 2016 @ 11:51 am By Erin Hobey  |  

NALIA Systems has created a point-of-care, lab-grade diagnostics array that delivers results in 20 minutes which  gives doctors the in-house tools required to diagnose certain diseases from within their surgery. Although still in prototype mode, a first customer has already been secured. In addition to this potentially disruptive technology, NALIA… Read More

August 11, 2016 @ 11:24 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Beer: uniting the crowd! Campaign and campaign, beer has brewed up millions from global investors. In the first 12 hours of the Wellington-based craft brewers ParrotDog  equity crowdfunding campaign on PledgeMe raised their minimum goal of NZ$1,200,000. Within the day, the brewers raised more than NZ$1.73M… Read More

August 11, 2016 @ 11:03 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Thursday, online lender to SMEs, OnDeck (NYSE: ONDK), announced it had appointed Gagan Kanjlia as Senior Vice President of Product. Before joining OnDeck, Kanjlia worked for Capital One, where he co-founded the Capital One Garage, a corporate internal incubator for Capital One Financial Services.  Kanjlia,… Read More

August 11, 2016 @ 10:38 am By Erin Hobey  |  

India-based P2P lending platform Faircent has raised $1.5 million from Brand Capital, the investment arm of the media conglomerate Bennett Coleman and Co, according to The Economic Times. “The investment proves and strengthens our brand conviction towards disrupting credit in India,”  Faircent CEO Rajat Gandhi told the Economic Times. “Our… Read More

August 11, 2016 @ 10:19 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Latvia’s peer-to-peer lending marketplace Mintos announced on Thursday, since its launch a year and a half ago, it has seen investors funding over €50 million in loans to both private individuals, along with small and medium-sized businesses. The website confirmed that the most loans have been financed from Latvia… Read More

August 11, 2016 @ 10:12 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Finova Financial, a cloud and mobile-based consumer auto title lending platform, has raised $52.5 million in a combination of equity and a credit facility, claiming to be one of the largest initial rounds in FinTech industry history, announced the platform. The funding round was led by… Read More

August 11, 2016 @ 9:20 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Thursday, the Centre for Economics and Business Research released its latest report that revealed small businesses loans facilitated by Funding Circle had boosted the UK economy by £2.7 billion since 2010. The report stated businesses are drawn to direct lending platforms by the speed and simplicity… Read More

August 10, 2016 @ 10:47 pm By Scott Andersen & George S. Georgiades  |  

General solicitation is growing for securities offerings conducted under Rule 506(c) and Reg A+ Tier II in the US.  A more limited form of general solicitation is also available to issuers participating in offerings pursuant to Title III of the JOBS Act (Crowdfunding).  Issuers may… Read More

August 10, 2016 @ 2:55 pm By JD Alois  |  

NextGen Crowdfunding is hosting another live-stream event.  Today (August 10th) at 4PM ET or 1PM PT, Dr. Richard Swart, will be hosting a 2 part series that will help educate both investors in equity crowdfunding and companies that are considering using equity crowdfunding to raise… Read More

August 10, 2016 @ 2:46 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Holvi, a Finland-based fintech startup, has officially been acquired by multinational Spanish banking group, BBVA. Founded in 2011, Holvi notably provides entrepreneurs and SMEs with a “regulated one-stop-shop” to collect income, manage expense and offer a real-time view of finances, which includes online sales platform, invoicing… Read More

August 10, 2016 @ 2:17 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Wednesday, AlliedCrowds released its latest report on the top developing countries for alternative finance. The data analyst company revealed it used its new emerging market alternative finance tool, Capital Finder, to identify the financing options for entrepreneurs in their countries and sections along with breaking down the type of… Read More

August 10, 2016 @ 1:03 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Wednesday, Peer Funding Limited announced the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has granted it full permission to operate its peer-to-peer business platform under Part 4a of the Financial Service Marketing Act. The website stated it joins only a handful of fully authorized peer-to-peer business platforms and has… Read More

August 10, 2016 @ 11:02 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Mortgage marketplace, LendingHome, announced on Wednesday it had appointed Cynthia Chen as its new chief risk officer. Chen has over ten years of experience in providing risk and mortgage underwriting leadership and has held position at various financial institutions including Fannie Mae, Washington Mutual, Ally Bank, and… Read More

August 9, 2016 @ 4:49 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

This week, crowdfunding platform Fundrazr announced their white label features, which allows businesses that are using its platform to now control their campaigns. The website stated branding is a powerful part of what engages followers, and it also instills trust in raising funds. Rather than companies securing… Read More

August 9, 2016 @ 3:56 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just a few months after announcing Armello was heading to Xbox One, creators League of Geeks, announced the Kickstarter-funded game is set to launch on the console August 30th. The description of the game reads: “The King, once Armello’s wise and benevolent ruler, has fallen ill to a dark and mysterious… Read More

August 9, 2016 @ 1:46 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, real estate crowdfunding platform RealtyShares announced California is a hot real estate market for its crowdfunding investors. This info was released in the website’s latest report on the state’s funding projects. RealyShares revealed that California borrowers and sponsors had raised more than $53 million… Read More