General News

May 5, 2015 @ 3:51 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Payments automation platform, Tipalti, announced that it has expanded international payments capabilities through several new partnerships and product upgrades. Tipalti has extended support of international ACH payments to 58 additional countries across the world, covering Latin America, Europe, Asia Pacific, Africa, and the Middle East.  With this upgrade, Tipalti’s global… Read More

May 5, 2015 @ 3:44 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Western Independent Bankers (WIB), a trade association of more than 130 community banks, announced today that it endorsed LendKey, a Lending as a Service platform, as its exclusive auto-­lending partner. WIB will now endorse LendKey’s auto lending solution to community banks across the Western states of Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New… Read More

May 5, 2015 @ 12:52 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Money360, Inc., an online peer-to-peer (P2P) commercial real estate (CRE) lending platform that brings together CRE borrowers and accredited investors, announced that it has funded and closed a $2.9 million commercial real estate loan in Williston, North Dakota. The one-year loan, which was funded by… Read More

May 5, 2015 @ 11:48 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Kano, the computer you build and code yourself, launched the new version of its computer kit at the technology conference TechCrunch Disrupt. Now powered by the Raspberry Pi 2, the New Kano is six times faster, and loaded with games and projects that are learned,… Read More

May 5, 2015 @ 9:59 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Rare Genomics Institute (RG) today announced the Amplify Hope Initiative, a new study aimed at determining how crowdfunding can promote scientific research to help rare disease patients. RG is an international non-profit providing rare disease patients with access to state of the art genomics sequencing… Read More

May 5, 2015 @ 9:07 am By JD Alois  |  

The subject of venture exchanges, or secondary markets for small cap companies, is a hot topic right now.  Sparked in part by the signing of the JOBS Act, and the new securities exemptions now coming into play, investing in SMEs is better for everyone if… Read More

May 4, 2015 @ 2:36 pm By JD Alois  |  

The correlation between risk and reward is an important relationship for all asset classes. The popularity of marketplace lending has been driven by the solid returns generated at a perceived lower level of risk.  Lending Club, the largest peer to peer lender in the United States, has… Read More

May 4, 2015 @ 12:55 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just a few days after the death of Baltimore resident Freddie Gray caused riots throughout the city, a crowdfunding campaign on GoFundMe surfaced to support the six police officers that were involved in the situation. Baltimore’s chief prosecutor Marilyn Mosby stated on Friday that Gray… Read More

May 4, 2015 @ 12:45 pm By JD Alois  |  

The growing number of securities in early stage companies is indicative of new funding channels for young innovative firms. Matching investor to issuer has been a challenging task in the path as the process has largely been cut off from mass distribution and discovery as the market… Read More

May 4, 2015 @ 9:09 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

iCrowd Hotels, Inc., a real estate developer and investor with a groundbreaking hospitality strategy focused on the millennial market, announced today the launch of its new crowdfunding platform. The new platform, which is focused on hotel properties across the globe, answers the mounting demand for direct access… Read More

May 4, 2015 @ 8:34 am By JD Alois  |  

    A gathering to discuss the future of alternative finance is scheduled for later this week.  The event will be held at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, with multiple well known industry participants scheduled to address the hot topics in finance today…. Read More

May 3, 2015 @ 10:43 pm By JD Alois  |  

With the booming popularity of marketplace lending, Wall Street is “scoffing” no more.  An article in Bloomberg recently described P2P lending as a “seemingly wacky idea” instead of the natural evolution that it truly is. But where the article is spot on, is the growing… Read More

May 3, 2015 @ 11:29 am By JD Alois  |  

Ron Suber, President of Prosper – one of the leading peer to peer lenders in the US, delivered one of the keynote presentations at the LendIt conference held in Manhattan last month.  Suber really did not focus on his company but instead gave a high level… Read More

May 2, 2015 @ 12:47 pm By JD Alois  |  

Lawrence Lessig’s Experiment to Fix Politics Gears Up for 2015 Mayday PAC,a crowdfunded, independent political action committee, has launched its 2015 campaign to advance fundamental political reform.  Following tepid results in the 2014 cycle, Lessig and his partners are preparing to give it another go…. Read More

May 2, 2015 @ 7:40 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Despite what overly opinionated rocker Morrissey thinks, some artists actually enjoy using crowdfunding for their careers. Earlier this week, The Smith’s former bandmate revealed his distaste for crowdfunding and how he finds the method to be “desperate” and “insulting to fans”: “It is a desperate… Read More

May 1, 2015 @ 4:25 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Sharing his thoughts about crowdfunding, Virgin Group’s founder Richard Branson discuss why he believes that the funding method could be a game changer for startups. While revealing his experience with the crowdfunding industry, Branson wrote: “Is crowdfunding going to change the world? I was delighted… Read More

May 1, 2015 @ 12:06 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Comcast Corporation, a U.S. based international mass media conglomerate and notably the nation’s largest cable company and home internet service provider, has started a new program to promote budding new entrepreneurs. The company has recently created The Innovators 4 Entrepreneurs contest in which they are… Read More

May 1, 2015 @ 11:18 am By JD Alois  |  

MIT Sloan Assistant Professor Christian Catalini has targeted his research on the economics of innovation, entrepreneurial finance and crowdfunding.  Catalini is part of an elite few academicians who are analyzing the emergent investment crowdfunding space, so when he shares his findings, and associated perspective, it is… Read More

May 1, 2015 @ 10:32 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

RCS Capital Corporation (NYSE:  RCAP) (“RCS Capital”) today announced the appointment of R. Lawrence “Larry” Roth and Brian D. Jones to the Company’s Board of Directors, effective immediately. Roth currently serves as Chief Executive Officer of Cetera Financial Group while Jones is the Chief Financial Officer of RCS Capital…. Read More

May 1, 2015 @ 10:08 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Fantem, the creators of already Indiegogo success Oomi, an innovative smart home system, announces a strategic partnership with netTALK, a leading provider of home phone and smartphone communications, to provide a cost effective alternative to current home security options. The solution, Oomi Personal Home Monitoring… Read More