Global

November 1, 2017 @ 10:37 pm By JD Alois  |  

FinTech Australia has welcomed the announcement about “comprehensive credit reporting” by Treasurer Scott Morrison at the opening day of the Collab/Collide Summit in Melbourne. The Australian Government will mandate a comprehensive credit reporting regime that should help Australian borrowers get a better deal from lenders,… Read More

November 1, 2017 @ 3:27 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Organizers of the bitcoin and digital currency investor conference, Coinagenda, announced on Wednesdays the winners of this year’s startup competition. The event included more than 40 contestants, many of which are currently preparing to launch ICOs.  Coinagenda is described as a new conference that combines the… Read More

November 1, 2017 @ 2:11 pm By JD Alois  |  

  Red Mountain Resort, a ski area in British Columbia, Canada, has cross listed its crowdfunding campaign on StartEngine in the US and FrontFundr in Canada. This is one of the first crowdfunding campaigns to provide a cross border offer like this and, according to… Read More

November 1, 2017 @ 12:48 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Air Canada announced on Wednesday it has formed a partnership with Adyen to provide an international payment solution to all customers. The airliner reported that through this agreement, customers will be able to use their preferred local method of payment when making travel purchases. While… Read More

November 1, 2017 @ 9:49 am By JD Alois  |  

A year ago today, the UK government launched a program that required banks to forward referrals of businesses that had been denied a loan. Nine of the UKs largest banks were compelled to share the info with Funding XChange, Business Finance Compared and Funding Options…. Read More

November 1, 2017 @ 7:59 am By JD Alois  |  

Innovate Finance has announced changes to its Board of Directors as well as an executive change. Justin Fitzpatrick, co-founder and COO of Duedil, will step down from his role as Non-Executive Director on 30th November 2017 after three years at Innovate Finance. Sue Hunter will… Read More

November 1, 2017 @ 6:33 am By JD Alois  |  

Draper Esprit (AIM: GROW, ESM: GRW), a venture capital group, has acquired Seedcamp I and II for £17.9 million. An interesting result of the transaction was the inclusion of a stake in Transferwise, a leading Fintech unicorn. The portfolio also includes a number of other… Read More

November 1, 2017 @ 5:00 am By Erin Hobey  |  

MarketInvoice has expanded its mission in the business finance space by launching business loans today, aiming to complement their suite of invoice finance solutions and allowing them to better serve the working capital needs of UK businesses. MarketInvoice is rebranding, evincing its evolution into a… Read More

October 31, 2017 @ 10:22 pm By JD Alois  |  

Currency solutions platform, CurrencyVue has launched an integrated FX risk management platform in partnership with global payments and risk management provider AFEX. CurrencyVue helps businesses with international payments and FX hedging. Rather than focusing on the speed or cost of making transactions, CurrencyVue has taken… Read More

October 31, 2017 @ 12:56 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Enterprise software firm R3 announced on Tuesday it and 22 of its member banks have developed a solution that leverages distributed ledger technology (DLT) to enable fast, efficient and cost-effective cross-border payments. R3 revealed that the Corda platform was built to facilitate the full payments… Read More

October 31, 2017 @ 12:33 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Nothing grabs one’s attention like a sweet ride. And Engenie goes further, captivating with electric. The electric vehicle (EV) charging company just secured £1.5 million through the UK online investment platform SyndicateRoom; 65 investors helped overfund the campaign by 50 percent of its original target of £1… Read More

October 31, 2017 @ 11:51 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Fillippo Loreti has returned to Kickstarter for its third campaign. Founded in 2014, when brothers Danielius and Matas Jakutis were researching the luxury watch market with the goal of revolutionizing the luxury industry by offering high-quality luxury products at affordable prices. The believe that a luxury watch… Read More

October 31, 2017 @ 10:28 am By JD Alois  |  

Beauhurst has just released their Q3 Deal report and according to their numbers, equity investing in UK non-listed firms is on the rise. This is in contrast to a slowdown seen in the number of deals during 2016. According to the report, there were 397… Read More

October 31, 2017 @ 9:01 am By JD Alois  |  

Equity crowdfunding platform Seedrs is looking to broaden its audience of potential investors with a new program designed to promote early stage investment opportunities to high net worth (HNW) / wealthy investors. The program targets financial intermediaries, such financial advisors, brokers and accountants and their… Read More

October 31, 2017 @ 7:43 am By JD Alois  |  

Singapore-based crowdfunding platform Crowd Genie has announced the launch of a provision fund entitled GenieShield. This new fund is geared towards providing investors better protection against delays and potential defaults in loan repayments. Crowd Genie reports the fund will be managed by a Singapore-registered Trust… Read More

October 31, 2017 @ 7:27 am By JD Alois  |  

Assetz Capital, a peer to peer lending platform that received full FCA authorization in September, has reported a profit bore the first 6 months of the fiscal year. Without providing specific details, Assetz Capital said they record a “seven figure pre-tax profit, in the period… Read More

October 30, 2017 @ 2:38 pm By JD Alois  |  

The UK Department of International Trade (DIT) says a number of UK Fintech experts will headline this year’s Intersekt Fintech Festival in Australia. DIT has partnered with the Collab+Collide Fintech Summit to further expand their Fintech networks. The UK is widely recognized as the global… Read More

October 30, 2017 @ 11:06 am By JD Alois  |  

OurCrowd, a global investment crowdfunding platform, has created an innovation bridge connecting Israel and Australia / New Zealand. The comments come during the 100th anniversary of the liberation of Be’er Sheva by the Australia New Zealand Army Corp (ANZAC), and a visit to Israel by… Read More

October 30, 2017 @ 10:29 am By JD Alois  |  

Enerwhere, the “world’s first” distributed solar utility company, has become the region’s largest equity crowdfunding round. Listed on Eureeca, Enerwhere has already seen almost $700,000 committed. Eureeca is the first multi-regulated global Equity Crowdfunding platform based in MENA. Chris Thomas, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Eureeca, commented; “The… Read More

October 30, 2017 @ 8:19 am By JD Alois  |  

The inaugural FinTech Abu Dhabi conference ended with several key initiatives designed to boost the Fintech sector in the region. The two-day event, which was held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Hazza bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Executive… Read More