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SBI Holdings & Huobi Group Partner on Cryptocurrency Related Services in Asia, will Launch Digital Assets Exchange

Huobi Group and SBI Holdings (TYO:8473) have agreed to jointly develop Global Digital Asset Markets focusing on cryptocurrency related businesses in China and the greater Asian region. Yoshitaka Kitao, chairman of SBI Holding (formerly Softbank Investment Group) and Leon Li, Chairman of Huobi Group jointly announced… Read More

China: WeiyangX Fintech Review

Shenzhen, China

National Financial Work Conference Points Out Clear Way for Building Financial ‘Super Regulator’ The two-day national financial work conference held from July 14-15 in Beijing came up with major principles for the country’s financial work, and make statements about direct financing and the construction of… Read More

Ron Suber on Fintech & Fraud: A Global Challenge (Deck)

Acts of fraud have been around since the dawning of time. How fraud occurs is a never-ending, shape-shifting challenge for individuals, companies and public authorities. There will always be a new scam. There will always be another Ponzi or Madoff looking to separate hard-earned money… Read More

P2P Lender ThinCats Receives Two New Accreditations

ThinCats, a P2P lender in secured business loans, has received two new accreditations in recognition of its platform operations. ThinCats has been recognized by the National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers (NACFB) for best practice within commercial finance broking. Simultaneously, Defaqto has given ThinCats a… Read More

OTC Markets Launches Equity Research Hub

OTC Markets Group has launched a new service. The operator of financial markets has released an online equity research hub.  This new feature was created in collaboration with ACF Equity Research, Edison and Sidoti & Company. The research is available on otcmarkets.com and is described… Read More

Alternative and Receivables Finance – London

BCR Publishing is the world’s leading provider of receivables finance market intelligence and our annual Alternatives and Receivables Finance Forum has been tracking the revolution in business finance for the last 3 years. This comprehensive one-day Forum provides insights into the priorities influencing SME’s financial… Read More

Brief: South African Crowdfunding Platform Thundafund Unveils New Website

On Tuesday, South African crowdfunding platform, Thundafund, announced the launch of its new website, which will debut on Wednesday April 6th. According to the funding portal, the new website was build in Africa for Africa and will be easy-to-use and 100% mobile-responsive. The new site offers… Read More

Industry Spotlight: Ronald Kleverlaan is an Alternative Finance Specialist

Ronald Kleverlaan is an alternative finance specialist and one of the industry’s best-known crowdfunding advocates in Europe. He is an influencer on alternative finance, regular keynote speaker on future trends in the industry and connector in the European crowdfunding ecosystem. He advises the European Commission on… Read More

Thundafund & Wealth Migrate Establish African Crowdfunding Association With a Mission to Provide Equal Access to Capital for All

On Wednesday, South African crowdfunding platform Thundafund announced it has teamed up with real estate investment marketplace, Wealth Migrate, to launch the African Crowdfunding Association (ACfA). The ACfA will be the industry association for Crowdfunding professionals and companies in Africa. The goal of the ACfA is to lobby for… Read More

Brief: ThinCats Hires Jill Sandford as Head of Risk & Recoveries

Peer to peer lender ThinCats has appointed Jill Sandford as Head of Risk and Recoveries. She joins ThinCats on secondment from Baker Tilly a leading firm of business advisers where she is a Director of Restructuring and Recovery. According to ThinCats, Sandford will be responsible for… Read More

Australia Financial System Inquiry Issues Final Report

The Financial System Inquiry issued their final report earlier today.  The extended document has set out to establish a direction for the future of Australia’s financial system.  Not a small task. Expectations are the below document is a “blueprint” for the financial system down under…. Read More

“Reading Rainbow” Finishes at Over $5.4M Raised Crowdfunding

Well, it’s OVER! The “Bring Reading Rainbow For Every Child, Everywhere” campaign has finally reached the finish line on Kickstarter and raised a total of $5,408,816 from 105,857 backers! Just days before it reached the stretch goal, the campaign’s organizer and former host, Mr. Burton stated, “If… Read More

“Reading Rainbow” Breaks Kickstarter Record For Most Backers

With less than 24 hours until its crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter comes to a close, “Reading Rainbow” has broken the all-time record of backers on the crowdfunding giant’s platform.  On Tuesday, the campaign reached over $4.8 million and has a total of 98,298 backers, which beats… Read More

Orsto Seeks To Gain £60K On Crowdcube For New Smartwatch

Teaming up with equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube, founder and design engineer at Orsto Paul Gill is seeking to gain £60,000 for the launch of his new smartwatch X3 model. According to Mr. Gill, the watch was built with the capability of a computer in the… Read More

Crowdfunding in Canada; An Interview with Craig Asano, Leader of NCFA Canada

Our neighbors to the North while much smaller in population have already established a vibrant crowdfunding scene.  With over 45% of the entire Canadian workforce employed in small business driving 28% of Canada’s GDP, it is clear that the importance of fostering a positive environment… Read More

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