Tagged: asia

May 27, 2015 @ 8:27 am By JD Alois  |  

Three crowdfunding platforms have come together in a strategic alliance to boost market dominance in Southeast Asia.  CoAssets, FundedByMe, and New Union each based in Singapore, specialize in different aspects of Crowdfunding. CoAssets is targeting the real estate vertical.  New Union is a debt based… Read More

May 20, 2015 @ 8:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Peer to peer lender China Rapid Finance has originated an astounding 1.1 million in loans to Chinese borrowers in just three months time – as of April 30th. The impressive number is indicative of the demand for capital in the largest P2P lending market in… Read More

May 12, 2015 @ 5:51 pm By JD Alois  |  

With final regulations expected this coming June, details continue to trickle out regarding the approach the China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC) will take in cracking down in a rather chaotic peer to peer lending industry in China. China is presently the largest peer to peer… Read More

May 8, 2015 @ 12:27 pm By Chen Hung-Yi  |  

  Crowdfunding is estimated to be commencing this May (2015) in Taiwan. To encourage the development of start-ups and SMEs, the financial authority in Taiwan, which is called Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC), will provide a regulatory structure for crowdfunding. Since the Security Act in Taiwan requires the… Read More

May 5, 2015 @ 2:55 pm By JD Alois  |  

China is the largest peer to peer lending market in the world originating over $40 billion in loans for 2014.  While estimates vary, there are over 1500 p2p lenders in the country today – a number that is expected to decline once the government releases… Read More

May 4, 2015 @ 12:08 am By JD Alois  |  

Ning Tang, CEO and founder of CreditEase – the first peer to peer lending platform in China, recently shared “ten thoughts” about the evolution of P2P lending and online finance. CreditEase was founded in 2006 prior to P2P lending becoming a popular term, the CreditEase… Read More

May 1, 2015 @ 4:25 pm By JD Alois  |  

AutoChina International just reported 4th quarter 2014 financial resorts. AutoChina is a “leading provider of innovative financing solutions for China’s transportation industry”. The spread between quarter close and results may be slow for the US, but is typical for China. AutoChina (OTCBB: AUTCF) announced decent… Read More

April 26, 2015 @ 2:49 pm By JD Alois  |  

In today’s world, science & technology has to compete, innovate, vision clarity and install aspiration to serve the demands of industry. Traditional funding limits and challenges the demise of ideas! Crowdfunding offers alternatives and disrupt the traditions; crowdfunding led breakthrough for passionate individual, it bring science… Read More

April 19, 2015 @ 11:37 pm By JD Alois  |  

  Former Secretary of Treasury Larry Summers delivered a solid and well received speech at LendIt last week where he criticized the failures of traditional finance while lauding the innovations of internet finance – one that will remove banking from the shadows of the past… Read More

April 9, 2015 @ 4:19 pm By JD Alois  |  

According to Guan Jianzhong of Dagong Global, a company that monitors and rates peer to peer lending platforms, of the 1,587 p2p platforms it observes, 393 have been blacklisted and an additional 668 were given risk warnings – a staggering percentage of active peer lenders in… Read More

April 2, 2015 @ 9:57 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowd2Fund, a UK based investment crowdfunding platform that offers a range of funding options, has announced a Series A funding round of £2 million giving the company a “notional market value” of £10 million.  According to the company interest from Chinese investors boosted the valuation… Read More

March 31, 2015 @ 2:24 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

In a release, InvestUp MD and Co-Founder James Tuckett opined on Massolution’s Crowdfunding Report.  An excerpt follows: It’s not often that we get to write about the only global report on crowdfunding worth talking about. And this one’s doubly special, as we’ve waited for over two… Read More

March 27, 2015 @ 11:11 am By JD Alois  |  

Speaking on a panel discussion at the Boao Forum in southern China, the CEO of Shanghai Lujiazui International Financial Asset Exchange (commonly referred to as Lufax), Gregory Gibb, addressed the pressing issue of fraud. The peer to peer lending industry in China has experienced supercharged growth over the… Read More

March 26, 2015 @ 11:43 pm By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfunding Asia will be visiting Jakarta, Indonesia next month delivering its message of the power and potential of crowdfunding to boost economies and create new jobs. Crowdfunding Asia held its first, very successful, conference in Singapore in August of 2014.  Several hundred finance professionals, investors,… Read More

March 26, 2015 @ 6:37 pm By JD Alois  |  

Data published by the China Banking Association indicates a “surge” in internet banking.  According to a report in ECNS, individuals using online banking services has hit 909 million – an increase of 150 million compared to the year prior. Financial transactions totaled an astounding 60.85… Read More

March 11, 2015 @ 1:45 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

SAIF Partners in China and in India, a leading Asian private equity firm managing over US$3.5 billion, is expecting to invest a minimum of $70-$100 million in 10-15 companies this year, across the mobile, e-commerce and financial services sectors, according to a story on Live Mint. In the… Read More

March 2, 2015 @ 11:48 pm By JD Alois  |  

Singapore’s first true equity crowdfunding platform, FundedHere, launched today its platform to facilitate equity-based funding and venture debt for start-ups in the region from as low as S$5,000 (US$3,700). The new investment platform is viewed as a “springboard to fund projects in the region”. FundedHere… Read More

February 20, 2015 @ 3:58 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

The competition is down to just a few finalists in Channel News Asia’s “Start Up” TV show, and Andrea Loubier is one of them. Loubier is the CEO of Mailbird, a tech startup headquartered in Bali, with offices in Bandung, Indonesia, and Copenhagen, Denmark. Three judges… Read More

February 17, 2015 @ 12:50 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday (February 17th), peer-to-peer lender, Linked Finance, announced it has hired Lloyd Nolan as its new chief operating officer. According to The Independent, Nolan joins Linked Finance from computer software company Symantec, where he was senior operations director of the customer management center for… Read More

February 16, 2015 @ 8:42 pm By JD Alois  |  

Many countries around the globe are pushing forward with investment crowdfunding  viewing the new form of finance as a powerful tool to boost economic growth by funding small companies. It is a new world order though with little precedent to guide.  The British have spearheaded… Read More