Tagged: awards

June 8, 2020 @ 10:22 am By JD Alois  |  

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has launched the S$ 1.75 million MAS Global Fintech Innovation Challenge. The competition seeks Fintech solutions that can help financial institutions respond to COVID-19 and climate change. MAS said the theme for the competition is “Building Resilience, Seizing Opportunities,… Read More

April 11, 2019 @ 11:51 am By JD Alois  |  

The 7th annual LendIt Fintech took place this week in San Francisco and once again financial innovators from around the world showed up to listen and learn about disruption taking place in Fintech. As part of the annual conference, LendIt announced 21 winners for its… Read More

October 8, 2018 @ 9:41 am By JD Alois  |  

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has announced the shortlist of finalists for their 2018 Global FinTech Hackcelerator and FinTech Awards at this year’s Singapore FinTech Festival. MAS reports that 514 different Fintech firms applied with 60 finalists, from 40 different countries, being selected. Over half… Read More

June 29, 2018 @ 3:27 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

CreditEase Wealth Management announced on Friday it won “Best Wealth Management Firm of the Year” and “Best Wealth Manager for Fund of Funds” at the Asiamoney Annual Awards. Last year, Asiamoney reportedly began selecting nonbank wealth management institutions for their “Excellence in Chinese Wealth Management” award and… Read More

May 17, 2018 @ 12:04 am By JD Alois  |  

FinTech Australia has revealed the finalists for their 2018 Finnie Awards. Fintech focused companies are competing for 23 different categories. Overall, 89 companies were selected as finalists from over 200 submissions. The finalists were reviewed by 81 domestic and international judges. The Finalists are as follows:… Read More

March 25, 2018 @ 8:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

FinTech Australia has extended the deadline for nominations regarding the 2018 Finne Awards. The new deadline is now midnight April 8th.  Judging is scheduled to take place immediately after the deadline with finalists notified on Monday, May 7th. It all comes together for the gala… Read More

October 7, 2017 @ 10:40 am By JD Alois  |  

The Netherlands Crowdfunding Association has recently announced the nominees for the annual Crowdfunding Awards. The Assocation states that Dutch investors have contributed more than €400 million in more than 4,000 different companies. Many of these same investors became directly involved with entrepreneurs in their area through… Read More

July 8, 2017 @ 6:05 pm By JD Alois  |  

  This past Thursday at the Dorchester Hotel in London, the UK Business Angels Association’s (UKBAA) annual UK Angel Investment Awards took place. Fourteen awards were  presented by Emma Sinclair MBE, the youngest person in the UK to have created a public company. Jenny Tooth OBE,… Read More

May 15, 2017 @ 7:16 am By JD Alois  |  

FinTech Australia has released the list of finalists for the inaugural Australian Fintech Awards or “Finnie Awards”.  There are 60 finalists selected from 158 entries competing in 30 different categories. A total of 39 judges, including 16 from overseas, rated the different award entries to… Read More

May 1, 2017 @ 4:12 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Crowdfunding platform for music, PledgeMusic, recently announced it received a nomination for the 2017 A2IM Libera Awards in the Independent Champion Category. According to the event’s organizers, the A2IM Libera Awards celebrates the successes of the independent music community. The funding portal shared: “As a… Read More

February 27, 2017 @ 3:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Australian business media company Fintech Business announced the winners of the 2017 Fintech Business Awards, which recognized the outstanding innovation and entrepreneurship in the Australia fintech sector. The inaugural event’s description reads: “The inaugural Fintech Business Awards seeks to identify and acknowledge the leading individuals… Read More

February 23, 2017 @ 4:38 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Real estate crowdfunding platform Sharestates announced on Thursday it received a nomination for LendIt Conference Industry Awards’ emerging real estate platform award. The winner will be announced on March 7th at the Edison Ballroom in New York City. Speaking about the nomination, Allen Shayanfekr, co-founder and CEO of Sharestates, stated: “We… Read More

November 9, 2016 @ 11:53 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this week, leading UK-based investment crowdfunding platform SyndicateRoom announced it was named Best Investment Platform and Industry Game Changer at this year’s Growth Investor Awards. The event celebrated the role of the UK SME fund management community in both job and wealth creation. It also recognizes… Read More

November 9, 2016 @ 10:17 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Online commercial mortgage marketplace lender, LendInvest, announced it was named Best Short Term Lender at the NACFB Awards. The fourth annual event was held last week at the Park Plaza Hotel on Westminster Bridge in London and recognized companies in the lending industry.  Sharing details about… Read More

October 11, 2016 @ 9:57 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube announced on Tuesday its legal team received recognition at the FT Innovative Lawyers Awards Europe 2016. The event took place last week, and its judges were Integreon’s Bob Gogel, Financial Times’ Michael Skaplinker, and RSG Consulting’s Reena SenGupta. Crowdcube was shortlisted… Read More

August 1, 2016 @ 9:49 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last week, the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF) announced the winners of the inaugural Think It Up Innovation Awards. This award honored eight teams of students and teachers. Each team will receive $5,000 in DonorsChoose funding credits to advance their work in the classroom. Each winning… Read More

June 24, 2016 @ 10:34 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Thursday, global investment crowdfunding platform OurCrowd announced it was among the winners of the 2016 Red Herring Awards. Since its establishment in 1996, the tech magazine reportedly reviews thousands of candidates for each of its three Top 100 awards  for Asia, Europe and the Americas…. Read More

June 10, 2016 @ 4:51 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Lending Works, a UK-based peer to peer lender, announced this week that it has been named Best Peer-to-Peer Platform for Savers Winner at the 2016 Moneywise Customer Service Awards, which is described as the “authoritative stamp of approval by the UK consumer,” recognition is given to… Read More

March 25, 2016 @ 12:55 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Inkshares, a start-up crowdfunded book publisher, announced on Friday that Quincy Carroll’s Up to the Mountains and Down to the Countryside has been recognized as a finalist in the 18th annual Foreword Reviews’ INDIEFAB Book of the Year Awards. The website revealed that in the next three months, a… Read More

February 11, 2016 @ 2:09 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Touchjet, a company that creates interactive Android touch technology on a large and portable scale, announced it has been named a 2016 award finalist of the Edison Awards for its innovative touch products. The company successfully secured thousands of dollars through Indiegogo for various projects…. Read More