April 3, 2019 @ 1:08 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

KBC Banking Group announced on Tuesday it has partnered with Fitbit to launch Fitbit Pay services in Belgium. According to KBC, all KBC, CBC and KBC Brussels customers who have a Fitbit smartwatch or activity tracker may now use it to pay in shops that… Read More

February 22, 2019 @ 8:10 am By Cali Haan  |  

UK auction house Wilson’s Auctions will be selling 215 Bitcoins, Bitcoin Gold “coins” and Bitcoin Cash “coins” in a 24-hour Timed Online Auction starting February 28th. According to the firm, the coins (104.99 of each), “were seized by the Belgium police as a result of a… Read More

September 6, 2018 @ 10:09 pm By Cali Haan  |  

The Financial Services and Markets Authority of Belgium (FSMA) says it has been continuing to receive complaints from investors swindled by fake cryptocurrency platforms and is therefore reiterating its warnings to consumers: “Cryptocurrencies are the hype of the year. Fraudsters are well aware of that,… Read More

June 29, 2018 @ 4:49 pm By Therese Torris  |  

Today June 28, Belgium-based SME lending platform Look&Fin announced that it has partnered with credit insurer Atradius to offer a 100% guarantee on the capital lent to SMEs by its retail investors. The move is dramatically closing the gap between marketplace lending and bank lending…. Read More

March 27, 2018 @ 10:41 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Fintech collaboration platform B-Hive announced on Tuesday it has teamed up with global strategy consulting firm Roland Berger to launch a new dashboard called B-Lens 2018 to Belgium. According to the duo, the dashboard brings together a number of key indicators to illustrate and monitor the… Read More

March 20, 2018 @ 11:10 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Swiss Fintech Temenos (SIX: TEMN) announced on Tuesday it has formed a partnership with MAINSYS, a provider of IT services to the Belgian financial services sector. According to Temenos, the new partnership brings together MAINSYS’ knowledge and experience in providing digitalization services for the banking sector,… Read More

March 5, 2018 @ 12:15 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last week, fintech collaboration platform B-Hive announced it has signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Fintech & Payments Association of Ireland (FPAI), which will allow the duo to strengthen collaboration between Belgium and Ireland. According to B-Hive, the MoU was signed on the occasion… Read More

February 22, 2018 @ 12:06 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Financial Services Markets Authority (FSMA) in Belgium has added its voice to the growing list of financial regulators warning consumers about fraud in the cryptocurrency realm. The FSMA says that recently a large number of new platforms offering the chance to invest in cryptocurrencies have… Read More

May 26, 2017 @ 10:18 am By JD Alois  |  

The European Crowdfunding Network (ECN) has scheduled its Assembly of Members to take place on June 21, 2017. The gathering will be held at the ECN offices in Brussels. All ECN members are invited to stand for and vote on the ECN Board of Directors. The Board… Read More

May 4, 2017 @ 7:38 pm By Therese Torris  |  

In its early days as a Payment Service Provider, Lemon Way took up the challenge of meeting the complex needs of crowdfunding platforms while drastically cutting the costs and relieving them of much of the regulatory burden of payment transactions. Five years later, the company… Read More

February 2, 2017 @ 5:03 am By Erin Hobey  |  

The Belgian Law of 18 December 2016 on crowdfunding entered into full force yesterday.   The crowdfunding law creates a specific status for equity and debt crowdfunding platforms (referred to as “alternative financing platforms”) and prescribes operating requirements for both alternative financing platforms and regulated entities… Read More

February 1, 2017 @ 10:55 am By JD Alois  |  

Spanish Off-grid Eco-Complex Mar de Fulles Voted Best Contributor to Sustainable Energy Future Community energy portal Citizenergy announced its 2016 Project of the Year Award to Spanish crowdfunding platform ECrowd! and the Mar de Fulles eco-complex during an event in Brussels. Citizenergy lauded the two company’s outstanding… Read More

September 17, 2016 @ 12:21 pm By JD Alois  |  

Beer Flows Through De Halve Maan  Brewery Pipeline Wonders never cease. The crowdfunded beer pipeline turned on its taps yesterday allowing 4000 liters per hour to flow from central Bruges to the De Halve Maan plant on the outskirts of town to prep, bottle and… Read More

September 15, 2016 @ 10:22 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

I-MOVIX has recently launched a campaign on Seedrs to raise €250,000. The ING-backed tech brand was named the first Belgium company to launch an initiative on Seedrs since the funding portal announced plans to expand into the Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg region earlier this summer. The company,… Read More

July 7, 2016 @ 11:08 pm By Therese Torris  |  

In the troubled post-Brexit context, many leaders in the UK traditional and alternative financial services are trying to reassure their market and even to present the Brexit vote as an opportunity for the UK. Their statements read like reactions of the French after a soccer… Read More

June 4, 2016 @ 7:39 pm By JD Alois  |  

Perhaps one of the most interesting rewards campaigns of all time, the De Halve Maan Beer pipeline is nearing completion. The project was launched last year by the Belgian brewer as it recognized driving tanker trucks through the crowded streets of historic Bruges was a growing… Read More

May 30, 2016 @ 11:01 am By Therese Torris  |  

The transition to sustainable energies, away from fossil fuel, is a political agenda that creates a huge need for capital investments. The role of crowdfunding in funding this transition was the topic of the 2nd annual European Crowdfunding Network (ECN) CrowdCamp that gathered 200 representatives… Read More

May 3, 2016 @ 11:07 am By JD Alois  |  

Climate change and renewable energy are two hot topics today. Policymakers and other stakeholders continue to debate the specifics while a growing majority of people view clean energy as an important and strategic goal for the world. The United Nations in their most recent report… Read More

April 5, 2016 @ 12:15 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

SWIFT, a global member-owned cooperative and a leading global provider of secure financial messaging services, announced that 21 banks have started the pilot for its global payments innovation initiative, intended to improve the customer experience in correspondent banking by increasing the speed, transparency and predictability of cross-border payments. The… Read More

March 11, 2016 @ 3:13 pm By JD Alois  |  

The European Crowdfunding Network will be hosting its 2nd edition of CrowdCamp that will target the renewable energy sector.  Scheduled for May 24th in Brussels, this CrowdCamp will focus on crowdfunding for clean tech and renewable energy projects. The event is expected to have the… Read More