Tagged: cnbc

July 21, 2017 @ 10:15 am By JD Alois  |  

Ron Suber, perhaps the most prominent global Fintech Ambassador and President Emeritus of Prosper Marketplace, is on an extended swing across Asia visiting various platforms and presenting at events. Visiting with CNBC Asia this week, Suber explained how important transparency is for online lending and… Read More

June 6, 2017 @ 12:01 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowd Invest Summit has confirmed that Marcus Lemonis, star of the highly popular CNBC reality series “The Profit” will participate in a Fireside Keynote Chat at the forthcoming crowdfunding conference in Los Angeles this fall. Lemonis is a self made billionaire and is currently the… Read More

May 15, 2017 @ 12:51 pm By JD Alois  |  

SoFi Chief Operating Officer Joanne Bradford was back visiting with CNBC today. Bradford addressed several topics including the recent cyber attack that has public and private entities running for cover around the world. SoFi has not been impacted by the digital attack and Bradford was… Read More

May 14, 2017 @ 5:44 pm By JD Alois  |  

Earlier this month I was running CNBC in the background and a commercial came up that caused me to pause. On the screen was a besuited old white male pitching the next great investment. Coming off a bit like a used-car salesman, I learned later… Read More

February 23, 2017 @ 11:47 am By JD Alois  |  

Former SEC Commissioner and Trump administration advisor Paul Atkins chatted with CNBC today about the forthcoming Dodd-Frank replacement. Dodd-Frank was the pinnacle legislation crafted during the ashes of the Great Recession designed to address shortcomings within the financial services industry. While its intent may have… Read More

January 17, 2017 @ 2:11 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Business commerce platform Tradeshift announced on Monday it is partnering with CNBC to host the second annual leadership event, Sanctuary, during the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos. Those reportedly attending the event include leaders of Water.org, Planet, NASA, Ogin, Blockchain, General Motors, and… Read More

January 3, 2017 @ 11:10 am By JD Alois  |  

NASDAQ CEO Adena Friedman visited the new CNBC digs today to welcome the morning show pundits to NASDAQ and chat up her company’s vision. Friedman, previously President & COO of NASDAQ, became the CEO on January 1st. Friedman stated, “we are both an exchange operator… Read More

December 30, 2016 @ 9:11 am By JD Alois  |  

Former SEC Commissioner Daniel Gallagher visited the studios of CNBC yesterday to share his perspective on the SEC under the Trump administration.  Gallagher is one of the names being bandied about as the Republican pick for the SEC Chair.  Another possibility is another former Commissioner… Read More

September 14, 2016 @ 1:56 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

This week, Digitzs, a modern and disruptive global payments API, was named number one on CNBC’s Top 50 Crowdfinance Index, powered by Crowdnetic, with over $7 Million in commitments. The Index notably tracks real-time capital commitments received by the top 50 private U.S. companies through securities-based crowdfunding sites…. Read More

September 3, 2016 @ 4:27 pm By JD Alois  |  

EU Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis replaced Jonathan Hill of the UK at the Commission following the Brexit decision. He recently sat down with CNBC for an interesting interview where he shared some insight into his perspective on the Capital Markets Union (CMU) in light of the UK EU… Read More

August 25, 2016 @ 4:01 pm By JD Alois  |  

Joanne Bradford, SoFi COO, visited the studios of CNBC earlier today to give an update on the status of their lending operations. Bradford’s discussion comes  on the heels of Orchard’s industry update that showed a dip in online lending during the second quarter of 2016…. Read More

July 5, 2016 @ 3:06 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Zungle, the Los Angeles startup behind the new innovative sunglasses Zungle Panther, has successfully secured over $1.2 million on Kickstarter. The company took to the crowdfunding giant last month to raise $50,000 for the shades but quickly gained funds (and popularity) by raising over $475,000 within the first week…. Read More

June 20, 2016 @ 1:44 pm By JD Alois  |  

John Mack, a bit of a legend in the banking world who garnered the nick-named Mack the Nice (in contrast to some other less savory nicknames for other iBankers), visited the studios of CNBC this morning to discuss a broad range of topics.  Mack is… Read More

June 12, 2016 @ 5:50 pm By JD Alois  |  

How easy is it for Fintech startups to challenge established Wall Street firms? Charles Moldow, General Partner of Foundation Capital and an early investor in Lending Club, OnDeck and more, recently told CNBC; “I think it is hard to disrupt any mature industry. This one… Read More

June 8, 2016 @ 12:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

SoFi COO Joanne Bradford visited with CNBC yesterday to talk about their Fintech platform and their customers as part of the Disruptor 50 series. SoFi targets HENRY’s or High Earners Not Rich Yet customers with their growing portfolio of lending and financial services. In the… Read More

June 6, 2016 @ 7:33 pm By JD Alois  |  

Last week the Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) filed a comment letter with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency regarding a discussion paper on “responsible innovation” in the financial sector. The letter, signed by Karen Thomas, Senior Executive VP of Government Relations… Read More

May 22, 2016 @ 7:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Jon Medved, founder and CEO of OurCrowd – an accredited crowdfunding platform, spoke to CNBC last week and addressed the launch of Title III or Reg CF crowdfunding. Medved, never one to mince words, stated there are certain problems with Reg CF, as it stands… Read More

April 15, 2016 @ 4:52 pm By JD Alois  |  

EquityZen is a platform that seeks to provide liquidity in private company securities. This is one company that has benefited from the plunging decline in early stage IPOs. Founders Atish Davda, Shriram Bhashyam, and Phil Haslett created the company with a single ambition: to redesign… Read More

March 6, 2016 @ 11:06 am By JD Alois  |  

Last week global equity crowdfunding platform OurCrowd announced a significant partnership with United Overseas Bank (UOB).  The OurCrowd arrangement is part of the platforms deeper push into Asia and the robust startup scene. UOB is the third largest bank in Southeast Asia by total assets…. Read More

March 4, 2016 @ 12:35 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this week, Canary CEO Adam Sager sat down with CNBC to discuss the company’s home products, the importance of customer satisfaction and how it competes with other companies in the “Internet of Things” (IoT).  Last month, Sager revealed that Canary’s first-year sales were bigger than… Read More