Tagged: european union

June 30, 2016 @ 9:49 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

One week after the UK voted to leave the European Union (EU), equity crowdfunding platform AngelsDen revealed its thoughts about the departure and economy predictions. The website stated: “Obviously the UK vote to leave the European Union has raised many questions about investing in UK… Read More

June 28, 2016 @ 1:25 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Following the UK’s vote to depart from the European Union (EU), the team at crowdfunding portal, RealtyShares, revealed their thoughts about the shocking decision. Arash Sotoodehnia, RealtyShares chief credit officer, stated: “The uncertainty around what happens next as Britain begins the process of negotiating her… Read More

June 27, 2016 @ 9:45 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just days after the UK’s voters made the surprising decision to leave the European Union (EU), Finland’s equity crowdfunding platform, Invesdor, weighed in on the big vote. The funding portal’s communications manager, Mikko Savolainen, revealed in a blog post: “Late last week, the UK voted… Read More

June 25, 2016 @ 8:34 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

With the UK’s unexpected decision to leave the European Union (EU), co-founder of Crowdcube, Luke Lang, shared the equity crowdfunding portal’s reaction to the decision. As previously reported, the UK continues to remain in collective shock as the largely unexpected result of the EU referendum will… Read More

June 24, 2016 @ 3:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Following the announcement that the UK is set to leave the European Union (EU), CEO of Zopa, Jaidev Janardana, shared the peer-to-peer lending platform’s reaction to the shocking exit. Janardana revealed in a blog post: “With the UK voting to leave the EU, we’d like… Read More

June 22, 2016 @ 6:25 pm By JD Alois  |  

      History will be made tomorrow (June 23, 2016) as the United Kingdom will decide whether to remain, or depart, the European Union. Popularly called the “Brexit” (or Bremain), if the UK departs the second largest market in the world will take an… Read More

June 20, 2016 @ 8:18 am By JD Alois  |  

“We encourage the European Commission’s endeavour to support Crowdfunding as a mean to access to finance for SMEs, especially regarding innovative businesses in the field of renewable energy.” Sustainable energy crowdfunding platform Citizenergy, along with multiple other stakeholders in the crowdfunding industry have come together… Read More

April 27, 2016 @ 1:46 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

The European Union has put the brakes on regulating blockchain (the technology that underpins bitcoin); an EU parliamentary committee agreed on Tuesday in the latest example of a “softly-softly” approach by authorities towards financial services, according to the release. “We don’t want pre-emptive regulation, but we do… Read More

October 21, 2015 @ 1:27 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Fellow Finance announced this week that it is now open for investors with a bank account within European Union (EU) or Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA). Fellow Finance is an online marketplace for high-performing unsecured consumer loans. For investors Fellow Finance offers a possibility to… Read More

March 24, 2015 @ 10:09 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Symbid, one of the first investment crowdfunding platforms worldwide and now The Funding Network, announced a strategic partnership with Economic Board Utrecht (EBU), a Dutch regional economic development group, to support small businesses with over $1 million of funding. The partnership will provide local, sustainable initiatives… Read More

February 26, 2015 @ 12:47 pm By JD Alois  |  

The European Union published a “green paper” on Building a Capital Markets Union for the broader European community.  The ambitious goals are laudable but the challenge is high. While in the United States, and other countries around the globe, SME’s are the engine of growth…. Read More

September 19, 2014 @ 9:44 pm By JD Alois  |  

As part of the Single Market Forum 2014, the EU Expert Group on crowdfunding is scheduled to meet in Brussels next week on Thursday, September 25th. The Single Market Forum is designed to assess how well the European Union’s single market works in practice. The… Read More

July 2, 2014 @ 2:19 pm By JD Alois  |  

The European Crowdfunding Stakeholders Forum (ECSF) has finalized their initial members and posted their proposed rules that are expected to be present at the groups first meeting.  The deadline for applications was May 16, 2014 with the announcement being made by the EC this past… Read More

April 3, 2014 @ 9:30 am By Ludwine Dekker  |  

As the U.S. is making major efforts to implement the JOBS Act, the European Union seems to be only capable of analyzing the developments, as J.D. Alois’ article “EC Releases Communication on Long Term Financing Including Crowdfunding” shows. The most important conclusion was that the… Read More

March 27, 2014 @ 9:55 am By JD Alois  |  

As part of the massive release from the European Commission today on their Roadmap to meet the long term financing needs of  European Union, the EC published a document on Frequently Asked Questions regarding crowdfunding. While some of the responses are basic, much of the… Read More

March 27, 2014 @ 9:22 am By JD Alois  |  

As part of an initiative launched last Fall, the European Commission has published the responses to a consultation on crowdfunding.  While the commenting period closed on December 31, 2013, the document was published on March 27, 2014 as was widely expected. The EC received a… Read More

March 27, 2014 @ 8:41 am By JD Alois  |  

LONG-TERM FINANCING NEEDS OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMY The European Commission has adopted a package of measures that it hopes will address the long term financing needs of the European Economy.  As part of the communication the EC put forward a communication on crowdfunding as they… Read More

February 24, 2014 @ 8:59 am By JD Alois  |  

Social Economy Europe is a representative group for cooperatives, mutual societies, associations and foundations.  It is a European Union level institution for the social economy that aims to promote social and economic input of enterprises and organizations.  They also promote the role of and values… Read More

January 28, 2014 @ 10:49 am By JD Alois  |  

The European Commission Internal Market DG launched a public consultation on crowdfunding in 2013.  Interested individuals and organizations were asked to comment on the growing form of finance.  Recognizing the potential economic benefits of crowdfunding, the stated objective of the project was to gather data… Read More

November 27, 2013 @ 12:06 pm By JD Alois  |  

The European Commission DG Internal Market and Services is currently running a survey on crowdfunding.  The questionnaire poses questions about all forms of crowdfunding including: rewards, donations, debt, equity and royalty based iterations.  While the survey is not yet completed they have been releasing some… Read More