Tagged: event

August 23, 2015 @ 3:17 pm By JD Alois  |  

In its fourth consecutive year, Finance Magnates’ London Summit, taking place in November, expects this year’s event to be the biggest yet.  The gathering has been stretching its subject over the years to cover a diverse, cross-section of FinTech and new finance. Last year’s event had… Read More

August 8, 2015 @ 3:13 pm By JD Alois  |  

FinFair 2015 took place in Manhattan on July 29th. The event was a combination of old school finance and FinTech entrepreneurs – the disruptive types who are quickly changing the world of finance. According to event organizer Dara Albright, “Wall Street is about to discover the… Read More

August 6, 2015 @ 9:39 am By JD Alois  |  

UK based AltFi will host its second annual AltFi Global Summit for the US institutional investor audience this coming November in New York City. AltFi held its inaugural event in the US last year with solid participation from across the ranks of disruptive finance.  According to… Read More

July 31, 2015 @ 5:46 pm By JD Alois  |  

Do you have an amazing FinTech startup concept? Are you looking for co-founders and mentors? Then this event is perfect for you. A week from today over 70 potential co-founders and dozens of mentors (with money) are gathering in New York City with the sole… Read More

July 26, 2015 @ 9:39 pm By JD Alois  |  

FinFair, a crowd-centric conference that aims to bring together Wall Street legends with FinTech innovators, will take place in Manhattan on July 29th.  The finance industry is going through a period of dramatic change as technology is altering all aspects of capital formation. FinFair wants… Read More

July 23, 2015 @ 4:38 pm By JD Alois  |  

The inaugural Crowd Dialog Europe event is scheduled to take place next month in Helsinki, Finland. The conference is described as an “experts gathering” with participants from over 25 different countries who will meet to discuss the most recent developments in crowdfunding, crowdsourcing, and crowd-innovation.  Crowd… Read More

July 18, 2015 @ 8:09 am By JD Alois  |  

  CoAssets, Southeast Asia’s first real estate crowdfunding platform, held its second Expo for Property, Investing and Crowdfunding (EPIC) in Singapore this past week. Organizers state that attendance doubled over year prior as interest in real estate crowdfunding has soared.  Over 900 attendees participated in… Read More

July 10, 2015 @ 1:54 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Crowdfunding Professional Association (CFPA) and the Crowdfunding Intermediary Regulatory Advocates (CFIRA), the two leading crowdfunding advocacy associations in the US, have partnered up to offer a free webinar on the JOBS Act.  The duo are presenting “The JOBS Act: Funds as Alternative Investment Structures”… Read More

July 2, 2015 @ 7:47 am By JD Alois  |  

The Peer to Peer Finance Association (P2PFA) in the UK has shared they will be partnering with Lendit on their annual conference to be held in London this coming October. Lendit has captured solid acclaim for its US conferences targeting the marketplace lending / peer… Read More

June 24, 2015 @ 2:45 pm By JD Alois  |  

FinFair 2015 will be a gathering that discusses the leadership, products and technologies driving the crowd-centric retail alternatives market.  The event is viewed as forum for  is pleased to officially announce one of the most groundbreaking FinTech and alternative finance programs to penetrate Wall Street. Crowd-centric… Read More

June 23, 2015 @ 11:12 pm By JD Alois  |  

The staff of the “Worlds Largest Crowdfunding Festival”, One Spark, is apparently getting smaller. This is according to a report in the Jacksonville (FL) Business Journal. Full time staff is being slashed from 11 down to 3 as part of a re-organizational push to refocus the annual… Read More

May 12, 2015 @ 9:11 am By JD Alois  |  

The European Crowdfunding Network (ECN) has scheduled a new event title “CrowdCamp” which will take place in Lisbon, Portugal, this June. Formed in 20122, the ECN is a pan-European, non-profit, representative organization that has led the charge to change finance across the continent. The new conference… Read More

April 28, 2015 @ 2:45 pm By JD Alois  |  

There is a growing policy push to create a Venture Exchange, or exchanges, to facilitate the purchasing and selling of new types of securities in smaller cap companies.  A securities value is best determined by the market and if one does not exist valuations are… Read More

April 20, 2015 @ 3:05 pm By JD Alois  |  

A one day summit has been scheduled to take place in London to “demystify” the new financial sector.  The event is a primer for individuals that have money to invest and experienced professionals & advisors who want to learn more about the investment crowdfunding space…. Read More

April 19, 2015 @ 7:28 pm By JD Alois  |  

One Spark, the largest crowdfunding festival in the world, held its week long gathering in Jacksonville, Florida this month.  Tens of thousands of project creators, investors and casual observers descended on the central Florida city to what has become a community defining event. The closing… Read More

April 6, 2015 @ 3:44 pm By JD Alois  |  

The next Crowdfunding  Asia event, originally scheduled to take place next week in Jakarta, Indonesia, has been postponed until later this year.  According to event organizers this was to accommodate the schedule of President Joko Widodo who was expected to make an appearance and open the event… Read More

April 6, 2015 @ 1:14 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Investor Advisory Committee is scheduled to meet at the offices of the SEC this week on Thursday, April 9th from 9:30 a.m. until 4:00 p.m.  The meeting will be webcast on the Commission’s website. The agenda, as distributed by the SEC, is published below. Agenda: April 09, 2015,… Read More

April 5, 2015 @ 8:01 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

One Spark, one of the world’s largest crowdfunding festivals, is about to fill Jacksonville, Fl., with 555 projects in art, education, health and science, music, social good and technology. From April 7 to April 12, the festival gives attendees a chance to contribute to Creator Projects, and vote for… Read More

March 19, 2015 @ 1:31 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

The Funding Network (“TFN”), an international, London-based organization that will created a unique “crowdfunding” event model, announced that it conducted its fourth New York City event earlier this month, which three pre-qualified and selected non-profit organizations will make six-minute pitches to potential donors at TFN’s live-ly crowdfunding events. This is… Read More

March 16, 2015 @ 6:16 pm By JD Alois  |  

Patch of Land, a real estate crowdfunding platform that is debt-based, has been selected to participate in Harvard Business School’s Real Estate Venture Competition. The competition will take place during the annual Harvard Real Estate Weekend and is focused on early stage startups who will… Read More