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EuroCrowd Highlights Desired Changes to European Crowdfunding Service Providers Regulation (ECSPR)

Several years back, the European Union approved the European Crowdfunding Service Providers Regulation (ECSPR), which enabled issuers to raise funds across all EU member states. Under the rules, an issuer could raise up to €5 million for an offering listed on a regulated securities crowdfunding… Read More

Fintech Investment Director at Lloyds Banking Group Highlights Key Financial Technology Trends for 2025

Kirsty Rutter, the Fintech Investment Director at Lloyds Banking Group, highlights the key trends expected to shape the fast-evolving fintech industry in 2025. Despite various challenges, the UK fintech sector has demonstrated resilience and innovation, Rutter noted in a blog post. Kirsty Rutter from Lloyds… Read More

ICAN Founder Nick Morgan Shares What Needs to be Fixed at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

ICAN, or Investors Choice Advocates Network, is a non-profit that advocates on behalf of underserved investors and those individuals deemed to be unfairly targeted by the Securities and Exchange Commission. ICAN supports investors’ rights, which sometimes suffer from too much government and too little freedom…. Read More

Perspective: President Trump Ends Effort to Create a Global Corporate Tax, a Smart Move for the Country

President Donald Trump sent a memorandum to the incoming Secretary of the Treasury announcing the end of the Global Tax initiative established under the Biden Administration. There are many reasons why the Global Tax was a bad deal to begin with, and Trump’s action is… Read More

Former Attorney at the Department of Justice Criminal Division Comments on SEC’s Move to Support Crypto Innovation

The new Trump administration has moved quickly to reverse the Biden administration’s anti-digital asset innovation policies. This week, Commissioner Mark Uyeda was selected as the acting Chair of the SEC. His first act was to create a Crypto Task Force led by Commissioner Hester Peirce,… Read More

YouHodler Chief of Markets Comments on Donald Trump Presidency Impact on Crypto

CI has received comments from Ruslan Lienkha, chief of markets at YouHodler, a regulated Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP), regarding the new Trump administration and its impact on digital assets. President Trump is well known for his support of crypto, and markets have responded positively… Read More

Tokenization Platform Centrifuge Comments on MiCA and EU Crypto Rules, Expectations for the US

MiCA, or markets in crypto markets regulation, aims to create bright-line rules in Europe to enable digital asset innovation. While not regulating digital securities, MiCA covers just about everything else, including stablecoin regulation. The EU wants to encourage the development of new products and services… Read More

EuroCrowd Sees Crowdfunding as Supporting the EU’s Capital Markets Objectives

EuroCrowd, a pan-European association advocating on behalf of online capital formation in the EU, sees investment crowdfunding as playing a key role in supporting the EU’s capital markets objectives. The key aspect to creating the European Union was the free movement of goods and services,… Read More

UK AIM Listings Over £1 billion at 9 Year Low: Globacap CEO Says AIM is in Decline

UK AIM listings of firms valued at over £1 billion are at a 9-year low, notes Myles Milston, CEO and co-founder of a capital markets technology company, Globacap. According to recent data, just six firms top that amount. In an article in Proactive Investor,  AIM… Read More

Cross River Bank to Continue Building Financial Infrastructure in 2025, Will Aim to Expand into New Markets

Gilles Gade, Founder and CEO at Cross River Bank, said that when he thinks of 2024, he’s reminded of a quote by the Austrian philosopher Viktor Frankl: “When we are no longer able to change a situation – we are challenged to change ourselves.” As… Read More

Top 10 Fintech Predictions for 2025

FINTECH in 2025! It’s been a whirlwind since my last Fintech predictions for 2024. I forecasted AI ubiquity, the end of BaaS, digital twinning, and Elon Musk’s ambition to dominate Fintech. Some of these predictions came true, others fell flat, but as they say, truth… Read More

U.S. Moves, Even if Expected Still Affect Global Markets: YouHodler’s Lienkha

YouHodler’s chief of markets, Ruslan Lienkha, said recent decisions by a relatively healthy United States would affect world markets, even if they knew they were coming. Lienkha said markets expected a rate cut, given Fed signals at previous meetings. While a 0.5% rate cut was deemed bold… Read More

Tron Founder Justin Sun Is Emerging As Unexpected Ally of President-Elect Donald Trump

In the latest twist in the unpredictable world of crypto and high-stakes finance, Justin Sun, the Chinese-born entrepreneur and founder of the Tron (TRX) blockchain, has emerged as a somewhat unlikely and unexpected ally of President-elect Donald Trump. This development, reported by the Wall Street… Read More

ICAN Petitions the SEC to Fix the Definition of an Accredited Investor

Everyone knows the definition of an Accredited Investor is broken. The rule sets a monetary hurdle for individuals who may participate in certain private securities offerings. It is obvious to all that wealth is not necessarily an indicator of sophistication. Still, the SEC has failed… Read More

Don’t Bet on Early 2025 Fed Rate Cut

Should the US Federal Reserve cut rates in December, it’ll be based on market pressure—not sound economic reasoning—and there will be no rate cuts in the first half of 2025, deVere Group CEO Nigel Green believes. His warning comes as the US Consumer Price Index… Read More

Over $6 Billion in Equity in Private Firms Sold this Year: Nasdaq Private Markets Report

A recent report shares that Nasdaq Private Markets (NPM), a secondary trading platform for shares in private firms, has booked $6 billion in trades so far this year. In total, since its creation, NPM reports over $55 billion in transactional value and more than 250… Read More

The CFPB Should Be Investigating Banks that Debanked Individuals and Firms

Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) testified before the Senate Banking Committee. Chairman Rohit Chopra outlined his accomplishments while at the agency in his opening statement, mentioning that they are working on addressing the challenges of debanking. Blocking people from the banking system has emerged… Read More

LendingClub Founding CEO and Current Upgrade CEO Renaud Laplanche Comments on 10 Year Anniversary of Iconic Fintech IPO

LendingClub (NYSE:LC) became a public firm in an IPO held on December 11, 2014 – ten years ago today. At that time, the transition of the high-profile Fintech from a private firm to a publicly traded company was heralded as a coming-of-age moment for the… Read More

Cross River Bank CEO Says David Sacks’ Nomination as ‘AI & Crypto Czar’ Could Be Key to Enabling Innovation

Cross River CEO Gilles Gade has applauded David Sacks’ nomination, calling it a win for Fintech, crypto, and AI regulation. Gilles Gade, Founder and CEO at Cross River Bank, noted that David Sacks’ nomination as ‘AI & Crypto Czar’ could be a pivotal moment for… Read More

The Payments Association: It’s About Time the US Leads World on Crypto

The change in the US administration is expected to usher in a new era of digital asset innovation. During the Biden Administration, there was open hostility toward crypto that went beyond the pursuit of fraud and scams. Many firms sought to be regulated but were… Read More

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