Tagged: review

August 14, 2023 @ 11:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Following a review of fund managers’ value assessments, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has found “that while many firms have better practices in place, some still require improvement.” In 2017, the FCA published its Asset Management Market Study, which “found evidence of weak demand-side… Read More

March 10, 2023 @ 8:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Swift announced further progress on its experimental solution for interlinking Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs), reporting that 18 central and commercial banks found “clear potential and value” in the API-based CBDC connector after a comprehensive review. The cooperative “published the findings of the 12-week period… Read More

December 16, 2022 @ 8:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

FIS (NYSE: FIS), which claims to be a global leader in financial services technology, announced that its incoming Chief Executive Officer and Board of Directors have initiated a comprehensive “assessment of the company’s strategy, businesses, operations and structure with the goal of positioning the Company… Read More

November 29, 2017 @ 12:02 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, Indiegogo celebrated its first year of equity crowdfunding by revealing details about what has happened on its equity portal over the past twelve months.  As previously reported, Indiegogo launched the platform with MicroVentures, which allows anyone to invest in startups and growing companies…. Read More

January 2, 2017 @ 9:42 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Celebrating the new year by offering a few tips for growing a business, CEO and co-founder of crowdfunding platform PledgeMe, Anna Guenther, discussed what she and her team learned over the course of 2016. Guenther revealed in a blog post: “Another year older, another year… Read More

June 26, 2016 @ 3:17 pm By JD Alois  |  

In February of 2014, Munich-based Bragi Dash launched their rewards crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter. The concept was to create “smart” wireless headphones that combined a full set of features and technology currently unavailable in the retail market. The vision of founder Nikolaj Hviid, formerly Head… Read More

August 16, 2015 @ 10:30 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this year, I was researching the latest crowdfunding campaigns on Kickstarter when I stumbled upon this hilarious, Russian roulette concept game Exploding Kittens.  NEVER have I laughed so hard at project. Beyond the great name, Exploding Kittens raised over $8.7 million with the support of… Read More

October 20, 2014 @ 8:32 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last month, Los Angeles-based Soen launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to raise $20,000 for its Bluetooth speaker, Transit XS. The multi-colored speaker easily passed their goal and closed at just shy of $60,000 as 544 supporters signed up to back the project.  The device… Read More

November 18, 2013 @ 10:47 am By Charles Luzar  |  

LendAcademy publisher Peter Renton recently published two video primers on two of the largest P2P lending marketplaces in the world, those being Lending Club and Prosper. If you’re new to the world of P2P lending and want to get a sense of the basics quickly,… Read More

February 26, 2013 @ 9:47 pm By AllThingsD  |  

Do you ever find yourself frantically trying to fish your phone out of a pocket or purse to find out whether that beep or buzz from the device is an important call, text or email—or just something you can ignore? What if you could simply… Read More