Tagged: sara hanks

September 27, 2023 @ 3:36 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has published a long list of rule changes it intends to pursue. The complete agenda established by the Commission, under the leadership of SEC Chair Gary Gensler, is available here. One of the rule changes near the top is… Read More

March 2, 2023 @ 10:25 am By JD Alois  |  

  Sara Hanks has joined the Advisory Board of Upstream – part of Horizon. Upstream is a MERJ Exchange market providing liquidity for digital securities. MERJ supports both global issuers of traditional and digital securities indlucing issuance, trading, clearing, settlement, and registry. Hanks is well… Read More

August 2, 2022 @ 7:18 pm By JD Alois  |  

  The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee (SBCFAC) met today to discuss liquidity for certain exempt securities in the form of secondary trading. More specifically, the Committee addressed securities issued under Reg CF (Regulation Crowdfunding) and Regulation A (Reg… Read More

May 27, 2022 @ 6:33 pm By JD Alois  |  

Reg A+ is one of three exemptions created under the JOBS Act of 2012 that legalized online capital formation or securities crowdfunding. Reg CF (Regulation Crowdfunding) initially allowed issuers to raise just $1.07 million (now $5 million), while Reg A+ allowed firms to raise up… Read More

March 3, 2022 @ 4:55 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Importance of Compliance. Under the JOBS Act 0f 2012, online capital formation – or investment crowdfunding, became legal in the US. Three exemptions were created that enabled firms to raise money online to fund a company by selling securities. The legislation created Regulation Crowdfunding… Read More

February 22, 2022 @ 6:20 pm By JD Alois  |  

Assurely, an Insurtech that is serving the securities crowdfunding sector, has announced a new partnership with Crowdcheck – a leading legal services firm that specializes in online capital formation. According to a statement from Assurely, the partnership encourages all stakeholders utilizing CrowdCheck’s services to obtain… Read More

December 16, 2019 @ 2:31 pm By JD Alois  |  

Last week, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee (SBCFAC) met to review, and vote on, recommendations for the Commission as part of the concept release on regulatory harmonization. During a public call, a discussion was held on addressing the… Read More

November 12, 2019 @ 9:53 am By JD Alois  |  

Last week, a meeting of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Investor Advisory Committee (IAC) held a meeting. On the agenda was the topic of the SEC’s concept release on regulatory harmonization. The concept release was initiated in recognition of the current ecosystem of private… Read More

January 24, 2019 @ 3:41 pm By JD Alois  |  

There has been a good amount of discussion about the impact of the government shutdown and the effect on government employees who are not being paid.  The shutdown is also undermining sectors of the economy that depend on furloughed public employees. One sector of finance that has… Read More

November 27, 2018 @ 9:26 pm By Samuel Guzik  |  

As the expression goes:  “Look before you leap.”  But if you are an innovator, determined to blaze a trail never before navigated – there is not much to look at. Being a pioneer can be a lonely and dangerous adventure.  Nothing could be more true… Read More

November 26, 2018 @ 4:18 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

KoreConX announced on Monday it has formed a partnership with CrowdCheck Law LLP, a law firm that is seeking to help companies navigate through the JOBS Act regulations. According to KoreConX, CrowdCheck Law, LLP is an affiliated law firm of CrowdCheck, Inc., a market leader in compliance… Read More

November 9, 2018 @ 1:13 pm By JD Alois  |  

Legion M, the fan-owned media and entertainment company, is in the midst of its 4th securities crowdfunding round having raised approximately $5 million in total. According to a note from the company, Legion M has now topped 5,000 reservations for the securities offer which will begin… Read More

February 14, 2018 @ 11:38 am By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has scheduled its first meeting for 2018 of the Investor Advisory Committee (IAC). The Committee helps to guide the SEC on initiatives that protect individual investor interests. In practice, this largely means investor protection issues. The upcoming meeting includes… Read More

November 13, 2017 @ 3:00 pm By Amy Wan  |  

On Friday, November 10, 2017, StartEngine, a Regulation Crowdfunding platform based in Los Angeles, California organized ICO 2.0 Summit, the first regulated ICO conference – or at least the first that I’ve seen. While there seem to be an explosion of ICO and Blockchain-related conferences… Read More

August 29, 2017 @ 11:25 am By JD Alois  |  

Manhattan Street Capital (MSC) has launched “ManhattanStreet-ICO”program for crowdfunding companies. The platform also said it will now accept cryptocurrency for issuers using Reg A+ and Reg D offerings. Several other investment crowdfunding platforms have recently announced their intent to facilitate ICOs. The shift by Manhattan… Read More

May 4, 2017 @ 4:23 pm By Jonathan Nieh  |  

Speaking on a panel at the 4th Annual CrowdfundingUSA Conference today, Sarah Hanks, CEO and Founder of CrowdCheck Inc., talked about some of the compliance issues facing Regulation CF issuers. Issuers Are Not Filing Annual Reports One of the biggest issues discussed was the ongoing reporting… Read More

February 21, 2017 @ 8:58 pm By JD Alois  |  

  Sara Hanks is well known in the alternative finance/crowdfunding space. Hanks is CEO and founder of CrowdCheck –  a due diligence, disclosure and compliance services for online capital formation. She is a Board member of CFIRA and is the current Chair of the SEC’s… Read More

February 3, 2017 @ 11:39 am By JD Alois  |  

The Division of Economic and Risk Analysis (DERA), the research arm of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), has partnered with New York University’s Salomon Center on a half-day conference reviewing investment crowdfunding. The event, which is open to the public, will be held at… Read More

December 13, 2016 @ 10:37 am By JD Alois  |  

uFundingPortal (UFP, LLC), disappeared from the ranks of approved Reg CF crowdfunding platforms in early November. Before their removal, a multitude of crowdfunding industry insiders questioned the operation and the investment offers posted on the site. The posted investments lacked transparency while proposing valuations and… Read More

November 9, 2016 @ 2:34 pm By JD Alois  |  

uFundingPortal, a Regulation CF crowdfunding platform that was, until recently, a regulated and FINRA approved platform has been shut down. Today, the site is gone and has been removed from the list of FINRA approved platforms indicative of some sort of transgression regulators could not tolerate…. Read More