Tagged: singapore

May 31, 2016 @ 10:33 am By JD Alois  |  

It was reported earlier this month that billionaire Tianqiao Chen, founder of Shanda Interactive Entertainment, had taken a significant stake in Lending Club (NYSE:LC).  Shares of Lending Club have cratered since the resignation of former CEO Renaud Laplanche. The move by Chen appeared to be an… Read More

May 31, 2016 @ 9:02 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, real estate crowdfunding platform CoAssets (NSX:CAX) announced it is expanding its operations by opening a second office in Singapore. This news comes just a couple months after the portal revealed details about its Australia expansion. Co-founder and CEO of CoAssets, Getty Goh, stated: “A series… Read More

May 23, 2016 @ 4:59 pm By JD Alois  |  

Lending Club (NYSE:LC) has been pounded by bad news this month. Following the announcement that founder and CEO Renaud Laplanche had resigned for alleged improprieties at the online lender, the bad news avalanche began.  One day it was a subpoena, the next it was a… Read More

May 23, 2016 @ 8:27 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

CoAssets (NSX:CAX), launched as a real estate crowdfunding platform in Singapore, announced on Monday its new risk-free crowdfunding that is available for Aussie investors. Following last month’s launch of the CoAssets Australia website in April 2016, CoAssets revealed it is offering new users the chance to trial… Read More

May 22, 2016 @ 10:59 pm By JD Alois  |  

Singapore-based EthisCrowd has closed a S$500,000 seed round for their Islamic real estate crowdfunding platform.  The funding round may be the first of its kind in Southeast Asia. The new capital was led by Azmi Global, a subsidiary of Asmi & Associates – a top… Read More

May 12, 2016 @ 10:28 am By Erin Hobey  |  

The UK and Singapore have established a “fintech bridge” that will help financial technology firms and investors from each country gain access to the other. Billed as the first of its kind, the bridge enables the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Monetary Authority of Singapore… Read More

May 5, 2016 @ 8:36 am By JD Alois  |  

Israel is one of the hottest startup ecosystems in the world today. The small country has consistently punched above its weight class by turning out consecutive startup hits – many in the Fintech sector. The highly educated, risk-embracing Israelis have taken the title of Startup Nation…. Read More

April 28, 2016 @ 11:39 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Crowdo, a South East Asian crowdfunding platform, announced today that it has received its provisional Capital Market Services (“CMS”) License from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (“MAS”). The CMS license will allow Crowdo to offer both equity crowdfunding and peer to business (P2B) lending solutions in Singapore, noted… Read More

April 26, 2016 @ 12:52 am By JD Alois  |  

Shariah-compliant crowdfunding platform Ethis hopes to raise up to S$ 1 million from executives participating in the Global Islamic Finance Forum (GIFF) being held in Kuala Lumpur May 10-12, 2016. EthisCrowd.com claims the title of the world’s first real estate Islamic crowdfunding platform.  Based in… Read More

April 25, 2016 @ 3:38 pm By JD Alois  |  

CoAssets (NSX:CAX), launched as a real estate crowdfunding platform in Singapore, has successfully raised capital online for an Australian SME, according to a report in the Australian Financial Review. In July of 2015, CoAssets became the first Southeast Asian investment platform to publicly trade shares… Read More

April 19, 2016 @ 11:56 pm By JD Alois  |  

The largest bank in South East Asia, DBS, has signed an agreement with two peer to peer lending platforms to refer small business loans the bank turns away.  MoolahSense and Funding Societies will now become a service provider for the far larger bank. Simultaneously, both… Read More

April 14, 2016 @ 12:28 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

The Monetary Authority of Singapore is to host a week-long ‘Fintech Festival’ to promote the island economy as a global hub for innovative financial services. The idea was mentioned in a speech by Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Deputy Prime Minister and Coordinating Minister for Economic and… Read More

April 13, 2016 @ 1:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

This week, Singapore-based crowdfunding platform, CoAssets, hosted its first annual SME CORE (Capitalising Opportunities & Realising Expectations). This event aims to provide SMEs with perspective, business solutions and information from public and private sectors.   Topics discussed included the following: SME Financing and Support, Leveraging Human Resources and… Read More

April 11, 2016 @ 10:55 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Singapore-based crowdfunding platform, FundedHere, recently announced that it has secured $1.29 million from three angel investors. Last month  , FundedHere stated that it was the first licensed equity and debt crowdfunding platform in Singapore as it has received a Capital Markets Services (CMS) license to operate… Read More

April 1, 2016 @ 10:14 am By JD Alois  |  

Like much of the rest of the world, Singapore is embracing Fintech and looking to give financial innovation a boost by launching the SG-Innovate Fintech hub.  Fintech in Singapore received a small but important mention in the most recent governmental budget stating; “To give these… Read More

March 30, 2016 @ 3:20 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Wednesday, Singapore-based bullion retailer, Silver Bullion Pte Ltd., announced the launch of its 1-month bullion secured peer-to-peer(P2P) loans. Silver Bullion previously offered loan durations of 6 months, 12 months and 24 months secured by physical gold and silver collateral stored in its vault, The Safe… Read More

March 21, 2016 @ 8:31 am By JD Alois  |  

FundedHere, an equity and debt based crowdfunding platform, has claimed the title of “First” as it has received a Capital Markets Services (CMS) license on March 18, 2016 to operate by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). The license allows FundedHere to deal in securities… Read More

March 17, 2016 @ 6:19 am By Erin Hobey  |  

TradeSocio, a fintech company founded in 2014 that aims to enable brokers, banks, and financial institutions to better utilize social trading, marketing automation, analytics and big data, announced its $1.25 million seed funding round led by Octava, a Singapore-based investment holding group, according to a statement…. Read More

March 16, 2016 @ 11:03 am By JD Alois  |  

The Asia-Pacific Alternative Finance Benchmarking Report has just been published and it highlights the largest region in the world for disruptive finance. Entitled, “Harnessing Potential”, this is the first report for the region and has been created by a partnership of researchers, including the Cambridge… Read More

March 15, 2016 @ 10:41 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, CoAssets (NSX code: CAX), a Singapore-based crowdfunding platform, announced it has appointed ex-chief artillery officer, Lawrence Lim, as its new COO. The COO appointment comes less than a week after CoAssets announced its expansion in Australia. Speaking about the appointment, which will go into… Read More