Tagged: the crowdfunding centre

December 17, 2013 @ 8:36 pm By JD Alois  |  

Debate Takes Place as Consultation Period Nears End. Members of Parliament (MPs) will be debating the future of crowdfunding at Westminster tomorrow,  Wednesday, December 18, 2013.  The Westminster Hall Debate has been initiated by Barry Sheerman MP, a leading proponent of crowdfunding. Mr Sheerman, chair of… Read More

December 11, 2013 @ 11:48 am By JD Alois  |  

With the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) consultation period scheduled to end shortly, CrowdConsent is announcing a simple technology solution to address current proposals to regulate both equity and debt based crowdfunding. The CrowdConsent service allows platforms to demonstrate that they have obtained the informed consent… Read More

December 10, 2013 @ 12:04 pm By JD Alois  |  

In two public letters the UK based Social Foundation and the Crowdfunding Centre openly pose the question, “Is the Government Guilty of Financial Discrimination?” Both letters, reproduced in their entirety below, question  the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) “rush to regulate” the quickly growing crowdfunding industry…. Read More

October 31, 2013 @ 11:20 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Barry James is founding editor at The Crowdfunding Centre and the founder and director of The Social Foundation, an organization that aims toward “providing leadership towards the new open social economy via research, education and policy development.” We recently caught up with James to discuss… Read More