Tagged: uk crowdfunding association

August 7, 2021 @ 1:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Two more legal cases have reportedly been resolved by AxiaFunder, which is one of Europe’s first litigation funding platforms. AxiaFunder, Europe’s “first for-profit” litigation funding platform, has acquired £1.9 million from investors since establishing operations in January 2019, with a 100% “success rate” on completed… Read More

April 15, 2019 @ 10:14 am By JD Alois  |  

The UK Crowdfunding Association (UKCFA) has scheduled a meeting with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) as the group is concerned over the “quality of supervision,” according to a report in the Times. The UKCFA is an association that represents the leading equity crowdfunding platforms in… Read More

July 2, 2018 @ 12:05 pm By JD Alois  |  

In a significant policy move by the UK government, the threshold for investment crowdfunding has been upped to €8 million thus matching the recent change by Germany which announced the same funding limit. This increase is due to a change in the Prospectus Directive. In the… Read More

April 29, 2016 @ 9:50 am By Therese Torris  |  

  Earlier this year, the crowdfunding sector represented by the European Crowdfunding Network (ECN) the UK Crowdfunding Association, Financement Participatif France and Nederland Crowdfunding had called on the Parliament and the European Council to be very ambitious with the planned revision of the Prospectus Directive…. Read More

June 17, 2015 @ 2:17 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Seema Paterson, head of corporate affairs at Edinburgh’s peer-to-peer lender LendingCrowd, has been appointed director of UK Crowdfunding Association. According to DailyRecord, Paterson joined LendingCrowd last December from Tangent Communications Plc, where she was head of corporate development and investor relations. Prior to Tangent, Paterson was a managing director of… Read More

July 19, 2013 @ 1:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

The United Kingdom Crowdfunding Association or UKCFA has launched a very informational wiki on their site which engages users by asking for participation and feedback. The newly released wiki also indicates the crowdfunding advocate group’s position regarding important regulatory items affecting crowdfunding in the UK… Read More