Tagged: uk

December 8, 2014 @ 9:58 am By JD Alois  |  

FCA Announces New Strategic Approach & Sharper Focus on Regulatory Challenges. The FCA intends on confronting regulatory challenges by reviewing their process and approach. Following this internal review the financial regulators have revealed their new strategy in tackling the fast changing realm of securities and… Read More

December 7, 2014 @ 5:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Build Backer announced last month they were accepting early bird registration for their platform that investors to access opportunities in property for as little as £500.  The company recently stated that their platform is now open to investors but still not fully live.  The site… Read More

December 5, 2014 @ 4:30 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

London-based Photon Project Ltd. recently launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube to raise £395,000 for 20% equity in the company.  Investors may take advantage of the EIS tax relief as well. Photon has developed a “revolutionary architectural structure”, that claims to be the first of… Read More

December 5, 2014 @ 12:04 pm By JD Alois  |  

Peer to peer lending platform Landbay is incentivizing “savers” this Holiday season by offering up a £50 “John Lewis”voucher for any new or existing customer who deposits £2000 or more in their Landbay account by December 19th.  Presently all lending on Landbay is into buy-to-let… Read More

December 4, 2014 @ 9:16 am By JD Alois  |  

New York based KLS Diversified Asset Management has agreed to invest £132 million in loans to small business originated via peer to peer lender Funding Circle.  The loans will be from a private fund managed by KLS and will provide a “further injection of much… Read More

December 4, 2014 @ 7:49 am By JD Alois  |  

The newly formed London Co-Investment Fund (LCIF), along with six co-investment partners, have committed to invest over £80 million from 2014 to 2017.  Announced today, LCIF intends on funding over 150 science and tech/digital companies based in London that are committed to growth and job… Read More

December 3, 2014 @ 11:07 pm By JD Alois  |  

Landbay, a peer to peer lending platform that targets “buy to let” mortgages has gone quickly from crowdfunding success on Seedrs to established platform.  Last month Landbay joined the UK Peer to Peer Finance Association (P2PFA) a membership that is viewed as a seal of… Read More

December 2, 2014 @ 12:41 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Sunday (November 30th), UK-based company, Desolenator launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo to help bring an end to the world water crisis by providing sustainable, pure drinking water to up to a billion people without a clean water source. The company has developed a… Read More

December 1, 2014 @ 3:31 pm By JD Alois  |  

Peer to peer lending platform Zopa has signed an agreement with Flow to provide financing to Flow customers.  Flow is a company that has been developing and commercialising alternative energy products for about a decade.  One of those products is the Flow Boiler.  The product is described as an… Read More

December 1, 2014 @ 11:48 am By JD Alois  |  

The Crowdcube Accelerator held its pitch event this past week and 5 companies told their story to a “packed room of investors” hoping to drive investment in their companies. The 5 companies went live on the investment crowdfunding platform minutes before the pitch.  According to… Read More

December 1, 2014 @ 10:54 am By JD Alois  |  

RateSetter, a leading UK peer to peer lending platform, has made a public call for a “refresh” on the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS).  In a public statement RateSetter declared, “the time has come for the Financial Services Compensation Scheme to act its age”.  RateSetter… Read More

December 1, 2014 @ 8:44 am By JD Alois  |  

LumeJet, a new commercial printing technology, has shifted into overfunding after surpassing its initial £1.47 million equity crowdfunding goal on CrowdBnk.  The campaign is scheduled to close on December 15th so it has ample time to garner additional investors.  The minimum investment in the young… Read More

December 1, 2014 @ 8:29 am By JD Alois  |  

In a speech delivered at the inaugural Medium Size Business conference held in London, Tory MP and George Osborne ally Matthew Hancock delivered a statement championing the government push to grow UK business.  The missive specifically targets mid-size enterprises and highlights specific programs including policy… Read More

December 1, 2014 @ 7:31 am By Erin Hobey  |  

As reported last week in Crowdfund Insider,  The University of Cambridge has teamed up with EY, the global professional services organization, and launched the European Alternative Finance Benchmarking Survey with the support of major European industry associations. This is the largest study to date on crowdfunding, peer-to-peer lending and other… Read More

November 30, 2014 @ 5:27 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Bank of England has published its periodic report on lending and, once again lending to SME’s has declined.  Even as the Funding for Lending Scheme (FLS) added participants, net lending was slightly negative. The FLS is a stimulus program that was launched by the… Read More

November 30, 2014 @ 1:35 pm By JD Alois  |  

The first Real Estate Investment Trust to ever raise capital crowdfunding has entered into overfunding mode less than two weeks into its campaign. Mill Residential REIT has topped the initial goal of £2.1 million (about $3.28M) from over 50 investors with seven days left in… Read More

November 28, 2014 @ 12:40 pm By JD Alois  |  

In a statement on the investment crowdfunding platform, Seedrs announced changes to their referral fee process, as well as a shift in approach to the sites fee structure. It is typical of investment crowdfunding portals to incentivize investors to refer acquaintances to register on different… Read More

November 28, 2014 @ 10:52 am By JD Alois  |  

Leading peer to peer lending platform Zopa has partnered with tech company AU10Tix to improve identification process. AU10TIX is a fully owned subsidiary of ICTS International N.V. Zopa is raising the bar in protecting lenders against fraud by verifying borrowers more thoroughly by checking official… Read More

November 27, 2014 @ 10:27 am By JD Alois  |  

Braveheart Investment Group has announced the first four investments in the Crowdcube Venture Fund.  The fund was announced by Crowdcube at the beginning of 2014.  Available only to Crowdcube registered investors, the fund allows investors to easily participate in a diversified portfolio of crowdfunded companies. Investing… Read More

November 26, 2014 @ 12:15 pm By JD Alois  |  

PwC Rings Warning Bell as Banks Face Possible Demise. “We are surely looking at the end of the market and banks as we currently know them”.  As part of a report from a recent Peregrine Perspectives panel, an event that was organized in advance of… Read More