Octopus Labs Celebrates Accelerator Program’s Five Fintech Startups

UK-based Octopus Labs announced it celebrated the five fintech startups that participated in twelve-week accelerator program at The Gherkin in London. Nearly 200 fintech investors and financial ad...

Singapore Has Just Published a Document on their Next Phase of Growth & Fintech /Alternative Finance Plays a Big Role

Singapore’s Committee on Future Economy (CFE) has identified seven strategies for Singapore’s next stage of growth in its report. Singapore has experienced an enviable period of economic growt...

Fellow Finance Publishes 2016 Financial Information

Fellow Finance Oyj in Helsinki is one of the largest crowdfunding services in Northern Europe offering peer to peer lending for both consumers and SMEs. The alternative finance provider was founded b...

FINRA Unravelled: Is the Securities Regulator in Need of Profound Reform?

FINRA, or the “Financial Industry Regulatory Authority”, is one of the most powerful financial regulators in the United States. It is also a private corporation that performs its duties as...

Motorola Announces: Indiegogo-Collaborated “Transform The Smartphone” Challenge Finalists Have Been Selected

On Thursday, Motorola announced the finalists for the “Transform the Smartphone” Challenge have been selected. The contest was launched in November 2016 by Motorola, Indiegogo, Lenovo, and Veriz...

Blockchain Regtech Startup Coinfirm Receives $700,000 in VC Funding From Luma Ventures

Blockchain regtech startup, Coinfirm, announced on Wednesday it secured $700,000 from Luma Ventures during an ongoing seed round to continue its growth and development. Coinfirm has built a blockchain...

ioLight Launches Second Crowdcube Campaign: Seeks £250,000 For Growth & Expansion

Less than two years after securing £242,180 from 249 investors through its campaign on Crowdcube, ioLight has launched its second initiative on the equity crowdfunding platform and is currently seek...

IW Capital’s 2017 Investor Index Reveals: Nearly Half of UK Investors Positive about Brexit, Two Fifths Fearful of Trump and 73% Lack Faith in Theresa May

UK-based private equity firm, IW Capital, announced on Thursday the release of its 2017 investor index. This new report reveals the impact of 2016’s biggest events, which consists of Brexit, Donald ...

Seedrs Comments on Beauhurst Report: “2016 Was a Great Year for Crowdfunding”

Earlier today, Beauhurst published a report on equity investment into early stage private companies in the UK during 2016. While their numbers indicated a decline versus years prior, crowdfunding was ...

Ant Financial, Part of Alibaba, is Raising $3 Billion. Expect More Acquisitions.

Ant Financial, part of Alibaba’s growing internet conglomerate, just announced the acquisition of MoneyGram (NASDAQ: MGI) – a Dallas-based money transfer service – for $880 million. Now...

RedCrow Appoints Chris Laia As General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer

Equity crowdfunding platform for healthcare RedCrow announced on Thursday it has appointed former senior vice president and deputy general counsel to USAA, Chris Laia, as its new general counsel and c...

Crowdfunding Now On StartEngine: Hylete, Monday Motorbikes, & More

StartEngine announced on Wednesday the launch of four new funding opportunities. The initiatives were dedicated to Hylete, Monday Motorbikes, Alkane Truck Company, and Rayton Solar (which previously ...

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