Founder Nikolay Storonsky Says Challenger Bank Revolut is Going Global as it Crowdfunds on Seedrs

Revolut is a prominent member of the growing legion of digital only challenger banks.  The app-based bank previously crowdfunded £1 million on Crowdcube as part of a larger funding round in 2016. Re...

XTI Aircraft Receives TriFan 600 Patent From U.S. Patent & Trademark Office

XTI Aircraft Company announced on Monday it received a written Notice of Allowance from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, issuing a utility patent for the TriFan 600 vertical takeoff airplane. T...

AutoGravity Reports: More Than 250,000 Shoppers & 1,400 Dealers Turn to Auto Financing Platform

Fintech firm AutoGravity announced on Monday that its data revealed that more than 250,000 shoppers and 1,400 dealers have downloaded its iOS and Android apps for car shopping and financing. While sh...

Matchi Teams Up With ATB Financial & KPMG in Canada to Launch Fintech Challenge

Matchi, a global fintech matchmaking firm, announced it has teamed up with ATB Financial and KPMG in Canada to launch a customer onboarding innovation challenge dedicated to fintech companies. The com...

PeerIQ Updates on Marketplace Lending Securitization: $2.9 Billion in Q1

PeerIQ is reporting on the Q1 2017 alternative lending markets and, according to their numbers, marketplace lending securitization is a “bright spot” in the ABS market with total issuance ...

BrewDog News: Brewery Extends DogHouse & Sour Beer Facility Indiegogo Campaign For Another 30 Days

UK-based brewery Brewdog announced on Monday it is extending its DogHouse and sour beer facility crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo. The initiative was launched last month and sought to raise $75,000 ...

SEC to Hold Equity Market Structure Advisory Committee this Week

The Securities and Exchange Commission has scheduled its Equity Market Structure Advisory Committee for April 5 beginning at 9:30 AM ET.   The meeting will include updates from the four subcommittees...

No April Fools: North Carolina Crowdfunding Law Kicks in on April 1st

The North Carolina Providing Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs and Small business Act (NC PACES Act) was signed into law in July 2016. Final rules were adopted on March 31, 2017 and were filed with...

PicoBrew Launches Fourth Kickstarter Campaign: Seeks $350,000 For New Craft Beer Product “Pico C”

Seattle-based startup PicoBrew announced on Monday the launch of its fourth reward-based crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter. The company is currently seeking $350,000 for its latest craft brewing pr...

FinTech Australia Says Competition in Banking is Needd to Benefit Consumers & Business as Government Seeks to Reduce Barriers for Fintech Startups

It is a truism that increasing competition in the banking sector will benefit both consumers and businesses. Yet high hurdles remain in place for emerging Fintech companies to challenge established fi...

Loan Validation Firm Global Debt Registry Adds Prosper to Network

Global Debt Registry (GDR), a loan validation platform for institutional investors, has added leading online lending platform, Prosper Marketplace to its verification network. GDR says the partnership...

New Solar Crowdfunding Platform Ecoligo Launches Kenya Project

Berlin-based ecoligo, a crowdfunding startup for solar projects in emerging markets, has opened to investors today with an offer to back a 66 kWp solar installation for a flower farm in Thika, Kenya. ...

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