Catching Up with OurCrowd Founder & CEO Jon Medved to Discuss Global Equity Crowdfunding Dynamism

“Equity crowdfunding is becoming a more viable, accessible and attractive option for non-institutional investors in sectors that affect everyday life.  Global connectivity, has meant that start...

MIT Uses Hackathon to Bring Togther Fintech & Traditional Services

MIT’s recent fintech hackathon, its first ever, connected the Fintech industry with more traditional financial services. This combination is yet another signal that Fintech is changing. Priscill...

KPMG Releases Global Technology Innovation Report

  KMPG just released part one of its Changing Landscape of Disruptive Technologies 2017 publication series, Global Technology Innovation Hubs. In the report, KPMG discusses the cities, countries,...

Fintech Startup Raises $3.3m in Series A Funding

Quantexa Limited, a London-based Fintech startup, recently received $3.3 million in Series A funding, provided by Albion Ventures and HSBC. Quantexa employs big data analytics in order to combat compl...

Update: Humble Grape Secures More Than £850,000 on Seedrs; Named Best New Bar Battersea at 2016/2017 DesignMyNight Awards

Independent wine merchant and wine bar concept, Humble Grape, has successfully secured more than £850,000 out of its £1 million funding target through its new equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs....

OnDeck Announces Extension & Upsize of Revolving Credit Facility with Deutsche Bank

Online lending platform OnDeck (NYSE: ONDK) announced earlier this week it has officially amended its asset-backed revolving credit facility with Deutsche Bank to extend the facility’s maturity...

Cocoon to Complete Crowdcube Round With Nearly £2.4 Million in Funding

With less than 24 hours until its first equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube comes to an end, UK-based home security company Cocoon is nearing £2.4 million in funding from close to 1,100 investo...

Fraud concerns prompt JustGiving to verify victim crowd-funding

Concerns prompt JustGiving to review all pages raising money for victims of the London attack.

Fashion Brand ME+EM Set to Finish Crowdcube Round With Nearly £1.4 Million in Funds

  UK-based fashion brand, ME+EM, is set to close its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube this evening. The company launched the initiative last month, seeking £700,000. It will be finishin...

FINRA Approved Funding Wonder Announces First Loan Offering

Online lending crowdfunding portal Funding Wonder announced on Thursday the launch of its first loan offering which is dedicated for Annapolis, Maryland Dental Fix Rx franchisee, Ryan Clark. This news...

WorldRemit Forms Partnership With KCB to Offer Instant Money Transfer to Kenya

Digital money transfer service, WorldRemit, announced on Friday it has partnered with East and Central Africa bank, KCB, to create a new instant option to send remittance to Kenya. According to the c...

Milken Publishes Document on Needed Financial Regulatory Reform

The Milken Institute Center for Financial Markets, a non-partisan think tank with a mission to increase global prosperity, has published a document on modernizing financial regulation in the US.  Mos...

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