Marlette Funding Completes $333 Million Securitization Transaction

Online consumer lending platforms and services, Marlette Funding, announced on Friday it completed its second proprietary “MFT” securitization. The lender reported that approximately $333 ...

House Committee Schedules Hearing on the State of Bank Lending

The Subcommittee on Financial Institutions, part of the House Financial Services Committee, has scheduled a hearing on the state of bank lending in the US. The hearing will take place at 2PM Tuesday, ...

CoolMiniOrNot’s “Rising Sun” Funding Success Continues: Scores $3 Million Through Kickstarter Campaign

With less than two weeks until its reward-based crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter comes to an end, CoolMiniOrNot’s Rising Sun board game has successfully secured $3 million from more than 23,000 ...

Fintech Startup Squirrel Completes SyndicateRoom Funding Round

Squirrel, a personal finance app designed to help users have more control over their money, has successfully completed its SyndicateRoom funding round with £585,000 in funds. The company launched the...

Let’s Ride: Cycling Wear Brand MEAME Launches Crowdcube Campaign

MEAME, an up-and-coming cyclist-wear brand, launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube this week. The company is currently seeking a minimum of £180,000 as it prepares for expansion. Lau...

Here is the Letter House Republicans Sent to OCC Admonishing Thomas Curry About Fintech Charter

  Comptroller of the Currency Thomas Curry recently said the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency will be issuing Fintech Charters. While the hope was the OCC would create a light touch, str...

Fig Success “Wasteland 3” News: Video Game Shares Receive SEC Qualification Approval

Fig Publishing Inc. announced on Thursday it has been approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to offer Fig Game Shares for Wasteland 3,  which is currently being developed by inXile...

Australian MP Ed Husic Attacks Fintech Australia. Fintech Australia Hits Back.

Recently the Australian Senate approved a new investment crowdfunding law (Crowd-sourced funding). The final bill has been a long time in coming as Australia has made several attempts at improving acc...

Update: For London

In less than a day, global citizens have rallied in support of those who lost loved ones in yesterday’s terrorist attack in London. According to the BBC, 4 people were killed and about 50 pe...

Well Done! SyndicateRoom’s Jonathan Milner Awarded Non-Executive Director of the Year

Online investment platform SyndicateRoom announced that Jonathan Milner won the Non-Executive Director (NED) of the Year award in the unquoted/private equity backed category. Milner, co-Founder and cu...

Brief: Malaysian MNP Auctioneers Exceed 85% of Crowdfunding Goal on Crowdo, Angel Dato Wei Invests

“I was attracted to the MNP Auctioneers business because it will bring new opportunities to South East Asia as evidenced by the success of Christie’s and Sotheby’s for this industry,...

Just in! Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance & UChicago Polsky Center Share Research from 2016 Survey (Infographic)

Last chance to complete your Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of Chicago and the Cambridge Centre for  Alternative Finance at the University of Cambridge Judge ...

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