City Minister Simon Kirby Defends UK Fintech Leadership

Speaking at the LSE Global Fintech Investor Forum, City Minister Simon Kirby drew a line in the sand and defended UK dominance in Fintech innovation. As Brexit repercussions and encroaching challenger...

Fintech Startup Invictus Hooks Up with IBM on Blockchain Tech

Singapore-based Fintech startup Invictus has partnered with IBM (NYSE:IBM) to leverage their cloud and blockchain tech to power their order, logistic and payment platform (OLP). Invictus will also b...

XY Findables Stumbles on StartEngine & Decides to Go it Alone with Reg A+ Offer

XY Findables initiated a Reg A+ offer on StartEngine last year. The company was seeking a raise of $10 million to finance their company in the highly competitive wearable findable device space. XY Fin...

Ethis Joins United Nations Global Compact Corporate Sustainability Initiative

Ethis Ventures, a Singapore-based Islamic crowdfunding platform, has joined the United Nations Global Compact as a signatory. The UN Global Compact is the world’s largest corporate sustainability in...

Toy Block Tape Nimuno Loops Quickly Captures Nearly $1 Million Through Indiegogo Campaign

Calling all Lego, Mega Bloks, and Kreo fans! Nimuno, a division of Chrom Cherry Design Studio, launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo this week for its new Lego compatible sticky tape known as ...

Counting Down to the Kickstarter-Funded Revival: Netflix Showcases 20 Classic Episodes of “Mystery Science Theater 3000”

  With the Kickstarter-funded revival of Mystery Science Theater 3000 set to premiere on Netflix next month, the online/streaming service is now showcasing 20 classic episodes of the sci-fi cul...

Cheers!: Wine With Spirit Closes Seedrs Campaign With More Than £425,000 in Funds

Portugal-based winetech company, Wine With Spirit, has closed its equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs. The company launched the initiative earlier this year and originally sought to raise £400,...

Kickstarter’s Yancey Strickler Responds to the National Endowment for the Arts Potential Elimination

Following the announcement that President Donald Trump proposed the elimination of the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities as part of his federal budget plan,...

Money360 Doubles Loan Portfolio & Surpasses $200 Million Transaction Mark

Commercial real estate marketplace lending platform Money360, announced on Thursday it has officially doubled its portfolio and surpassed the $200 million mark this month. The lender reported it took...

The OCC Issues Draft Requirements for a Fintech Charter. Is a Charter for Innovative Financial Firms Dead in the Water?

As expected, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has published a draft licensing manual regarding the creation of a Fintech Charter. The draft is a supplement to the agency’s existing Lice...

CreditEase Fintech Investment Fund Reveals New Investments in Global Growth Stage Companies

CreditEase Fintech Investment Fund (CEFIF), a venture fund investing in growth-stage fintech companies in China and globally created by peer-to-peer lender CreditEase, announced last week at the 2017 ...

WePay Feature Update: Users May Now Use Apple Pay & Android Pay on the Web

Payment as a service platform WePay announced on Thursday customers are now able to use Apple Pay and Android Pay on the web to generate more revenue for their websites. According to WePay, the launch...

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