Crowdfunding

Z.com Coin bitcoin exchange finally opens, high traffic takes site offline – media

By Henry Hughes

June 7, 2017

Z.com Coin the much anticipated cryptocurrency exchange of Japan’s largest forex broker GMO Click Securities, has finally launched its service, to overwhelming traffic, which eventually brought the platform ...

BTCJam bitcoin P2P lender shuts down

By Henry Hughes

May 26, 2017

BTCJam, a US bitcoin P2P lender, announced it is shutting down. The reason are regulatory challenges around bitcoin and the difficulties they faced in introducing Bitcoin technology to ...

Dubai’s regulator to provide temp Innovation Testing License for fintechs

By Henry Hughes

May 25, 2017

Dubai’s financial markets and services regulator, the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA), has announced it will launch a new class of financial services license for financial technology companies, ...

Robinhood gets $110 mln from investors to fund expansion

By Henry Hughes

April 27, 2017

Robinhood, one of the first and most popular zero-fee stock trading apps, announced it has raised $110 million in a Series C financing from DST Global, valuing the ...

Octopus Choice P2P lender gets FCA license

By Henry Hughes

January 10, 2017

Octopus Choice, a UK P2P lending platform from Octopus Investments, said it has been granted full authorization by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). According to its statement, it ...

German crowdfuning platform Kapilendo raises €7 mln in Series B funding

By Henry Hughes

December 28, 2016

The German crowdfunding platform Kapilendo announced it has raised €7 million in a Series B funding round that was completed just before Christmas. The main investor in the ...

P2P lending platform Folk2Folk obtains full UK license

By Juana Wells

December 13, 2016

Peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platform Folk2Folk has obtained a full license from the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the company said last week. ...

ApplePie P2P lender launches ApplePie Trust, secures nearly $200 mln financing

By Juana Wells

December 13, 2016

ApplePie, a franchise peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platform, said on Tuesday it has increased the investor protection it offers with the launch of ApplePie Trust. The company has also ...

UK FCA seeks to revise crowdfunding regulatory framework in early 2017

By Juana Wells

December 9, 2016

UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said on Friday it has identified a number of gaps in the regulation for loan and investment-based crowdfunding in the country and the ...

License-related applications filed with Australia’s ASIC grow 52% in H1 2016

By Juana Wells

December 7, 2016

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) assessed approximately 2,850 license applications in the January-June 2016 period, the regulator said on Wednesday. This represents an increase of 52% ...

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