OTC Markets Releases Q1 Results as Revenue Increases 5% versus Year Prior

Posted 4th May 2017

OTC Markets Group Inc. (OTCQX: OTCM) has announced its financial results for the first quarter of 2017. OTC revenues came in at $13.4 million for the quarter versus $12.8 million for prior yea...

BrewDog Completes Doghouse Hotel & Sour Beer Facility Indiegogo Campaign With Nearly $325,000 in Funding

Posted 3rd May 2017

UK-based brewery, BrewDog, has completed its reward-based crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo and secured $324,072 from 2158 backers for its DogHouse homeland sour beer facility, which will be located...

Intrepid Studios’ MMORPG Game “Ashes of Creation” Surpasses $1.1 Million in Two Days on Kickstarter

Posted 3rd May 2017

Intrepid Studios, an independent game company located in San Diego, launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter this week, seeking to raise $750,000 for its MMORPG game, Ashes of Creation. Within ...

Data Science & Mobile: Looking Through the Lens of Mobile Financial Services the Results are Transformational

Posted 3rd May 2017

Pretty much everyone has a smartphone these days. Either iOS or Android, we carrying our mini-computers with us everywhere, purchasing, reading, socializing, working and more. All day long. The data p...

Silicon Valley Forum Announces Second Fintech Conference “Banking on the Blockchain” in San Francisco

Posted 3rd May 2017

This week, Silicon Valley Forum announced its second fintech conference The Fintech Evolution: Banking on the Blockchain. The event is set to be held on May 30th at Swissnex in San Francisco. The orga...

Bitcoin Alternative Dash Collaborates With Coinapult to Launch Gateway for Regulated Crypto to Fiat Conversion

Posted 3rd May 2017

Dash, an alternative to bitcoin company, announced on Wednesday it is now live on the Panamanian-based broker and wallet Coinapult. The collaboration will allow individuals and businesses to easily an...

German Crowdfunding Association Urges Regulator Not to Exclude Real Estate from Crowdfunding Regulation

Posted 3rd May 2017

Since the beginning of this year, the German government has undertaken a review of the crowdinvesting regulation introduced in July 2015. It has now officially released its conclusions and is proposin...

Insurtech Company Next Insurance Secures $29 Million During Series A Funding Round

Posted 3rd May 2017

Next Insurance, an insurtech company that specializes in small to medium businesses, announced on Wednesday it secured $29 million during its Series A funding round, which was led by Munich Re/HSB Ven...

London-Based Skwibble Seeks Funds on Invesdor to Continue Expansion of Children’s Story App

Posted 3rd May 2017

London-based startup Skwibble has launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Invesdor seeking to raise a minimum of £100,000 for its new app that allows parents to record their children’s stori...

Jay Clayton Confirmed as Chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission

Posted 3rd May 2017

Jay Clayton was confirmed by the US Senate last night to become the Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Clayton will become a member of the Commission for a term ending June 5, 2021. T...

Comptroller of the Currency Thomas Curry to Step Down on May 5th

Posted 3rd May 2017

The Comptroller of the Currency, Thomas J. Curry, will step down on May 5, 2017, according to a release by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. Curry will be replaced by Keith A. Noreika wh...

SoFi Announces Raise Week Campaign to Help Customers Get Paid For What They’re Worth

Posted 3rd May 2017

On Tuesday, SoFi announced its weeklong Raise Week campaign, which is described as a week of online education, in-person events, and personal career coaching to help its customers get what they’re t...