William H. Hinman has been selected as the new director of the Security and Exchange’s Division of Corporation Finance. Hinman recently retired at the law firm of Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett...

On Tuesday, The DICK’s Sporting Goods Foundation and CALIA by Carrie Underwood announced they have teamed up to fully fund girls team sports projects on education crowdfunding platform, DonorsChoos...

On Tuesday, Biz2Credit released its latest small business lending index which revealed loan approval rates at big banks ($10 billion-plus in assets) rebounded in April 2017 after a setback month. The...

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged a former employee with securities fraud in connection with trading of options and other securities. The SEC alleges that David R. Humphrey, who...

Swiss brand MyKronoz successfully secured $5,333,792 from 26,828 backers through Kickstarter for its new smartwatch, ZeTime, Following the closing of the campaign, MyKronoz announced it decided to...

The EIS Association (EISA) has produced a guide to the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) and Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS). “Grow your business with the Enterprise Investment Scheme&...

The National Crowdfunding Association of Canada has announced the launch of its third Alternative Finance Crowdfunding Survey in Canada for platforms, investors and companies as part of its annual exe...

SAFEs or “Simple Agreement for Future Equity” is a widely utilized security in the investment crowdfunding space. A SAFE is more of an option to invest in a company than anything else. It ...

Invoice Bazaar, a UAE Fintech supply chain finance platform announced an investment from Shirish Apte, former CEO and Chairman Asia Pacific of Citigroup. Founded last year in Dubai, Invoice Bazaar has...

Alipay, part of internet conglomerate Alibaba (NYSE:BABA), has launched its payments platform in the US thus challenging other established players in the space such as Apple Pay. Alipay is partnering ...

Honeyfund, a crowdfunding platform dedicated to honeymoons, announced on Tuesday it formed a partnership with prepaid commerce solutions provider CashStar to create a travel and experience egift card...

Innovate Finance has published a report today on industry sandboxes in the Fintech startup community. Lawrence Wintermeyer, CEO of Innovate Finance and Chair of the report, commented; “Industry ...