Report: Crowdfunding Delivers More Cash to Business than UK Startup Loan Scheme

The Crowd Data Center is out with a report stating that seed crowdfunding is more effective in delivering more money to businesses than the UK government’s program: 40% more funding in 2016 than...

Fintech Startup Destacame Completes Seeds Funding Round: Looks to Expand Access to Credit in Latin America

Chilean-based fintech startup Destacame announced the closing of its seed round of financing.The round was led by Accion Venture Lab, the seed-stage investment vehicle of Accion. Destacame describes ...

Mosaic Appoints Former Prosper Director Amir Friedman as VP of Bank Partnerships

Solar loan provider Mosaic announced on Wednesday it has appointed Amir Friedman as Vice President of Bank Partnerships. The lender revealed that in this newly created role, Friedman is set to over...

UK P2P Lending Association Publishes Q4 Data: Ongoing Growth Indicative of Confidence

Fourth Quarter UK Peer to Peer Lending Hits £844 Million The UK Peer to Peer Lending Association (P2PFA) has published Q4 data for both SME and consumer lending. The P2PFA said “fourth quarter ...

Campaign funds Hidden Figures tickets

Crowd-funding campaigns to see the untold story behind America's space program are proving hugely successful in the US.

Turf War! New York State Department of Financial Services Tells OCC to Back Off Fintech Charter

    I expect to see more of these comment letters as battle lines have clearly been drawn regarding the debate on the proposed Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) Fintech Charter...

BeatStars & Play Impossible Set to Close Successful Equity Crowdfunding Campaigns on Indiegogo

BeatStars and Play Impossible are set to close their crowdfunding campaigns through Indiegogo and MicroVentures’ equity crowdfunding platform. The two initiatives were among the first to use the...

Hey Cleveland! Rust Belt City Gets Rated Highest Yield for Single Family Rental Market

Here is a list that Cleveland can be proud to be a part of, and not only that, it is at the top! HomeUnion, a new online real estate management platform that helps landlords invest in property and the...

OnDeck Announces Strategic Partnership With WEX

Small business lender OnDeck announced on Tuesday it formed a strategic partnership with corporate and small business payment solutions, WEX. OnDeck reports that under the new partnership agreement, ...

Dianrong Reports: Cumulative Trading Amount Exceeds RMB 16.2 Billion in 2016

Chinese peer-to-peer lending platform, Dianrong, announced on Tuesday its 2016 annual results. The company revealed that the cumulative trading amount exceeds RMB 16.2 Billion, which is notably a year...

SoFi: Mortgages will Experience Fastest Growth

SoFi expects the online mortgage origination industry to be a big portion of their business. In fact, they expect mortgages to experience the fastest growth of any of their products to date. National ...

Tradeshift & CNBC Partner For Second Annual Sanctuary at World Economic Forum Annual Meeting

Business commerce platform Tradeshift announced on Monday it is partnering with CNBC to host the second annual leadership event, Sanctuary, during the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos. Tho...

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