By Samuel S. Guzik, CrowdFundBeat special guest editor,  Guzik & Associate On December 16, 2016, President Barack Obama Signed into Law HR 3784 – SEC Office of Small Business Advocate, creatin...

Denheath Desserts, a custard square brand from South Canterbury, has officially closed its crowdlending campaign, which raised nearly $369,001 from 161 investors, on PledgeMe. Denheath Desserts cur...

With the 2016 holiday season already in full swing, Crowdcube unveils its yearly holiday gift guide. This guide, which consists of products from the funding portal’s Funded Club, offers investors so...

SmartBiz Loans, an online SBA marketplace and bank-enabling technology platform, announced on Wednesday it will now offer SBA 7(a) Commercial Real Estate (CRE) Loans up to $5 million to eligible busin...

This week, Invesdor announced that this holiday season its equity crowdfunding platform is going green and unveiled four environmentally conscious investment opportunities. Invesdor shared: “I...

Fitch Ratings is out with a note on the recently announced Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) Fintech charter. The OCC has crafted a document to allow digital banks to become regulated entities by rece...

On Tuesday, Minister Eoghan Murphy announced the recipients of the 2016 Fintech Competitive Start Fund. The ten startups that were placed in the three-month development program were each awarded €50...

  Last week, SoFi, one of the largest online lenders in the US, made a special appearance on the hit talk show The Ellen Show and offered the audience a bit of a surprise. As previously report...

The National Crowdfunding Association of Canada (NCFA) has published a report on the status of crowdfunding and other forms of alternative finance including online lending. The research was said to be...

Unkapt, an Australia-based fintech startup, announced this week it is launching in Southeast Asia. The company stated it is an alternative lending, cross-border capital raising platform offering APA...

On Wednesday, Bizfi announced it has expanded its business lending capabilities with a new funding partnership with InterNex Capital, an asset-based digital lender. According to the company, this pa...

Patch of Land, a real estate crowdfunding platform, has filed a Form D (506c) with the SEC to raise $3.2 million in debt capital. According to the document, Patch of Land has already raised $1.5 milli...