Funding Wonder to Launch FINRA Registered Regulation Crowdfunding Platform

Funding Wonder Crowd, LLC, a small business lending platform operator, announced on Wednesday it was approved by FINRA (the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority) as a licensed Regulation Crowdfundi...

Brief: YouCaring Announces Its Top 10 Crowdfunding Campaigns For 2016 #GivingTuesday

Following the 2016 #GivingTuesday, YouCaring announced its top 10 crowdfunding campaigns for the annual event, which was held yesterday (November 29th). The top 10 campaigns are listed below. Heat for...

Brief: Innis & Gunn Closes Crowdcube Campaign With Over $2.4M in Funds

On Tuesday evening, Craft brewery Innis & Gunn closed its successful equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube with over £2.4 million in funding. The brewery secured its initial £1 million f...

Crowdfunding- The Good, The Bad & The (really) Ugly

By Shane Liddell is the CEO and chief Crowdfundologist , CrowdfundBeat guest post.     Introduction Crowdfunding is by definition, “the practice of funding a project or venture by raising ...

Canaan Partners Sells Shares of Lending Club

Canaan Partners has filed a Form 4 indicating it has sold shares in Lending Club (NYSE:LC). Canaan was an early investor in Lending Club but over past months the VC firm has been selling shares in the...

Finstar Invests in Mobile Marketing Tech Company Rocket10

Finstar Financial Group, a fintech-focused international private equity group, announced on Wednesday it invested $3 million in Rocket10, a mobile marketing agency. According to Finstar, it will utili...

Banking Platform Mambu Receives AWS Financial Services Competency Certification

Mambu, a software as a service (SaaS) banking platform, has received the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Financial Services Competency certification. Mambu states it will be one of the first companies to be...

Red or Black: BrewDog EquityforPunks USA Offers Investors Chance to Double their Stake or Lose it All at the Roulette Table

BrewDog is adding a new twist to its EquityforPunks USA crowdfunding round, and it is a bit of a gamble. The Scotland-based craft brewer will allow investors the opportunity to bet it all on the spin ...

OnDeck Appoints Nick Brown as Chief Risk Officer

 OnDeck (NYSE: ONDK) announced on Wednesday it appointed Nick Brown as its new Chief Risk Officer. Brown will reportedly oversee the online lender’s credit and risk management strategy and exec...

Singapore Reaffirms Fintech Collaboration with Shanghai

Jacqueline Loh, Deputy Managing Director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore, delivered a wide-ranging speech today at the 2nd Shanghai-Singapore Financial Forum in Shanghai. Lo acknowledged the op...

Women in Fintech Powerlist Published by Innovate Finance

Innovate Finance has published a “Women in Fintech Powerlist” for 2016. Approximately 200 women in Fintech globally have been featured on their list. The list was created to celebrate the ...

4thWay: Why Most P2P Lenders Have Not Yet Offered IFISAs

P2P lending rating agency 4thWay is highlighting that 77 IFISA applications are in limbo at the Financial Conduct Authority waiting for full authorisation.  Within this group, ten of the largest UK P...

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