Financial Stability Board: Fintech Firms Not Posing a Risk to Financial System

Secretary General of the Financial Stability Board (FSB) Svein Andresen announced at a Chatham House conference in London earlier this month that Fintech firms looking to disrupt traditional banking ...

Citi Debuts Global API Developer Hub (Video)

Citi announced on Thursday the launch of its new global API Developer Hub. The high profile banking brand revealed the hub was created as a way to connect with developers and enable them to build inno...

Property Partner Announces: Investors Trade More Than £10M in Shares Since Platform Launch

On Thursday, real estate crowdfunding platform, Property Partner, announced it has hit a new milestone. Property Partner reported that investors have traded more than £10 million of shares on its po...

Brief: NYU Stern Holds Inaugural Fintech Conference

On Wednesday, New York University’s Stern School Business held its inaugural Fintech Conference. The event addressed critical issues in the fintech industry, which included regulations to public po...

Biz2Credit Reports: Small Biz Loan Approval Rates at Big Banks and Institutional Lenders Continued to Surge in October

On Thursday, Biz2Credit announced its recent Small Business Lending Index report revealed that loan approval rates at big banks and institutional lenders improved to all-time highs in October 2016. Th...

Brief: Copenhagen Fintech Hub Officially Opens

This week, Financial Services Union Denmark, the City of Copenhagen and the Danish Bankers Association announced the opening of the new fintech hub, Copenhagen Fintech.  Copenhagen Fintech is describ...

One Week To Go: Bears vs. Babies Surpasses $2.4M on Kickstarter

With seven days left until the closing of its wildly popular Kickstarter campaign, Elan Lee and Matthew Inman’s new card game Bears vs Babies has secured more than $2.4 million from over 64,500 ...

Why Donald Trump Won the Presidential Election: What It Means & What We Need to Do

Many people feel deeply hurt from the outcome of the Presidential election. Here’s a kinder, simpler explanation as to why. This week, we saw a completely unexpected outcome in the Presidential elec...

Brief: China Rapid Finance Reaches One Million Borrower Milestone

Peer-to-peer lender, China Rapid Finance, announced on Wednesday its platform has exceeded one million borrowers and it facilitated 8.8 million loans in total as of October 31st. Sharing details ab...

P2P: CEO & Founder Maule Comments on UK Bond Network’s FCA Approval

The P2P bond platform UK Bond Network received full authorization as a financial services provider from the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). The approval marks the end of a several months’ re...

In Media Res: Central Bank of Russia Developing Crowdfunding Regulation

Currently Russia’s emerging crowdfunding sector accounts for less than 500 million rubles (USD 7,748,755) in total liabilities, and shows disproportion of different segments and high volatilit...

Innis & Gunn Extends Equity Crowdfunding Campaign on Crowdcube

Following its Crowdcube campaign’s quick success, Innis & Gunn announced it has decided to extend the equity crowdfunding initiative. The craft brewery took to the funding portal at the begi...

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