KPMG : Fintech 100 for 2016

KPMG has published their rankings of the top Fintech firms around the globe. While there is an element of subjectivity to reports like this it is still interesting to see how a global consultancy dete...

US Election and Crowdfunding

CrowdFund Beat News Wire, The Crowdfunding Professional Association is proud to host a first ever open discussion on how federal elections may affect our maturing industry. Hosted by several members...

Katipult is Named Canada’s Most Innovative Fintech Company

Katipult, cloud-based software infrastructure that allows firms to design, setup, and manage an Investment Crowdfunding, Peer 2 Peer Lending, or Investor Management platform has been recognized as Ca...

InAuth Dubbed Winner of Corporate LiveWire’s 2016 Fintech Excellence Awards

InAuth, a digital device intelligence company, announced on Monday its products received recognition for “Excellence in Providing Mobile-First Products for Authentication” at Corporate LiveWire&#...

Revlon’s Second Annual “LOVE IS ON” Challenge Secures Over $6M; Cancer Research Institute Named Winner

On Monday, makeup giant Revlon announced the winner of its second annual LOVE IS ON Million Dollar Challenge, which secured over $6 million through crowdfunding platform Crowdrise. The company report...

Africa Courier Express Founders Launch New Finance Services Platform Lidya

Lidya, an online financial services platform, officially went live on Monday and is now issuing loans to SMEs. The new website was created by the founders of Africa Courier Express (ACE), Tunde Kehind...

Personal Training App FitMo Seeks €150,000 Seedrs Campaign

FitTech app Fitmo has launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs to raise €150,000.The Amsterdam-based startup has reportedly partnered up with other fitness businesses, such as Jawbone Up,...

SuperCharger Fintech Accelerator Announces 8 New Startups as Hong Kong Fintech Week Starts

SuperCharger Fintech Accelerator 2.0 has kicked off Hong Kong Fintech Week with the announcement of 8 finalists for their program. For a second year in a row, SuperCharger, which aims to help the mos...

Brief: BrightPensioen Returns to Symbid & Quickly Surpasses €100,000 Funding Target

BrightPensioen, a company that provides retirement investment plans, recently launched its second equity crowdfunding campaign on Symbid and has already surpassed its initial €100,000 funding targe...

Indiegogo Ditches Surveys & Introduces New Feature “Item Options”

On Monday, Indiegogo announced it is introducing its latest feature, which eliminates the use of campaign surveys. The global crowdfunding platform introduced its latest feature, Item Options, as a w...

RealtyShares Reports: Several Developers Return to the Real Estate Crowdfunding Platform

On Monday, RealtyShares announced several developers have returned to its real estate crowdfunding platform for additional projects. The website confirmed that Chris Wooten of Own Home, LLC, which ...

First Class: FCA Reveals 24 Fintech Firms Accepted into Regulatory Sandbox

  The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has revealed the first group of Fintech firms accepted into their innovative regulatory Sandbox initiative.  The FCA said that 69 Fintech firms applied fo...

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