On Monday, real estate marketplace lending platform Money360 announced it provided a $8.5 million bridge loan for the refinancing of a K-12 charter school located in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Accor...

Just hours after restaurant chain M launched its equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs, the London-based company has successfully secured £1.2 million out of its £1.3 million funding goal. The co...

Impact Guru, an India-based “full stack crowdfunding solution,” announced on Monday it has formed a partnership with crowdfunding platform, GlobalGiving, to promote the joy of giving during the 20...

The government of Singapore has made Fintech an important part of their future economic growth. The island city-state has always punched above its weight economically and policy makers are moving quic...

Last week, Cyanide & Happiness announced it was starting to ship its Kickstarter-funded  card game, Joking Hazard. The popular webcomic launched its campaign on the crowdfunding giant’s platfo...

Facebook has launched a new e-commerce feature labeled “Marketplace”. The new application will allow individuals and groups to buy and sell to anyone – around the world.  While init...

World First, a money transfer and FX firm, has commissioned a report by the Centre for Economics & Business Research (CEBR) that states there is a £141.3 billion export shortfall being experience...

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced the agenda for the Advisory Committee on Small and Emerging Companies (ACSEC) meeting scheduled for October 5th. The Committee will be review...

LDF, an alternative lender to SMEs, has acquired Southampton based broker Asset & Corporate Finance (ACF). ACF is a “major player” in the construction industry providing hard asset l...

Coolest Cooler, the 2nd most funded Kickstarter campaign of all time, continues to struggle in its quest to deliver coolers to campaign backers. Late last month we reported that Amazon was selling Coo...

The Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF) held its inaugural conference at Cambridge University this past week engaging in a wide range of topics covering the world of alternative finance. A...

Brian Korn, a prominent attorney in the alternative finance sector, says the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is on the offensive. Korn pointed to recent settlements with LendUp and CashCal...