Where are they now? Marketplace Lending

Watch Ron Suber (Prosper Marketplace) Where are they now? Marketplace Lending: CrowdFund Beat.

Google-funded loan startup to pay $6.3m for 'deceptive' practices

Experts say the LendUp case is significant for firms in the emerging online ‘fintech’ sector that claim to offer a better alternative to payday loansA Google-funded lending startup will have to pa...

RealtyShares Finances $500,000 Preferred Equity Investment to Fund Acquisition & Rehabilitation of San Francisco Multi-family Property

On Wednesday, RealtyShares announced it financed a $500,000 preferred equity investment to fund the acquisition and rehabilitation of a 22-unit multi-family property in the San Francisco Bay Area cal...

Video Game Developers Popcannibal & Aubrey Serr Turn to Crowdfunding Platform Fig For New Projects

On Wednesday, Fig announced Boston-based studio Popcannibal launched a campaign on its crowdfunding platform to raise $50,000 for the video game, Make Sail. The new game is the latest title from the...

Overfunding: Battery Tech Supplier Enfucell Surpasses €300,000 Funding Target on Invesdor

Enfucell, a Finland-based customized battery technology supplier in the printed electronics industry, has successfully secured its initial €300,000 funding goal on equity crowdfunding platform, In...

Australia’s H2Ocean Receives Support From Various Financial Service & Technology Industry Figures

Following its official launch by Australia’s treasurer, Scott Morrison, H2Ocean Limited announced it received support from financial services figures, Link Group Chairman Michael Carapiet and Perpe...

IS THE SEC’S ACCREDITED INVESTOR DEFINITION UN – CONSTITUTIONAL?

By Samuel S. Guzik, CrowdFundBeat special guest editor,  Guzik & Associate Many have railed against what can be argued is the irrationality of protecting non-accredited investors from themselves...

Status Quo is Not an Option: OSC Chair Acknowledges Fintech Requires New Approach, Announces OSC Launchpad

Speaking at the Toronto Region Board of Trade this week, Maureen Jensen, Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) Chair and CEO, delivered a wide-ranging keynote address that tackled the topic of Fintech, ...

Yirendai Named One of the Internet Financial Industry Information Sharing Platform’s Inaugural Members

Yirendai (NYSE:YRD), the publicly traded offshoot of huge P2P lender CreditEase, announced on Tuesday it has been named an inaugural member of the Internet Financial Industry Information Sharing Plat...

Eureeca Opens European Hub in Amsterdam

Dubai based Eureeca, a global investment crowdfunding platform, has officially opened its European hub with an office in the Netherlands.  FCA regulated Eureeca is seeking to expand its services and ...

Qumram Launches Full-Compliant Social Media Record-Keeping Through WhatsApp

Qumram, a global provider of digital interaction audit solutions for the financial services industry, announced on Wednesday the launch of its new solution for recording end-to-end encrypted social m...

SEC Schedules Fintech Forum to Foster Understanding & Collaboration

The Securities and Exchange Commission has scheduled a public forum to tackle the topic of Fintech – a wide ranging term that deals with innovation in the financial services sector fueled by rec...

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