“Entourage’s” Emmanuelle Chriqui Named New Leading Lady of “Super Troops 2” (Video)

Less than a week after announcing Rob Lowe has joined Super Troopers 2’s cast and the return of Marisa Coughlan, who played Officer Ursula Hanson, the Broken Lizard crew revealed Entourage&...

France’s BNP Paribas Securities Service Expands Blockchain Platform to Private Stocks

On Monday, BNP Paribas Securities Service announced it is expanding its blockchain platform for private stocks as a way to help private companies issue mini-bonds through crowdfunding portals. The ba...

Big Fine: CFO Lending Provides £34 Million Redress with FCA Agreement

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has slapped down CFO Lending, a payday loan firm, for unfair lending practices.  CFO Lending also operated as Payday First, Flexible First, Money Resolve, Paycfo...

Dominic Pandiscia Reveals Why He Decided to Take on the Role As PledgeMusic’s CEO

Earlier this year, PledgeMusic, a crowdfunding platform that’s dedicated to music, announced it appointed Dominic Pandiscia as its new CEO. Pandiscia notably has more than 20 years of experience ...

Overfunding: Ethical Womenswear Brand Birdsong Exceeds £75,000 Funding Goal on Crowdcube

With less than a week until its Crowdcube campaign comes to an end, London’s ethical womenswear brand, Birdsong, has successfully secured its initial £75,000 funding goal. As previously report...

Revenue Up 46% at RateSetter. Pre-Tax Loss Stands at £4.9 Million

RateSetter has released its accounts for 2015 – 2016.  According to their financial results, top line revenue increased 46% to £18.5 million from £12.6 million versus prior period. The increa...

Prosper: Loan Portfolio on Track for Highest Returns Since 2013

Prosper Marketplace has published their monthly loan report and for investors in the marketplace lending things are looking pretty good. Prosper states that the 2016 portfolio is on track to have the...

Non Profits are Thinking About Crowdfunding All Wrong

We don’t do crowdfunding. I can’t tell you how often I hear these words, spoken with such confidence, by the head of a major non-profit. I’ve come to realize there are many reasons for this init...

Innovate Finance States Global VC Investment in Fintech Up Versus 2015

Innovate Finance, an association for the global Fintech industry founded in 2014, has revealed that global venture capital in Fintech for the first half of 2016 is up significantly. According to their...

Hacking the Law (Crowdfunding Edition): Concurrent Offerings Part 1

First off, don’t panic. We’re not talking about hacking into computer networks or anything. Legal hacking, or hacking the law, doesn’t involve anything surreptitious. From an organization standp...

Seed&Spark and MasterCard Team up to Launch “TVs Next Great Show”

Seed&Spark, the independent film crowdfunding platform, has partnered up with MasterCard on a “Crowdfunding Rally” created to uncover and launch “TVs next great show.”  La...

Report: PE & VC Activity Cooling in China Including P2P

China News is reporting that cooling private equity and venture capital deals are causing challenges for investors. Ni Zhengdong, head of Zero2IPO – a research group, stated; “Chinese vent...

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