Rebuke FT? What’s Your Beef with Alternative Finance?
I’m no lawyer but if it were about a firm or an individual I think it would probably be a libel to re-characterise the content of yesterday’s FCA report and their comments on Equity Crowdfunding as...
View ArticleFCA: No Rebuke to Crowdfunding Industry
Earlier this week Crowdfund Insider published a write up on the regulatory review completed by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in the United Kingdom. At that time we quoted the FCA document that...
View ArticleChina Central Bank Defends Online Payment Rules, Critics See Rules Stifling...
“China’s central bank has moved to defend draft rules that would force online payment processors to channel large payments through traditional bank accounts, a requirement that industry observers say...
View ArticleP2P Marketplace LendInvest To Launch London-Listed Fund
Peer-to-peer marketplace LendInvest will launch a listed fund, the first such vehicle to focus on property-backed P2P lending, according to the Financial Times. Depending on market conditions, the...
View ArticleP2P ISA Challenge: “We Recognize that We as an Industry Need to Work to...
The Innovative Finance ISA is a huge opportunity for the peer to peer lending industry. Yet the introduction of the new ISA also highlights an ongoing issue for P2P platforms: The profound need to...
View ArticleMinister of the Economy for France Appoints former Deputy Governor of Banque...
In a speech delivered on January 15th at Bercy, Bruno Le Maire, the Minister of Economy and Finance, announced he has appointed Jean-Pierre Landau, former Deputy Governor of the Banque de France, to...
View ArticleAnother Financial Times Exposé Casts Doubt on Professed Profitability at...
The latest Financial Times coverage is casting further doubt on the profitability and integrity of operations at the German payments giant Wirecard. (WDI.DE) Wirecard, for its part, has countered that...
View ArticleCrypto Trading App TabTrader Celebrates $5.8M Series A, Preparing For TTT...
Cryptocurrency trading mobile app TabTrader announced today it closed a $5.8 million Series A round led by BitMEX Ventures. Also participating in the round were Hashkey Capital, Spartan Capital, SGH...
View ArticleFT Partners Releases Report on Innovations in Payroll, Human Capital Management
FT Partners Research is pleased to announce the release of their new in-depth industry research report, “Innovations in Payroll and Human Capital Management.” As noted in the update shared by FT...
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