6/30/2015 7:32:23 PM Paying off Greece's debt - via crowd-funding By Gareth Jones The campaign insists it is not a joke - So far it has raised €120,302 from 7,550 and when we visited the site it was down due to...
6/30/2015 3:52:36 PM Pending Payday Lending Legislation By Sean Lippel Last week, the CFPB announced that it is considering a proposal that would require payday lenders to take additional steps to ensure...
6/30/2015 3:52:20 PM E-Invoicing Faces Adoption Issues By Sean Lippel While the benefits of e-invoicing are vast, they are not equally attractive to every nation. The reasons for adopting – or not adopting –...
6/30/2015 3:51:59 PM Amazon To Expand Lending to UK, China, and 6 Other Countries By Sean Lippel E-commerce giant, Amazon, is set to expand its loan program for small sellers into seven more countries, including the UK and China. The...
6/30/2015 3:51:45 PM On-call CFO firm MyCFO Raises $1.5m Funding By Sean Lippel Mumbai based financial planning startup raised $1.5m of Series A funding, led by ASK Group. MyCFO is working to create packaged solutions...
6/30/2015 3:51:29 PM SEC Allows Tweets for Startups By Sean Lippel A startup can now post a Twitter message about its stock or debt offering to gauge interest among potential investors. The SEC's latest...
6/29/2015 3:19:48 PM How The Death Of The Zimbabwe Dollar Encouraged A Mobile Money Surge By Sean Lippel Amidst intense hyperinflation, Zimbabwe eliminated their currency in 2009. Now at least 5 milllion Zimbabweans now use mobile payment...
6/27/2015 2:28:27 AM Will Nonbanks Impact Bank M&A? By FinTech Collective BankDirector.com highlights the importance of community banks need to focus on improving efficiencies and enhancing organic growth...
6/26/2015 6:52:22 PM Where You Live Impacts What Stocks You Buy By Sean Lippel Openfolio data shows that investors buy companies in sectors that dominate their region of America.
6/26/2015 6:44:58 PM Fintech Reloaded - Traditional Banks as Digital Ecosystems By Sean Lippel Deutsche Bank released "Fintech Reloaded," a research paper outlining the opportunity and challenges for banks to transform themselves...
6/26/2015 6:22:48 PM Basel III Pulls the Rug Out from Community Banks By Sean Lippel Although Basel rules weren't intended for community banks, they are having a disproportionate effect on these hometown institutions. The...
6/26/2015 4:54:39 PM DAH takes the veil off stealthy startup with double acquisition By Gareth Jones DAH unveiled itself at the Fintech Innovation Lab's demo day this week and announced that it had acqui-hired two other blockchain...
6/26/2015 4:46:27 PM The Great Tech Awards 2015 is accepting applications, FinTech Collective's Gareth Jones to judge By FinTech Collective Applications are currently open and will close on Friday, July 31. The winners will be chosen by a panel of industry leaders, which...
6/26/2015 2:10:12 PM Legendary Investor Jeremy Grantham Warns Markets Headed to BubbleLand By Sean Lippel While markets are not yet in bubble territory, Jeremy Grantham warns that they are getting closer. He does not believe that imminent...
6/26/2015 2:09:48 PM With $21 Trillion, China’s Savers Are Set to Change the World By Sean Lippel Few events will be as significant for the world in the next 15 years as China opening its capital borders. The nation’s surfeit of...
6/26/2015 2:07:36 PM JD.com and ZestFinance bring credit scores to China By Gareth Jones ZestFinance has partnered with China’s second largest e-commerce company JD.com to create a joint venture that will provide credit risk...