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LendingClub (NYSE:LC) has posted a presentation apparently in preparation for its annual shareholder meeting which is scheduled to take place on June 5, 2019. The deck, embedded below, is largely a rehash of LendingClub’s Q1 report which took place the first week of May. There... Read More

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The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) has updated regulatory information pertaining to initial coin offerings (ICOs) and crypto-assets. In a release, ASIC recommended that businesses engaged in crypto “consider their legal obligations and satisfy themselves they are operating lawfully.” ASIC stated that their recent... Read More

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A series of legal troubles experienced by well-known Bitcoin evangelist and lifestyler Morgan Rockcoons, 31, have concluded in California with Rockcoons being sentenced to 21 months in prison. In two separate indictments, Rockcoons was charged with operating an unlicensed money transmitting business and wire fraud. He... Read More

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Leading investment crowdfunding platform OurCrowd has announced that Alec Ellison, former Vice Chairman of Jefferies, LLC, and former Chairman of Jefferies’ Technology Investment Banking group, as well as the Founder of Outvest Capital, has been appointed Chairman of the Board of OurCrowd Management for the... Read More

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Stating that they plan to “closely monitor market condition(s)… (and) strictly control…illegal acts such as fraud and (multilevel marketing),” officials from the Korean Department of Justice and the Financial Supervisory Commission held an emergency meeting May 28th to “examine…virtual currency market trend(s)” in the wake of price... Read More

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PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL) announced on Thursday it has provided more than $10 billion in funding through more than 650,000 loans to more than 225,000 small businesses around the world since providing access to its first loan more than five years ago. PayPal reported that its... Read More

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Long anticipated, digital challenger bank Revolut has added ApplePay to its growing list of services. The option to add a Revolut card to ApplePay is reportedly popping up across Europe. Apparently, Apple Pay is only officially available in the UK and France but according to... Read More

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FinTech Scotland announced on Thursday the fintech community in Scotland has now increased to over one hundred innovative firms focused on re-inventing financial services through new technology and data. According to the organization, this increase continues the momentum from the start of the year when... Read More

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Coindesk | Daniel Palmer | May 28, 2019 Canada-based messaging app firm Kik has launched a crypto crowdfunding campaign to support a likely court battle with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) over its 2017 initial coin offering (ICO). Announced by Kik founder and CEO Ted Livingston and Patrick Gibbs, a partner at law firm

Online lender creditshelf (CSQ.F) has reported financial results for the first quarter of fiscal year 2019. According to the Germany-based Fintech, revenues tripled in the first quarter versus the same period year prior. creditshelf is a marketplace lender that matches investors to SMEs in need... Read More

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