Ooma Acquires Indiegogo Funded Smart Video Security Platform Butterfleye
Ooma, Inc. (NYSE: OOMA), a smart communications platform for businesses and consumers, announced on Tuesday it has acquired Butterfleye, Inc., an AI-powered video camera, and security platform. This...
View ArticleOverfunding: Oxford’s Adult Beverage Brand TOAD’s Extended Crowdcube Campaign...
Just days after announcing it was extended its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube, UK-based distillery The Oxford Artisan Distillery (TOAD) has successfully secured its initial £750,000 funding...
View ArticleUpdate: TOAD Set to Close Crowdcube Round With More Than £800,000 in Funding
With its Crowdcube campaign set to close this weekend, UK-based distillery The Oxford Artisan Distillery (TOAD) has secured nearly 825,000 from more than 650 investors. Launched this past summer, TOAD...
View ArticleCloud-Based Encrypted Communication Platform The Link App Now Seeking...
The Link App, a cloud-based encrypted communication platform, is now seeking £300,000 through its equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs. Founded in 2014, The Link App describes itself as the ultimate...
View ArticleRussian Finance Ministry to Suggest Collecting Taxes on Mining of Cryptocurrency
On Thursday, Deputy Minister Alexei Moiseev announced that the Russian Finance Ministry has reportedly suggested collecting taxes on mining of cryptocurrencies. This tax will be introduced through a...
View ArticleOverfunding: Beer Line Cleaning Solution Startup FullClear Surpasses £250,000...
FullClear, a UK-based beer line cleaning solution startup, has successfully secured its initial £250,000 funding target from 230 investors through equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube. The campaign...
View Article2017 Success: Crowdcube Spain Raised €7 Million for 21 Spanish Companies...
Crowdcube Spain posted its 2017 recap today, celebrating 7,062,000 euros raised for 21 Spanish companies, nearly doubling the 3.6 million euros raised on the platform in 2016. During 2017, Crowdcube...
View ArticleFlux Extends Partnership With Starling Bank to Now Offer Digitized Loyalty...
UK-based fintech Flux announced on Tuesday it has extended its partnership with Starling Bank by integrating digitized loyalty rewards directly into the bank’s mobile app. According to Flux, the new...
View ArticleOnline Lending Platform Upgrade Receives Top Ratings from Lending Tree
Upgrade, Renaud Laplanche’s newest online lending startup , has been recognized the number one personal loan platform by Lending Tree – according to Q4 customer reviews. LendingTree’s rankings are...
View ArticleChief of the IRS Criminal Division is on the Hunt for Cryptocurrency Scofflaws
In March of 2014, the Internal Revenue Service issued an FAQ on digital currencies and the tax treatment of transactions in crypto like Bitcoin. In brief, the IRS said that virtual currency should be...
View ArticleCommonwealth Bank of Australia Completes RegTech Pilot With ING
Earlier this week, Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) announced it has completed a regtech pilot with ING to simplify processing of information and implementation of regulation using the Markets in...
View ArticleBnkToTheFuture Files $30 Million Reg D with SEC
BnkToTheFuture has filed a Reg D 506c indicating its intent to raise $30 million. The recent filing, under the entity of BnkToTheFuture BFT SP – a Segregated Portfolio of BnkToTheFuture Capital SPC,...
View ArticleHere is the CFTC Document Outlining the Whistleblower Plan for ICO Pump &...
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has a Whistleblower program in place regarding pump and dump schemes for virtual currencies and digital tokens. Virtual currencies would line up with...
View ArticleSmall Town in State of New York Imposes Moratorium on Energy Hungry...
Cryptocurrency is hot right now and the prospect of being able to turn a computer on and earn money has attracted both big money and small. Mining cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin has been lucrative in...
View ArticleItaly Launches New Trade Association ItaliaFintech
Italy is joining a growing roster of countries that have established Fintech associations designed to guide emerging innovations in finance. According to a note from the organizers, ItaliaFintech...
View ArticleVerge Currency Hacked, Forced to Fork
Verge Currency (XVG) has been hacked and to deal with the attack the company is implementing a fork in the code. There is a thread on BitcoinTalk that apparently outlines the attack. OCMiner explains:...
View ArticleMeet the Drapers Gets Picked Up by Sony Pictures Networks for Season Two
Season two of Meet the Drapers has received a nice boost as Sony Pictures Networks has picked up season two of the venture capital meets investment crowdfunding series. The series will be carried in...
View ArticleMax Keiser and Stacy Herbert Espouse the Global Urgency of Bitcoin
Soft spoken computer scientist Adam Back, one of the most important figures in the technical history of Bitcoin, had a hard act to follow after Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert burned down the stage...
View ArticleFive Points Brewing Surpasses £950,000 During the Final Days on Crowdcube
With its equity crowdfunding campaign set on Crowdcube to close later this week, UK-based Five Points Brewing Company has successfully secured more than £950,000 thanks to over 1350 investors. The...
View ArticleFederal Reserve of St. Louis: No Reputable Central Bank Would Issue a...
The Federal Reserve of St. Louis recently published a paper entitled “The Case for Central Bank Electronic Money and the Non-case for Central Bank Cryptocurrencies. In brief, authors Aleksandr...
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