Tagged: chris hancock

April 30, 2019 @ 7:45 am By JD Alois  |  

Yesterday at the opening of UK Fintech Week, Secretary of State for International Trade and President of the Board of Trade Liam Fox announced the launch of the “DIT Fintech Bridge Pilot Program.” According to the Department for International Trade (DIT), the Bridge announced is… Read More

March 11, 2019 @ 7:30 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowd2Fund, a UK based investment platform, is targeting the Global Financial Innovation Network (GFIN) markets for expansion. In late 2018, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ratcheted up their innovation focus by launching GFIN as it sought to target the larger challenges of cross border… Read More

January 24, 2019 @ 1:12 pm By JD Alois  |  

Investment crowdfunding platform Crowd2Fund has launched their third equity offering providing outside investors the opportunity to own shares in the company. Crowd2Fund says it hopes to grow its private ownership base from 121 high net worth individuals to 450. According to the campaign page, Crowd2Fund… Read More

August 14, 2018 @ 7:47 am By Chris Hancock  |  

The Financial Conduct Authority will Update Rules for Loan Based Crowdfunding. Crowd2Fund CEO Chris Hancock Shares His Perspective. The growth and success of P2P lending, and its positive effect on the UK economy, cannot be disputed. Initially starting out as curiosity during the depths of… Read More

August 1, 2018 @ 10:40 am By JD Alois  |  

UK based Crowd2Fund, a peer-to-peer crowdfunding platforms, has added artificial technology (AI) to its platform to help mitigate loan default risk, according to a note from the company. Earlier this year, Crowd2Fund began working with InDebted, an Australia-based Fintech company to provide advanced collection strategies… Read More

April 18, 2018 @ 7:59 am By JD Alois  |  

UK peer to peer lending platform Crowd2Fund is opening an Australian office becoming one the first UK-based companies to utilise the new ‘Fintech Bridge’ between the UK and Australia that was recently announced by both countries. Signed in March, the agreement between the UK Financial… Read More

January 5, 2018 @ 9:45 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfunding platform Crowd2Fund has launched a £30 million “institutional fundraise” while opening up the offer to platform investors. According to the company, over 100 site users have already invested £1.5 million in the offer. Reportedly, demand was sufficient enough to open up an additional £8.5… Read More

July 4, 2017 @ 11:45 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowd2Fund’s Exchange, a secondary market for crowdfunded investments, is apparently experiencing solid utilization according to a release by Crowd2Fund. Launched 18 months ago, Crowd2Fund states it is benefiting from a “significant increase in activity in line with the platform’s exponential growth this year.” Investors using the… Read More

June 18, 2017 @ 5:16 pm By JD Alois  |  

Crowd2Fund has announced the launch of a new property loan product, secured against either commercial or residential property. Crowd2Fund added that the new vehicle qualifies for inclusion within the platform’s IFISA. Crowd2Fund already offers a range of debt based products including standard loans, revenue loans, bonds… Read More

July 18, 2016 @ 8:27 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Crowd2Fund announced on Monday the launch of its new intelligent investment feature known as Smart-Invest, which will reportedly allow investors to automate their crowdlending investments. The UK peer-to-peer lending platform stated: “The Smart-Invest feature is the culmination of research into Artificial Intelligence and consultation with leading academics… Read More

April 25, 2016 @ 2:49 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Crowd2Fund announced last week that it has launched a finance ISA app for savers and investors. According to the UK peer-to-peer lending platform, the iOS powered app allows savers and investors to build their ISA portfolio and manage existing investments more quickly and more efficiently than… Read More

April 5, 2016 @ 7:53 am By JD Alois  |  

While some of the larger peer to peer lending platforms have not yet announced FCA regulatory approval to offer an Innovative Finance ISA (IF ISA), Crowd2Fund is ready to go for tomorrow’s (April 6) launch of the updated savings vehicle. Crowd2Fund also announced the creation… Read More

March 18, 2016 @ 9:22 am By JD Alois  |  

  Crowd2Fund has just revealed it is going global. According to information provided by the crowdfunding platform, Crowd2Fund has opened its platform to investors in 163 different countries to create accounts and invest in UK SMEs.  Crowd2Fund is an FCA regulated platform that offers both… Read More

January 7, 2016 @ 8:57 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Wednesday, serviced apartments provider, thesqua.re, announced it has closed an investment round of $2 million from Crowd2Fund and OakNorth Bank. thesqua.re, which was previously known as House of Modern Living or MoLi, was founded in 2009 and has grown profitably at 80% CAGR to cross $10… Read More

December 3, 2015 @ 1:46 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

Crowd2Fund has developed one of the first crowdfunding coins, “Smart Money,” exclusively for members of the Crowd2Fund Investor Club, according to the company’s press release. It entitles members to receive a coin about the size of a £2 piece which has an RFID (radio frequency identifier) chip… Read More

October 7, 2015 @ 8:16 am By JD Alois  |  

Investment crowdfunding platform Crowd2Fund has opened up their exchange to allow investors the opportunity to trade in alternative investments like equity that has been crowdfunded.  Crowd2Fund will also match sellers and buyers for assets purchased outside of the Crowd2Fund platform.  Originally announced this past May, Crowd2Fund… Read More

May 19, 2015 @ 10:23 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowd2Fund, a regulated “five model” crowdfunding platform, has announced the launch of the Crowd Exchange, a new site that will a holders of debt or equity in private companies to sell their investments to other individuals online.  Crowd2Fund states the primary objective of the exchange… Read More

April 2, 2015 @ 9:57 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowd2Fund, a UK based investment crowdfunding platform that offers a range of funding options, has announced a Series A funding round of £2 million giving the company a “notional market value” of £10 million.  According to the company interest from Chinese investors boosted the valuation… Read More