Brexit may be officially “done” – although the negotiations and the attempts to ameliorate the trading damage continue apace. Meanwhile the UK FinTech sector is necessarily affected by what happens in Europe. No man – and no industry, certainly – is an island. Our friends at Crowdfundinsider report: European securities regulator, the European Securities and Markets […]
The Independent – Malta’s version – reports on the implementation of a set of rules and protocols for crowdfunding and alternative finance raises. At first look, the system may not be the simplest, but it does have the great benefit of offering access to the world’s biggest single market… The European Parliament has taken the […]
Today, we bring you another appealing story with a European flavour. Will the kind of Brexit the UK government negotiating (or not) make a difference to UK companies? Time will tell. Our friends at AltFi report: European expansion is on the cards (pun intended) at payments provider Modulr, which has secured a European electronic money institution (EMI) […]
The journey to an integrated system for European crowdfunding very rules will take eight years, according to an opinion piece in Crowdfundinsider. The UK will not be a part of that journey. Is this a good thing or a bad one? We offer a taster, with more available if your interest or concern is aroused. […]
We are not alone. Although whether the UK and our European friends are heading in the right direction is another matter. We’ve all been taking advantage of government support to get the SME sector through this horrible Covid-19 crisis. Little seems certain, other than that governmental aid has been a good idea – even if […]
Today we bring you a snapshot of the volatile alternative-finance lending sector. Our friends at AltFi run a piece on its recently published market report. One of the outcomes seems to be that Europe is catching up and will soon overtake the UK market: European originations among peer-to-peer and marketplace lending platforms soared by 80 per cent […]
Wednesday’s News story on the figures from British Bank underscores the difficulty governmental organisations have in stimulating small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). So perhaps the European Commission’s recently published “SME Strategy for a sustainable and digital Europe” should be read in this light. It looks to us a worthwhile strategy for a potentially massive marketplace. The […]
Virtual Paris – this Eiffel Tower’s in Las Vegas The Crowdfunding industry is the fastest growing financing source for Small and Medium Businesses in the World,” reports crowdfunding intelligence platform, crowdfundbeat.co.uk. The platform quotes some rather mouldy (2012) growth data, but goes on to make the valid point that our industry is “a major, long-term […]