On April 1st, 2016, a new crowdfunding decree will enter into force in the Netherlands. This is the result of an effort started by The Netherlands Authority for Financial Markets (AFM) in December 2014, when they published a report on crowdfunding, drawing attention to perceived problems in the current regulations and offering their recommendations about how the digital investing market in the country could develop more sustainably.
We have supported over 100 clients in the market with their fintech applications, and we see many good ideas for different verticals and digital finance products. Given the growth in the industry over the past two years, it's becoming clear to everyone that the potential is huge, however it’s important to realize that "build it and they will come" simply doesn't apply here.
San Francisco – March 23 – Crowd Valley Inc, creator of the world’s first digital back office to power online finance business announced that Ronald J. Buschur, formerly CEO of NASDAQ-listed Powerwave Technologies, will be working with company in a Corporate Development Executive Advisory Role.
Every day we are quite literally inundated with spam, advertising, and all kinds of communication from friends, colleagues and people trying to sell us something through every possible set of channels. So why might you want to subscribe one additional email every day, week or month?
On February 24, 2016, the Italian securities market regulator (Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa, Consob), updated the regulations for equity based crowdfunding. It was published in the Gazzetta Ufficiale on March 4, 2016, with the new rules effective since March 5, 2016.
Crowd Valley was invited to speak at the Globe Forum in Vancouver on enabling institutional capital deployment in the context climate change and the development of ‘green innovation’. Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau opened the event with an enthusiastic outlook on the opportunities at hand and a call to action, and several ministers, institutional funds and technology leaders participated in the keynote sessions, including Crowd Valley’s CEO Markus Lampinen.
On February 25th Crowd Valley's CTO, Paul Higgins took part in a panel discussion hosted by BrightTALK entitled 'How Regtech can hep with Know-Your-Customer and Data Sharing Challenges'. The word “API” and “White label” are often used within the same breath in FinTech. They are used to describe a way in which companies can leverage a pre existing framework to more efficiently deploy an application. Really, they are two separate directions into the market, which we should understand more clearly. Both have advantages and limitations.
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