crowdfunding

Crowdfunding is the practice of funding a project or venture by raising small amounts of money from a large number of people, typically via the Internet. Crowdfunding is a form of crowdsourcing and alternative finance. In 2015, over US$34 billion was raised worldwide by crowdfunding.

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Crowdfunding May Help Bring Rapists To Justice In Texas

Crowdfunding May Help Bring Rapists To Justice In Texas
Crowdfunding May Help Bring Rapists To Justice In Texas
March 16, 2017  |  Politics

Due to untested evidence, Texas is dealing with a backlog of rape kits that need to be processed for thousands of rape investigations. Get the...

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Taking Risk Management To The Market(places)
Taking Risk Management To The Market(places)
March 09, 2017  |  Risk Management

Crowdfunding and other popular platforms bring a new level of risk to micro-payments. WePay’s John Canfield, Vice President of Risk Management, tells PYMNTS’ Karen Webster...

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FCA Warns P2P Lenders About Lending Money To Finance Firms
FCA Warns P2P Lenders About Lending Money To Finance Firms
March 01, 2017  |  Security & Fraud

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the U.K. regulatory body, has written a letter to all CEOs of peer-to-peer (p2p) lenders and loan-based crowdfunding platforms that provide funding...

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Taking Fundraising Social, Successfully
Taking Fundraising Social, Successfully
February 27, 2017  |  Platform Payments

With crowdfunding campaigns teeming across social media, how can organizations help their campaigns cut through the noise? For the latest Payments Powering Platform Tracker™, PYMNTS...

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Positivity Coming Out Of Trump’s Travel Ban?
Positivity Coming Out Of Trump’s Travel Ban?
February 03, 2017  |  Post-Election

Like it or not, the travel ban put in place by the Trump administration is causing an uproar of issues. Get the Full Story Complete...

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SMEs Begin To Test The Regulation A+ Waters
SMEs Begin To Test The Regulation A+ Waters
February 01, 2017  |  B2B Payments

The largest anxiety critics of the alternative lending space have today is a lack of regulation. Without investor protection and without regulation on the cost...

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ChronoBank.io Aims To Launch Labor Marketplace
ChronoBank.io Aims To Launch Labor Marketplace
January 20, 2017  |  Blockchain

ChronoBank.io, the cryptocurrency company that is trying to change the short-term labor market, is aiming to launch an exchange early next year where buyers and...

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GoFundMe Acquires CrowdRise
GoFundMe Acquires CrowdRise
January 11, 2017  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Crowdfunding firm GoFundMe has bought CrowdRise, a fundraising firm focused on nonprofits and charities, including the American Cancer Society and UNICEF, TechCrunch reported Tuesday (Jan....

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GoFundMe Raised $3B For Crowdfunding Campaigns, Company Says
GoFundMe Raised $3B For Crowdfunding Campaigns, Company Says
December 15, 2016  |  Payments Innovation

The crowdfunding platform released its second annual giving report on Tuesday (Dec. 13), which stated the company has helped campaigns to raise more than $3...

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