By now everyone knows that the San Bernardino terrorist duo obtained a P2P loan, via a leading online lending platform, just a few weeks prior to the attacks. (Two worthwhile reads on the topic are Ross Kenneth Urken’s “How the San Bernardino Shooters Used the Latest Fintech Tool to Finance Their Terror Attack” and Marketplace Lending […]
FinFair 2015 Recap
I’d like to thank everyone who participated in FinFair 2015, Wall Street’s inaugural crowd-centric retail alternatives conference. I launched FinFair because I wholeheartedly believe we are at a seminal moment in American economic history where the confluence of technology and regulatory easing are staged to deliver greater investing freedoms to the general public and instill […]
Capitalizing on the FinTech Frenzy – Learn from Superheroes How to Spot the Gems & Avert the Scams
With FinTech investing heating up and creating a fertile breeding ground for IPOs, learn to spot the gems while averting the scams.
The Road to Crowd-Centric Retail Alternatives and the Future of Financial Products
The evolution of financial products through innovations in brokerage services, advisory tools, investment products, retirement plans, financial technology as well as shifts in both the political as well as economic climate
Financial Advisors, Please Meet P2P. P2P, Online or Marketplace Lending or Whatever You Want to Call Yourself, Please Meet Financial Advisors
In my ongoing quest to democratize the investing landscape, I began exploring ways to engage financial advisors into the crowdfinance industry – specifically within P2P lending realms. Particularly with interest rates at historic lows and social security on the brink of insolvency, it is imperative that small retail investors be able to access alternative asset […]