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PayPal Will No Longer Protect Your Crowdfunding Cash
PayPal is changing its purchase protection rules to reflect increasing risks associated with crowdfunding. The new language, which will go into effect in June, state that “payments on crowdfunding platforms” will no longer be eligible for Purchase Protection.
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- Investing
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Viewpoint: Why Equity Crowdfunding Could Be Dangerous for Investors and Entrepreneurs
The new rules are well-meaning, but flawed. In the very near future, equity crowdfunding will no longer be reserved for the ultra-wealthy.
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- Investing
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Faso Soap: A Weapon Against Malaria?
A soap created by two students in Burkina Faso holds promise as an affordable way to fight the devastating disease.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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The Missing Piece That Could Hold Back Equity Crowdfunding
Equity crowdfunding promises to be a major new source of funding for small businesses. But some critics say it lacks a crucial element: a secondary market for most participating investors.
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- Investing
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Mexico Prepares Regulations for Debt & Equity Crowdfunding
This past week the Comisión Nacional Bancaria y de Valores (CNBV) published their 7th National Financial Inclusion Report (Reporte Nacional de Inclusión Financiera). The document (embedded below) spent a good amount of time defining and addressing the various forms of investment crowdfunding. The document was published in advance of expectations that Mexico will soon enact an updated securities regulatory regime to embrace internet finance.
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- Investing
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- Latin America
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Fundnel Partners With Impact Guru to Transform Social Impact Investing
Singapore-based investment platform Fundnel has entered into a strategic tie-up with Indian crowdfunding platform Impact Guru to tap into philanthropic and investment capital from the Indian diaspora based in Southeast Asia and plough back investments into ventures that address social needs.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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- South Asia
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Did This New Nonprofit Crack the Code for Building Developing World Housing?
Last June, a brand-new nonprofit set a giant goal: Over the summer, they would crowdfund enough money to build an entire neighborhood—100 homes—for earthquake victims in Haiti. They raised the money in 90 days, and by this March ended up building 151 homes, where more than 1,200 people now live.
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- Finance
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Viewpoint: Crowdfunding for the Public Good Is Evil
Emma Hofman, A kindergarten teacher in New Orleans, needs your money. In the past two years, she has set up six fund-raising campaigns on the website DonorsChoose.org. Her goal isn’t to fund expensive field trips or even a new computer. She just wants her kids to have books, pencil sharpeners, and a few blocks to play with.
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- Technology
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- crowdfunding