Capital markets insights

Canada’s technology sector can proudly speak of a number of homegrown giants disrupting online sectors from social media management (Hootsuite), to web browsing (Mozilla Firefox), ecommerce (Shopify), and also workplace chat (Slack). Katipult is looking to be placed amongst these names as the dominant Canadian player in Financial Technology (Fintech).

• The Canadian company Katipult launches its bespoke P2P lending software in the UK.
• It partners with the innovative payments company MANGOPAY in order to bring a comprehensive and compliant P2P lending solution to the UK market.

London, October 19th, 2016. Katipult is pleased to announce its partnership with MANGOPAY to bring a disruptive lending solution to the UK market. As lending platforms are flourishing, the need to have a secure and flexible transaction environment to manage the incoming and outgoing payment flows is crucial. That’s why Katipult created a powerful P2P lending software which facilitates the entire investment process from marketing and distribution through to investor tax reporting.

The abolition of a law that prevented banks from owning more than 5% of technology companies in Japan is set to open the investment floodgates into financial technology (fintech).

Company Name: Realty Africa

A major announcement was unveiled at The Treasury Markets Summit 2016, jointly organized by the  Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) and the Treasury Markets Association (TMA) on September 6th, 2016.  Two initiatives including a Fintech Innovation Hub and Fintech Supervisory Sandbox, effective immediately, will be launched for financial technology innovation in the banking sector to ensure the city doesn’t lose ground to regional rivals including Singapore and Tokyo.

Company Name: Intro Crowd

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The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) makes its move after public consultations to provide industry direction and safeguards for retail investors. 

Katipult is cloud-based software infrastructure that allows firms to design, setup, and manage an investment crowdfunding platform. As a crowdfunding software provider we talk to private equity, asset management, banks, and entrepreneurs on a daily basis who are looking for investment crowdfunding, private placements, and investor management solutions.