Successfully Navigating FCA Review Process This is the final in a four part series of informative articles on regulations and the regulatory process for alternative finance businesses. A Recap In the first article, I explored why I believe regulations may have actually contributed to the exponential growth of the alternative finance sector. […]
Part 3: Alternative Finance Regulations: Successful FCA Application
This is the penultimate in a four part series of informative articles on regulations and the regulatory process in the alternative finance market. Previous articles made it to the “Most Read” section of AltFi.com, highlighting the importance of this topic. A Recap In the first in this series we put forward the argument […]
Part 2: Alternative Finance Regulations: Route to Regulatory Success
This is the second in the four part series on alternative finance regulations and regulatory approval. Missed the first article? Click here to access it here https://vedanvi.com/alternative-finance-regulations/. A Recap Key points in the first article: Regulations can be onerous, but they have helped to boost this sector on an exponential growth trajectory; […]
Part 1: Alternative Finance Regulation: Biggest Hurdle or Opportunity? You Decide:
You already know that the alternative finance industry is booming. This is true for all sectors, regardless of whether it’s peer to peer lending, peer to business lending, invoice financing, crowdfunding, or alternate forms of currency exchange and asset management models. According to the Liberium AltFi Volume Index UK, the Peer to Peer lending […]
Crowdfunding – Regulations are now the Biggest Barrier to Entry
Are you thinking of starting a crowdfunding or peer-to peer (P2P) lending platform? Then I have some good and some bad news for you! The good news is that barriers to entry are breaking down fast. Technology was once the biggest barrier but now hardly pose a challenge to new entrants. There are many […]
Top 10 FATCA Implementation Challenges
The D-Day for the Foreign Account Tax Compliance or FATCA is looming closer. From 1st of July 2014, FATCA requires Foreign Financial institutions (FFIs) outside the United States (US) to pass information about their US customers to the US Tax Authorities, the Inland Revenue Services (IRS). A 30% with holding tax is imposed on […]