Regulation A news and trends

Why Fatburger Is (Literally) Selling Itself To Consumers
Retail // August 08, 2017

Fat Brands – as it is pushing toward a unique IPO of its own – is offering consumers with $500 to burn an interesting opportunity: the chance to purchase their own piece of Fatburger. Fatbrands – which owns Buffalo Wild Wings officially plans to sell...

Getting The SME Crowdfunding Model Off The Ground
B2B Payments // April 12, 2017

Like Regulation A+, Regulation Crowdfunding has made a mostly quiet splash on the market. Years in the making, the regulation was born from the JOBS Act, which was signed into law in 2012, with Title III of the act — also known as Regulation CF...

Funding Wonder Finds First Business For Regulated Crowdfunding
B2B Payments // March 24, 2017

Online crowdfunding portal Funding Wonder has found its first business to use its regulated financing solution, the company said Thursday (March 23). The firm recently secured approval by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority to operate as a licensed Regulation Crowdfunding Portal, a result of Regulation...

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

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 of financing, small and medium-sized businesses, those critics say, may be left in a tighter cash bind than they were...

Quick Reads
Reg A+ IPOs Lose More Investors’ Money Than They Make

February 12, 2018
Rules aimed at removing hurdles for small companies to list on the stock market aren’t resulting in much gains for investors. According to a report in The Wall Street Journal, citing Dealogic, out of the eight companies that went public last year under a provision of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act known as […]

Alt Lenders Revamp Ahead Of Regulation A+

June 02, 2015
Alternative lenders are reassessing their operations as the federal Regulation A+ approaches implementation. The legislation, which was finalized earlier this year, alters the guidelines on who can become a qualified...