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The Jump-Start Our Business Start-Ups Act Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Crowdfunding

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Four Lessons from Two FINRA Enforcement Actions against Crowdfunding Portals

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On May 4, 2022, FINRA announced that it had fined two FINRA-registered funding portals a combined $1.75 million for failing to comply with securities laws and rules designed to protect crowdfunding investors. Funding portals...more

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SEC Focused on Enforcement in the Crowdfunding Space

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Following last year’s drastic increase in the annual limits permitted for crowdfunding campaigns, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has increased its focus on the regulation of crowdfunding, particularly for...more

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Blog: JOBS Act 3.0?

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Will there be a JOBS Act 3.0? The JOBS and Investor Confidence Act of 2018 just passed the House by a vote of 406 to 4, so, even though Senators may often be chary of jumping on the House bandwagon—remember the doomed...more

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FAQ: What Businesses Need to Know About Investment Crowdfunding

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What is Crowdfunding? Crowdfunding is a marketing tool that businesses use to obtain capital from a large number of individuals, typically over the Internet....more

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FINRA Action Against Crowdfunding Platform

On November 2, 2016, FINRA terminated the FINRA registration for UFP, LLC (“UFP”), making UFP the first crowdfunding portal to be expelled from FINRA. UFP ran an online funding portal, uFundingPortal.com, where it acted as...more

Stinson - Corporate & Securities Law Blog

Crowdfunding Begins With 17 Issuers

Monday May 16, 2016 was the first day JOBS Act Title III crowdfunding could be used. Below are links to some portals and other information....more

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Regulation Crowdfunding – Funding Portals and Other Crowdfunding Intermediaries

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Title III of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (JOBS Act) created a new securities registration exemption for crowdfunding offerings by adding Section 4(a)(6) to the Securities Act of 1933 (the Securities Act). In late...more

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SEC Approves FINRA Portal Rules, Forms for Crowdfunding Under Title III

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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.'s (FINRA) crowdfunding Portal Rules for companies that want to operate an intermediary “funding portal” pursuant to...more

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Joining the Crowd: SEC Adopts Final Crowdfunding Regulations - Part III - Intermediaries

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On October 30, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) adopted final rules in the form of Regulation Crowdfunding to implement the securities-based crowdfunding exemption in Section 4(a)(6) of the Securities Act...more

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What you need to know about the New SEC Rules on Crowdfunding

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On Oct. 30, 2015, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) adopted new rules that will enable some private companies to use the Internet for crowdfunding campaigns seeking up to $1 million per 12-month period. ...more

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Title III of JOBS Act Brings Non-Accredited Investors to Crowdfunding Table

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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently approved Title III of the JOBS Act, a significant development because the new regulations allow non-accredited investors – those making less than $200,000 a year in...more

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Crowdfunding Regulations

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On October 30, 2015, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted final crowdfunding rules. More than two years after the publication of the proposed crowdfunding rules, the SEC approved regulations that permit...more

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Following the Wisdom of the Crowd? A Look at the SEC’s Final Crowdfunding Rules

In this alert, we provide a detailed overview of the final rules, Regulation Crowdfunding, which will be applicable to crowdfunding offerings conducted in reliance on Section 4(a)(6) of the Securities Act of 1933 as amended...more

Stinson - Corporate & Securities Law Blog

Crowdfunding: FINRA Proposes JOBS Act Portal Rules

Title III of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act, or JOBS Act, enacted in 2012 with the goal of increasing American job creation and economic growth, contains key provisions relating to securities offered or sold through...more

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Financial Services Weekly News - October 2015 #2

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Regulatory Developments: FINRA Proposes Rules for Funding Portals - On Oct. 9 FINRA filed with the SEC a proposed rule change to adopt Funding Portal Rules 100 (general standards), 110 (funding portal application),...more

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Advisory Committee on Small and Emerging Companies Makes Three Written Recommendations to SEC

It was a productive morning at the last meeting of its current term for the SEC Advisory Committee on Small and Emerging Companies. The Committee, which has been renewed for two more years, approved three recommendations to...more

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No Portal Necessary

With increasing frequency, we are asked whether an issuer that is considering a Regulation A offering is required to engage or use the services of a funding portal. In short, NO. A funding portal is a new type of financial...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest - Volume X, Issue 23

In This Issue: - Meeting of the SEC Advisory Committee on Small and Emerging Companies - FINRA Requests Comment on a Proposed Rule to Require Delivery of an Educational Communication to Customers of a Transferring...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - JOBS Act

Standing out from the Crowd: A Closer Look at the SEC’s and FINRA’s Proposed Crowdfunding Rules

In this alert, we provide a detailed overview of the proposed regulatory framework that will be applicable to crowdfunding offerings conducted pursuant to Title III of the JOBS Act in reliance on Section 4(a)(6) of the...more

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Observations Drawn from SEC’s Crowdfunding Proposal

Even if you have no interest in crowdfunding, there are a number of interesting elements in the SEC’s crowdfunding proposal that may have broader applicability....more

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SEC and FINRA Rule Proposals Take Next Steps Towards Fulfilling JOBS Act Crowdfunding Mandate

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The SEC issued a rule proposal designed to fulfill a mandate under the 2012 Jumpstart Our Business Startups (“JOBS”) Act to adopt rules that implement changes to the federal securities laws under the JOBS Act that permit...more

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FINRA: Funding Portals, Start Your Engines!

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The regulatory framework for the crowdfunding exemption created under the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012, or JOBS Act, is beginning to take shape. On the same day the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)...more

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FINRA Proposes Rules For Crowdfunding Portals

FINRA has proposed rules and related forms for crowdfunding portals. The proposal, which reflects the rules recently proposed by the SEC, would implement in FINRA’s rules the provisions of the JOBS Act. ...more

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SEC and FINRA Propose Long-Awaited Crowdfunding Rules

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On October 23, 2013, the SEC formally issued its proposed rules governing the "crowdfunding" registration exemption created under Title III of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 (the "JOBS Act"), and FINRA...more

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SEC to Consider Crowdfunding Proposals on October 23

The SEC has provided very short notice of an open meeting to consider proposed rules under Title III of the JOBS Act. Title III of the JOBS Act amended Section 4 of the Securities Act to add paragraph (6), which provides a...more

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