FCA faces stinging reprimand for crowdfunding FUD tactics
Exactly a year ago today Barry E. James criticised the FCA for sloppy and damaging handling of a new industry that holds so much promise at a time when we need all the help we can get.
Donald Trump misses the point of crowdfunding
Donald Trump backing crowdfunding is about as appropriate as Attila the Hun inviting us to tea.
The new normal: Slamming the door on hope?
After Global Entrepreneurship Week, life returns to a new normal: funding crises, zombie regulation, and businesses who are hailed as the only hope for recovery…
There’s still something rotten in the state of banking
Despite the celebrations of economic growth, Barry E. James points to what seems to be a long forgotten root cause of the economic meltdown; it's time to review those banking licenses.
Why the FSA should create an “Innovation Unit”
His criticism of the FSA's restrictions on crowdfunding opened the floodgates for discussion. Now, Barry E. James follows up with a proposal.
Crowdfunding: It’s us or the banks
Only in the UK would crowdfunding be withheld from starting a revolution of finance, as it did in the US.
The news is where the people are
Barry E. James talks about the wonders of the social high street and its meaning for business.