September 28, 2016 @ 6:59 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Chennai, India-based online financial marketplace, BankBazaar announced the addition of $736K (SGD 1 Mn) growth capital into its Singapore arm, BankBazaar International, according to a release.  The funds will be used to scale technology, and strengthen the expansion strategies, as well as to establish its first financial marketplace in… Read More

September 28, 2016 @ 6:39 am By Erin Hobey  |  

We’ve been awaiting updates on Marcus, Goldman Sachs’ much anticipated online lending platform named for bank’s cofounder Marcus Goldman which may go live as early as October. Stephen Scherr, Goldman Sachs Global Head of the Financing Group, revealed more about Marcus on Tuesday, reported the WSJ, noting that… Read More

September 28, 2016 @ 6:00 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Last week, P2P Global Investments and Zopa teamed up to work on Europe’s first securitization of unsecured consumer loans originated online. dedicated to investing in loans originated via marketplace platforms, and was arranged by Deutsche Bank. “This is an exciting milestone in Zopa’s journey. The securitisation process has… Read More

September 27, 2016 @ 9:25 am By Erin Hobey  |  

What to do when eCommerce goes global? Partner up with fintech. Rakuten.com, a leading US eCommerce marketplace, has announced its collaboration with Payoneer, an online payments company disrupting the way businesses send and receive cross-border payments. The new offering allows global merchants to sell on Rakuten.com and… Read More

September 27, 2016 @ 9:02 am By Erin Hobey  |  

After 5 years, 4 months and 10 days marketplace lender Funding Circle hit £1 billion lent, and now, a mere 9 months later, the platform blogged its newest record, £1.5 billion lent. Funding Circle investors numbering over 50,000 have helped more than 16,000 businesses across the country. Independent research published by the… Read More

September 27, 2016 @ 8:38 am By Erin Hobey  |  

PINTEC Group, a leading Chinese fintech platform, today announced it will spinoff P2P lending platform Jimubox into an independent company, JIMU Group. Jimubox was a wholly-owned subsidiary of PINTEC Group, which holds a diversified group of financial technology businesses operating in the digital consumer lending… Read More

September 27, 2016 @ 8:09 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Beyond Bank Australia has announced its equity stake in SocietyOne, reported Australian Broker, having acquired A$1.5 million worth of shares in marketplace lender, as well as agreeing to increase its funding arrangement to A$10M. Earlier this year, SocietyOne raised A$25M capital from traditional financial firms G&C Mutual Bank and the Maritime, Mining… Read More

September 27, 2016 @ 7:29 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Financeit, a provider of home improvement financing solutions, has tapped Capital One Canada’s Ian Hanning as its new CFO to help lead the platform into its next stage of maturity, expanding its market share in the point-of-sale financing industry. “Fintech is still in its infancy stage in Canada but it… Read More

September 22, 2016 @ 7:03 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Equity Bank and Safaricom, a Kenyan lending platform and a telecom platform, are courting PayPal customers seeking to make transfer account funds more quickly and easily, according to Business Daily Africa.  The agreement signed by Equity Bank means customers can now cash their PayPal accounts in three days instead of the earlier… Read More

September 22, 2016 @ 6:31 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Invest Hong Kong (InvestHK) announced that Hong Kong will play host to the first Hong Kong Fintech Week in early November, part of a new drive to position the city as the premier center in Asia for fintech companies and startups looking to grow their… Read More

September 22, 2016 @ 5:27 am By Erin Hobey  |  

P2P Global Investments and Zopa have teamed up to work on Europe’s first securitization of unsecured consumer loans originated online, reported Bloomberg. The £138M ($179 million) transaction is backed by 27,137 loans to individuals, according to Moody’s Investors Service, with a weighted average seasoning of 10 months and a maximum loan… Read More

September 22, 2016 @ 3:58 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Thailand decided to open a fintech regulatory sandbox, with the central bank set to invite firms to participate early next year, according to a release. The sandbox will enable developers working on lending, payment and money-transfer services and products to experiment for up to a year. An… Read More

September 20, 2016 @ 7:11 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Not surprisingly Kumpan‘s über cool e-scooter is on fire on Companisto.  Now entering its second week, the Tykesson brothers’ plan to bring more e-scooters to the autobahn and the rest of Europe will become a reality.  To date Kumpan’s Companisto campaign has garnered more than 368,485€ from over… Read More

September 20, 2016 @ 6:05 am By Erin Hobey  |  

BLender, the Israel-based P2P lending platform, announced the first milestone in its global expansion, opening new offices in Milan, Italy, and Vilnius, Lithuania to serve customers in Italy and the Baltic region. “Offering multi-national P2P lending has been our vision since BLender’s establishment,” BLender CEO… Read More

September 20, 2016 @ 5:23 am By Erin Hobey  |  

AvantCredit has received full authorization by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) which covers all credit and lending operations and includes permissions for credit broking, debt collection and debt administration, according to a release. Since launching in the UK in October 2013, AvantCredit has issued more than 70,000… Read More

September 20, 2016 @ 5:03 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Singapore-based fintech startup Traderwave is delighted to announce their participation in the Cohort 3 of the MaGIC Accelerator Program. Claiming to be the largest start-up accelerator program in Southeast Asia, this four-month long program began in mid- August 2016, and is scheduled to end on 8 December 2016…. Read More

September 16, 2016 @ 8:42 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Crowdfund Insider has linked with the Hong Kong-based fintech accelerator SuperCharger as its media partner in time to cover round 2.0 of its accelerator program. SuperCharger’s strategic sponsors, including Standard Chartered Bank and Fidelity International, share the goal of instigating a more dynamic fintech market in Hong Kong. SuperCharger is… Read More

September 15, 2016 @ 4:09 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Financeit, a cloud-based point-of-sale financing platform, and Concentra, a wholesale finance and trust solutions provider for Canada’s credit unions, today announced the acquisition of TD Bank Group’s indirect home improvement financing assets, with a book value of approximately $339 million. As part of the agreement,… Read More

September 15, 2016 @ 8:34 am By Erin Hobey  |  

In just a few days since launching, the UK independent film produced by ItchyFishFilm has secured over £342,000 toward its £640,000 goal to support production for the film. £305,000 has been fronted by the film’s lead investor group Ken Anderson, Chairman of Bolton Wanderers FC; ItchyFishFilm will seek… Read More

September 15, 2016 @ 8:00 am By Erin Hobey  |  

 Team “Utility Settlement Coin,” comprised of UBS, Clearmatics, Deutsche Bank, Santander, ICAP and BNY Mellon, has issued a brief update about its use blockchain technology to allow financial markets to complete financial transactions more quickly and smoothly.  In late August,  UBS Head of Strategic Investment & Fintech Innovation Hyder Jaffrey… Read More