Tagged: auxmoney

April 8, 2021 @ 7:53 am By JD Alois  |  

auxmoney, a marketplace lender based in Germany, has received €250 million for loans from Citigroup and Chenavari Investment Managers. Chenavari is a credit-focussed asset manager with core expertise in European markets. auxmoney reports that it is now co-investing for the first time alongside partners as… Read More

February 14, 2021 @ 12:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Auxmoney, a marketplace lending platform that serves both private and institutional investors, recently hired Carsten Höltkemeyer, the former CEO of Barclaycard Germany, in order to serve as the lender’s board chairperson. This move has come as part of a shake-up of Auxmoney’s senior management. Auxmoney,… Read More

November 10, 2020 @ 7:47 am By JD Alois  |  

auxmoney, a marketplace lending platform that serves both private and institutional investors, is leveraging €500 Million from BNP Paribas to invest in loans originated on the marketplace. auxmoney said it is taking the next big step on its way to becoming one of the leading… Read More

September 2, 2020 @ 8:35 am By JD Alois  |  

Largest Fintech Funding Round in Eurozone for 2020 auxmoney, a Germany based marketplace lender, has raised € 150 million led by Centerbridge. In a note from the Fintech, auxmoney stated that existing VCs, including Foundation Capital, Index Ventures, and Union Square Ventures remain fully invested…. Read More

January 18, 2020 @ 5:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Düsseldorf-based Fintech auxmoney is one of Europe’s largest credit marketplaces. Private and institutional investors can use auxmoney to make direct investments in pre-approved borrowers of various different score classes.  auxmoney recently began issuing loans to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The company uses its customized… Read More

February 13, 2019 @ 3:25 pm By Therese Torris  |  

Düsseldorf-based Fintech auxmoney has surpassed its targets in 2018. Loan volume increased by 74 percent compared to 2017. Raffael Johnen, Founder and CEO of auxmoney, commented: “While the major German banks are in crisis mode, the leading German fintechs are always setting new records. With… Read More

July 31, 2017 @ 10:04 am By JD Alois  |  

N26, a digital only challenger bank, has expanded its range of consumer loans through a partnership with auxmoney, an online lender serving Continental Europe.  As with all other products of N26 customers can access credit with just a few clicks directly on the N26. In… Read More

July 10, 2017 @ 9:16 am By Therese Torris  |  

German online consumer lending marketplace auxmoney announced that it has crossed a new milestone: the marketplace has granted more than 70,000 loans worth more than €500 million in cumulated volume. Raffael Johnen, CEO of auxmoney, commented: “Half a billion euros worth of loans. This demonstrates… Read More

February 2, 2017 @ 8:05 am By JD Alois  |  

German peer to peer lending auxmoney is now offering its customers the ability to borrow legally by using an internet video ID and digital signature. Germany’s largest online lender has partnered with IDnow eSigning to update their process. Germany maintains a very strict application process so incorporating… Read More

January 27, 2017 @ 8:47 am By Therese Torris  |  

On January 25, Raffael Johnen, the CEO and co-founder of auxmoney, was on stage at the Paris Fintech Forum as the news was still under embargo: Dutch insurer Aegon has agreed to lend €1.5 billion euros over the next 3 years through the auxmoney lending… Read More

December 20, 2016 @ 12:01 pm By JD Alois  |  

KPMG, along with AltFi data, has published a new report on alternative lending in Europe. KPMG also sourced data from the most recent Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance report. The document, entitled Alternative Lending Market Trends in Continental Europe 2016, provides an interesting snapshot of… Read More

December 7, 2016 @ 1:01 pm By Andreas Barthelmess  |  

Whether Amazon, Airbnb or price comparison websites: In many industries, digitalisation has shifted power to customers in the last ten years. The banking industry, however, has remained resilient against radical changes for a long time. In fact, things like digital transparency and the power of… Read More

December 7, 2016 @ 10:50 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Partech Ventures announced on Tuesday it raised €100 million for its seed fund, Partech Entrepreneur II. The fund was launched in April 2015 as a way to help fund startups in the seed phase. According to general partner at Partech Ventures, Romain Lavault, the initial “hard cap” of the… Read More

November 8, 2016 @ 9:42 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Credit marketplaces such as auxmoney ensure that up to 4.3 million more people get access to credit, as would be the case via conventional lenders like banks, according to a recent PricewaterhouseCoopers study. PwC investigated the effects of new forms of risk assessment with its complementary, digital… Read More

July 13, 2016 @ 12:04 pm By Therese Torris  |  

  Germany’s leading lending marketplace auxmoney reports continued strong growth. Loan volume increased from €39.3 million in the first half of last year to €79.5 million in the first half of 2016 ‒ an increase of more than 100%. Founded in 2007, by Raffael Johnen,… Read More

July 7, 2016 @ 11:08 pm By Therese Torris  |  

In the troubled post-Brexit context, many leaders in the UK traditional and alternative financial services are trying to reassure their market and even to present the Brexit vote as an opportunity for the UK. Their statements read like reactions of the French after a soccer… Read More

June 23, 2016 @ 8:50 am By JD Alois  |  

In a public statement referencing the Brexit, the CEO and founder of auxmoney, the largest German P2P lender, pointed to the current environment of high-volatility in markets and the contrasting, relative stability of investing in P2P loans. Reflecting the Brexit,Raffael Johnen stated; “Especially in this environment, P2P loans… Read More

March 23, 2016 @ 11:30 am By Therese Torris  |  

  Execfintech, the German fintech event that took place March 8 in Frankfurt dedicated a couple of panel presentations to marketplace lending. The companies represented included the two most successful lending platforms in Germany, P2P lending site Auxmoney and P2B lending marketplace Funding Circle, along… Read More

January 24, 2016 @ 9:30 pm By JD Alois  |  

According to a recent report, the total amount of loans for direct lenders in Germany stood at € 16 million for 2016. Peer to peer, or marketplace lending is on the rise in many countries including Europe’s largest single economy. As published in iBusiness using data… Read More

June 10, 2015 @ 3:52 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Mercator Advisory Group’s latest research, An Introduction to Peer-to-Peer Lending: A European Perspective analyzes the new and fast growing payments segment peer-to-peer (P2P) lending and the business models underpinning it. The report focuses on P2P lending providers in the European market, in particular the U.K., profiling the leaders… Read More