Tagged: christian faes

June 15, 2015 @ 11:15 pm By JD Alois  |  

Leading peer to peer lending site LendInvest has received a £22 million investment from Chinese internet firm Beijing Kunlun. This is according to an article in the FT but was also referenced in a Board Meeting release from earlier this week. Christian Faes, co-founder and… Read More

May 20, 2015 @ 10:08 am By JD Alois  |  

  It was just 2 years ago that UK based peer to peer lending LendInvest launched in partnership with its sister firm Montello to provide short-term bridge loans.  Today LendInvest claims the title of worlds largest P2P marketplace for mortgages having surpassed £300 million in… Read More

May 5, 2015 @ 7:56 am By JD Alois  |  

Indicative of the dramatic shift occurring in finance today, LendInvest has announced the appointment of a former Microsoft executive to join the fast growing peer to peer lending platform. Bart Boezeman will be LendInvest’s new Chief Marketing Officer.  Previously Boezeman was Director of Global Brand… Read More

April 1, 2015 @ 9:19 am By JD Alois  |  

LendInvest, a peer to peer lender that targets real estate mortgages, has announced a partnership with Plentific, an online property marketplace. LendInvest has facilitated over £269 million in short and medium term mortgage loans to date making it the largest in the world. Plentific was… Read More

February 23, 2015 @ 1:12 pm By JD Alois  |  

LendInvest, a peer to peer or “marketplace” lender that focuses on the commercial and residential mortgage industry, has lowered its investor minimum to a nominal £1000.00.  This is in stark contrast to the £50,000 minimum that was established when the platform launched in 2013.  The… Read More

February 2, 2015 @ 2:46 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

LendInvest, the world’s largest peer-to-peer marketplace for real estate mortgages, will soon add a new home: the London Stock Exchange, along with planned growth into residential mortgages, writes the Financial Times. And when LendInvest lists on the stock exchange next year, it will be the… Read More

January 28, 2015 @ 8:10 am By JD Alois  |  

LendInvest, a peer to peer lender for real estate mortgages, has topped the £200 million mark in loans since the platform launched in May of 2013.  LendInvest started as an offshoot of Montello Capital Partners.  In October of last year there was a bit of… Read More

October 17, 2014 @ 12:40 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Christian Faes, LendInvest Co-Founder compares Silicon Valley with the London FinTech scene and shares his view on peer-to-peer equity in the UK versus the US. In the video below, Faes expresses the importance of investors being aware of the risks involved in equity lending and… Read More

October 3, 2014 @ 10:39 am By JD Alois  |  

LendInvest, a peer to peer lender that targets the commercial mortgage industry, has shifted roles within the Montello.  UK based LendInvest originally started as a subset of Montello, a bridge finance company, but now roles will be reversed as Montello will manage funds under the… Read More

July 24, 2014 @ 6:35 pm By JD Alois  |  

Green Dragon House P2P Loan Facilitates 120 New Flats. UK based peer to peer lending LendInvest has stated that its world record breaking P2P loan has now been repaid.  The £4.1 million loan on a commercial building in Croydon was noted as one of the… Read More

July 21, 2014 @ 8:14 am By JD Alois  |  

Silicon Real LIVE recently interviewed Christian Faes, co-founder and Director if LendInvest – the UK based peer-to-peer lender that focuses on mortgages.  LendInvest has completed over £68 million in loans since their launch last year. Faes gives a good overview of the LendInvest platform talking… Read More

July 18, 2014 @ 9:06 am By JD Alois  |  

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) estimates that gross mortgage lending reached £17.5 billion in June. This is 4% higher than May (£16.8 billion), 17% higher than June last year (£14.9 billion) and the highest monthly figure since October last year (£17.6 billion). Gross mortgage… Read More

July 17, 2014 @ 11:35 am By JD Alois  |  

Study by LendInvest reveals 80% of consumers are unaware fast-growing industry is now regulated by FCA. According to a report by LendInvest, four in five consumers don’t know peer-to-peer (P2P) finance is regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) despite the massive growth of alternative… Read More

July 8, 2014 @ 10:21 am By JD Alois  |  

LendInvest, a Peer to Peer lending platform targeting the mortgage industry, has shared they are now originating deals for the Montello Capital range of funds.  Montello is owned and operated by Christian Faes and Ian Thomas – both co-founders of LendInvest their P2P venture.  LendInvest will… Read More

May 2, 2014 @ 6:56 am By JD Alois  |  

UK Based LendInvest Also Announces Creation of Secondary Market on P2P Platform. Peer to Peer (P2P) property lender LendInvest has launched a new three year mortgage in a direct challenge to high street banks’ dominance of the £1.2 trillion mortgage market.  The medium term mortgage is… Read More

April 6, 2014 @ 10:38 am By JD Alois  |  

Christian Faes, CEO and Co-Founder of LendInvest, a P2P lending platform focused on the property lending industry in the United Kingdom, was recently interviewed about FCA regulations on the FT Money Show. Faes’ segment commences about 13 minutes into the podcast.   He comments about… Read More

April 2, 2014 @ 7:54 am By JD Alois  |  

P2P Firm Sees Great Opportunity for Growth. LendInvest, the first peer-to-peer (P2P) crowdfunding platform specifically for residential and commercial mortgages, has confirmed they have passed the £50 Million mark in lending transactions on their platform.  LendInvest passed the £25 Million hurdle just this past January… Read More

January 28, 2014 @ 9:33 am By JD Alois  |  

Peer-to-Peer lending platform LendInvest was interviewed on CNBC yesterday talking about their business.  Christian Faes discusses their mortgage based P2P operation and talks about a recent bridge loan where the investor received a 14% per annum interest rate. LendInvest, launched in May 2013, has jumped… Read More

January 27, 2014 @ 6:50 am By JD Alois  |  

Claims Largest P2P Loan Ever. Fast growing LendInvest, a United Kingdom based peer-to-peer lending platform launched in May of 2013.  The crowdfunding site claims the title of the first online mortgage origination and loan trading platform in the UK that focuses on loans secured agains… Read More