Tagged: consumer loans

December 4, 2020 @ 10:33 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

BBVA announced on Thursday it has teamed up with Telefónica to develop a consumer loan business, Movistar Money, in Columbia. The duo noted that Movistar Money will sell loans to more than 19 million Telefónica clients located in the country. “The new company will benefit… Read More

August 12, 2020 @ 10:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

RevFin, a digital lending Fintech startup, has teamed up with EVI Technologies in order to finance E-Rickshaw and E-Two wheelers in India. The funding will also go toward supporting swappable battery solutions offered by EVI Technologies. The initiative will mainly cover Indian states like Delhi-NCR,… Read More

August 5, 2020 @ 10:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Southeastern Asian ride-hailing service, Grab, has extended its business into the financial services sector, by introducing a micro-investment platform, a third-party loan service, and also a “Buy Now, Pay Later” product for digital commerce sites. Introduced in August 2020, AutoInvest allows consumers based in Singapore… Read More

March 19, 2020 @ 1:34 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Latvia-headquartered Citadele Bank has teamed up with Baltics’ non-bank factoring provider, SME Finance, and has invested €10 million in the company. The bank also noted that it would be offering a loan relief program to clients who may have been affected by the coronavirus (COVID-19)… Read More

February 26, 2020 @ 10:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Unified Payments Interface (UPI), which is an instant and real-time payment system created by India’s National Payments Corporation for handling inter-bank transfers, is the most widely-used  loan repayment method, with 50% of such transactions using UPI.  ECS payments, which handle bulk transfer of funds from… Read More

January 30, 2020 @ 10:02 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

LendUp, a socially responsible online lender on a mission to redefine financial services for the emerging middle class, announced on Thursday it has surpassed $2 billion in consumer loans through its digital lending platform. The company reported that since 2012 it has provided more than… Read More

September 4, 2019 @ 3:52 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

LendingPoint announced on Wednesday it has closed its inaugural securitization of consumer loans. The company reported that the securitization, LendingPoint Receivables Trust 2019-1 (LDPT2019) issued a total of  $177.85 million of notes backed by a pool of $187.22 million of direct-to-consumer loans originated on the… Read More

August 23, 2019 @ 10:35 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

iCASH, a Canada-based fintech platform, announced on Thursday after three years of lending operations, it has surpassed $100 million in consumer loans. Launched in 2016, iCASH stated it is focused on helping Canadian consumers “address their cash flow needs” by paying more attention to their… Read More

April 3, 2018 @ 11:15 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

FinanZero, a marketplace for consumer loans in Brazil, announced on Monday it raised $3.6 million through its Series A funding round, which was led by  Swedish publicly listed investment company, Vostok Emerging Finance, with participation by other Swedish investors, including Webrock Ventures and Zentro Founders. Founded in 2015 and launched in 2016, FinanZero describes… Read More

December 9, 2016 @ 5:36 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Lendico has refrained from originating new consumer loans in Germany, according to P2P-Banking, directly linking consumers instead to Finanzcheck, a loan application tool. While new consumer loans origination has been halted, Lendico is continuing its business loan origination within Germany. In the last months Lendico has also stopped issuing consumer loans in the Netherlands,… Read More

October 4, 2016 @ 4:52 am By Erin Hobey  |  

India-based mobile wallet company MobiKwik has entered the short-term consumer loan segment, claiming to be the first wallet company in India to roll out this service, according to the release. Users may also register themselves for EMIs. The approval for each loan request will be done within thirty… Read More

June 13, 2016 @ 7:56 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Armed with an undergraduate degree in Electronics from Dharmsinh Desai University and MBAs from both the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore and McGill University, Jaidev Janardana spent 12 years with Capital One, in the US and the UK. He was the CMO for Capital One UK, responsible… Read More

October 6, 2015 @ 11:01 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Not yet a toddler, the three month old loan service Basix has hit some enviable milestones. California-based online lending startup, ZestFinance, has secured a $150 million debt financing deal with global investment giant Fortress Investment Group for Basix. Founded in 2009 by former Google CIO Douglas Merrill, ZestFinance… Read More