Tagged: lending

April 23, 2023 @ 10:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Peach Finance recently conducted a survey of fintech lenders in order to obtain their feedback and insights regarding the current state of lending.. As the fintech industry continues to grow and evolve, one of the most promising areas of innovation is lending…. Read More

April 23, 2023 @ 6:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Clear Capital, a national real estate valuation technology company, announced an expanded relationship with CoreLogic, a global property information, analytics and data-enabled solutions provider, “to assist lenders in modern valuation and appraisal readiness.” Through an existing integration, Clear Capital’s recently launched Universal Data Collection (UDC)… Read More

April 23, 2023 @ 6:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Finastra research reveals that just one in ten financial institutions are “not currently seeking to integrate fintech solutions, indicating that 90% are actively pursuing new fintech partnerships to improve their offerings.” A key pain point is “the automation of digital workflows, with respondents saying only… Read More

April 19, 2023 @ 7:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

British Business Investments, a wholly-owned commercial subsidiary of the British Business Bank, aims “to increase the supply and diversity of finance for smaller businesses across the UK by boosting the lending capacity of a range of finance providers.” Since it was established in 2014, British… Read More

April 18, 2023 @ 11:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

PeerBerry recently revealed that its business partners are repaying €1.8 million worth of war-affected loans. PeerBerry writes in a blog post that under the current Group guarantee mechanism in 14 months of the war, the investment platform’s business partners have already repaid €36.8 million, or… Read More

April 17, 2023 @ 8:34 am By Omar Faridi  |  

A report published by the UK’s small business lending platform, Funding Circle (LSE: FCH), in partnership with insights consultancy Savanta, looks at “how resilience for small businesses and the impact of staff wellbeing is more important now than ever before.” Small businesses have “been hard… Read More

April 13, 2023 @ 7:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

SMBs based in Latin America have received another boost in lending services with the recent $4 million investment in Kala, a Colombia-headquartered firm creating Fintech infrastructure for enabling more efficient lending. The firm, which has been co-founded by Manuel Alemán, Rodolfo Lazo and Pablo Cattólica… Read More

April 13, 2023 @ 7:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

October explains that embedded lending is a relatively new concept in the financial technology (fintech) sector that has been “disrupting” the industry in recent times. Ravis de vous partager aujourd’hui quelques unes de nos références partenaires utilisant déjà notre offre embedded ! Ce qui leur… Read More

April 9, 2023 @ 11:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In March, the total investments on Mintos saw “a surge of €90.7 million worth of Notes funded, with interest earned by investors amounting to €4.3 million.” This was largely “driven by a decrease in pending payments.” The average interest rate for March “was 12.6%, resulting… Read More

April 9, 2023 @ 11:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Bondora says that they truly believe in working hard and “celebrating hard.” Each update, no matter how small, should be acknowledged, the Bondora team added. And there were some significant milestones to celebrate in Q1 of 2023, the firm reveals. Bondora celebrated… Read More

April 9, 2023 @ 9:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In March, PeerBerry investors reportedly funded €65.53 million of loans, “i.e., €10.23 million or 18.5% more than the previous month.” In March, their investors “received €877 001 in interest.” 1071 new investors joined the platform last month. The average annual ROI on PeerBerry “in March… Read More

April 9, 2023 @ 2:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

After a “quiet” February, Robocash slightly increased volumes and continue “to provide you with a stable income.” The platform has reportedly “exceeded 600 M euros of purchased loans since the launch of Robo.cash.” Changes in the Refer a Friend Program From March 10, 2023, the… Read More

April 4, 2023 @ 5:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Virginia Credit Union (VACU) is a state-chartered credit union that has served the central Virginia community for over 100 years. Vice President of Mortgage Lending, Mitchell Jones, said: “At the end of the day, our job is just to help our members live successful financial… Read More

March 29, 2023 @ 9:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

MakerDAO, which claims to be the longest-standing DeFi lending protocol and creator of DAI, the original, “decentralized” stablecoin, has announced the approval of the Maker Constitution. Succeeding in a Governance Poll on the MakerDAO forum, The Maker Constitution will gradually “change the operations of MakerDAO,… Read More

March 28, 2023 @ 5:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Creditas Auto was reportedly introduced with the objective of strengthening the relationship with Creditas’ existing customers, “providing consumers with a solution to buy, sell and trade a car.” According to the firm, there are clear synergies with their lending and insurance operation, with Creditas Auto… Read More

March 23, 2023 @ 11:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Standard Chartered (LON: STAN) announced the global launch of the working capital and lending capability on its Straight2Bank (S2B) platform, the Bank’s online banking platform for businesses “to manage their transaction banking needs.” S2B Loans is “a new module which allows clients to initiate and… Read More

March 21, 2023 @ 8:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bluestone Group, the European financial services business headquartered in the UK, announced that it has agreed terms for the sale of its UK mortgage lending and portfolio servicing operations, Bluestone Mortgages Limited (BML) to Shawbrook Group plc. Under the terms of the transaction, Bluestone’s holding… Read More

March 20, 2023 @ 12:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ceres Imaging, the data analytics company that builds AI-driven solutions to protect yields and advance climate resiliency, has released its Risk Solutions product suite, “designed to power the next generation of risk models for insurers and lenders.” The new product “takes advantage of Ceres’ finely… Read More

March 19, 2023 @ 10:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

2023’s figures continue to “exceed expectations,” according to an update from investment platform Bondora. Investments for February via Bondora have “topped €20M for the first time in years, with a total of €20,660,543.” Increasing by 12.2%, loan originations on Bondora “totaled €19,228,733.” This is the… Read More

March 19, 2023 @ 10:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In the latest Insight report, Mintos takes a look at how alternative lending has been gaining momentum. They focus on Southeast Europe (SEE), which in recent years has “seen the emergence of non-bank financial institutions offering accessible and convenient financial services.” Mintos delve into the… Read More