Tagged: lending

October 11, 2021 @ 8:15 am By Omar Faridi  |  

EstateGuru, a property-backed loan marketplace catering to retail investors, recently noted that they wanted to help users with moving loans out of their portfolio fast, so they can rebalance their  projected earnings, or withdraw their cash in times of crisis/emergency. The EstateGuru team writes in… Read More

October 11, 2021 @ 7:14 am By Omar Faridi  |  

European P2P lending service provider Bondora reveals that September 2021 was a huge month for their platform. The company celebrated an “unprecedented” new recovery record, “investments soared, and origination growth bounced back,” the Bondora team wrote in a blog post. They also mentioned that “after… Read More

October 11, 2021 @ 7:10 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at UK-based Blend Network, a peer-to-peer lending platform, notes that so far this year, they have funded the construction of 164 residential units, which is reportedly a mix of flats, houses and HMO units. As noted in a blog post by Blend Network,… Read More

October 5, 2021 @ 8:13 am By Omar Faridi  |  

European P2P investors have been shifting their focus to diversification. The analysts of the European investment platform Robo.cash stated that the volume of investment in long-term loans on the platform “is 21% higher than the investment in short-term.” Meanwhile, 32% of customers “diversify their portfolio… Read More

October 5, 2021 @ 7:48 am By Omar Faridi  |  

European P2P lender Mintos has released Risk Score updates for the month of October 2021. As mentioned in a blog post by Mintos, dated October 4, 2021, the latest Mintos Risk Score updates “based on developments and data from the second quarter of 2021 are… Read More

October 3, 2021 @ 5:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Acuity Knowledge Partners, an established provider of research, analytics and technology solutions to the financial services industry, has introduced its retail lending services in order to support commercial and retail banking institutions in the loan origination, processing, underwriting, closing and post-closing processes. Acuity has expanded… Read More

October 2, 2021 @ 12:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Vtivek Ravi, Product Manager in the Risk and Compliance Department at EstateGuru, a property-backed loan marketplace catering to retail investors, joined the company at their Tallinn office around seven months ago. Vivek notes that his goal is to learn more about the overall risk and… Read More

October 1, 2021 @ 1:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

BIFROST, a blockchain middleware that enables multichain connectivity, has introduced the “first” native Bitcoin (BTC) Lending on decentralized finance (DeFi), “connecting both Bitcoin and Ethereum networks.” BiFi, the DeFi initiative that’s powered by BIFROST, is now the first DeFi lending platform that “works across native… Read More

September 27, 2021 @ 9:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

European P2P lending platform Bondora reveals that the number of loans recovered and the amount of cash recovered from missed or skipped payments “jumped higher in August.” This is the opposite of the trend observed in the month of July 2021, which saw these two… Read More

September 26, 2021 @ 10:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Turkey-headquartered Colendi, a micro lending and credit scoring Fintech firm, has acquired $30 million in capital via a Series A round. Colendi’s investment round has been led by Re-Pie Asset Management Company, a Turkey-based alternative asset management company. The funding has been provided via Re-Pie’s… Read More

September 23, 2021 @ 10:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The newly formed financing firm in Saudi Arabia, Positive Facilities Co. Ltd. (Ejabiah), has reportedly entered an agreement with Path Solutions for the introduction of its interest-free Core banking platform. Ejabiah will be providing a unique 0% interest financing product, which is somewhat similar to… Read More

September 23, 2021 @ 7:58 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Finastra has introduced Total Lending Home, a Cloud-powered platform for deploying and managing the Total Lending suite of solutions. Lending products offered via the Total Lending Home portal reportedly include Fusion LaserPro, Fusion DepositPro, Fusion Compliance Reporter and ProSign Online, with more lending solutions to… Read More

September 22, 2021 @ 10:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Numerated (NASDAQ: IBCP), the Fintech firm that’s making business banking easier for financial institutions and their customers, reveals that it has teamed up with Independent Bank, a $4.5 billion community bank with over 60 locations across Michigan’s lower peninsula. Through their partnership, Independent Bank will be… Read More

September 22, 2021 @ 10:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

HCL Technologies, a global tech firm, has agreed to a multi-year application services transformation partnership with Lendico, which is a brand of ING Germany, in order to deliver application and engineering services to help it create a digital platform that makes business banking faster and… Read More

September 20, 2021 @ 9:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Bondora secondary market experienced a “complete trend reversal” in August 2021. The European P2P lender reveals that there was a substantial 107.9% growth when compared to the month of July 2021. This growth equates to “a total of €338,235 being transacted on the Secondary… Read More

September 20, 2021 @ 8:02 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In August 2021, investors remained quite active on European online investment platform EstateGuru and financed a total of €17.0M worth of loans (84 loans). As expected, the top-performing markets on EstateGuru this past month were Estonia and Germany, with loan volumes of €5.3M and €6.9M,… Read More

September 19, 2021 @ 5:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

European online lender October explains that they aim to effectively connect borrowers and lenders. Lenders are able to invest their savings “usefully” and “profitably” in order to facilitate the funding of the “real economy” while companies or businesses “find new, simple and effective sources of… Read More

September 19, 2021 @ 10:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Dedicated prime property lender CapitalRise has reportedly provided a mezzanine facility for a £4 million luxury penthouse located in Hyde Park. The facility — “agreed at 73% LTV on a 12-month term” — has been paired up with a development exit loan offered by a… Read More

September 18, 2021 @ 12:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Morgan McCandless, Relationship Director at Assetz Capital, a marketplace lending platform originating secured loans, reveals that he re-joined Assetz in June of this year, having previously worked on the Northern Ireland portfolio as a consultant, before the COVID outbreak. As a Relationship Director covering Northern… Read More

September 17, 2021 @ 11:31 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Lendio, the leading SME financial solutions marketplace, reveals that it has made an asset purchase of Laso’s Loan Origination Software (LOS) and insights technology, which should help further its goal of supporting SMBs. This should serve as the foundation for a customer-centric product offering for… Read More