Tagged: lendit

August 13, 2015 @ 3:26 pm By JD Alois  |  

LendIt Europe: 20-21 October 2015 at the Hilton London Metropole LendIt Europe is Europe’s largest annual gathering of the online lending community. It is where all the industry’s major players come to learn, network, and do business. Last year’s inaugural event was a one-day event… Read More

July 2, 2015 @ 7:47 am By JD Alois  |  

The Peer to Peer Finance Association (P2PFA) in the UK has shared they will be partnering with Lendit on their annual conference to be held in London this coming October. Lendit has captured solid acclaim for its US conferences targeting the marketplace lending / peer… Read More

May 3, 2015 @ 11:29 am By JD Alois  |  

Ron Suber, President of Prosper – one of the leading peer to peer lenders in the US, delivered one of the keynote presentations at the LendIt conference held in Manhattan last month.  Suber really did not focus on his company but instead gave a high level… Read More

April 20, 2015 @ 9:08 am By Dara Albright  |  

I’ve always said that you can gauge the success of an industry by the growth and enthusiasm of its annual convention. It’s also a great barometer of market peaks and bubbles – especially when you have the chance to really get into the psyche of… Read More

April 19, 2015 @ 11:37 pm By JD Alois  |  

  Former Secretary of Treasury Larry Summers delivered a solid and well received speech at LendIt last week where he criticized the failures of traditional finance while lauding the innovations of internet finance – one that will remove banking from the shadows of the past… Read More

April 17, 2015 @ 1:17 pm By JD Alois  |  

  Prosper President Ron Suber delivered an extremely well received keynote address at the LendIt conference held in Manhattan this past week.  Over 2400 attendees converged from around the globe to discuss the future of finance, one where banks are on the decline and peer to… Read More

April 17, 2015 @ 11:45 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

China Rapid Finance, a Chinese marketplace that specializes in lending and credit decisioning, announced that it has reached a new milestone – in the first two months since it launched the service, the company has provided more than 800,000 loans to Chinese borrowers over its… Read More

April 17, 2015 @ 8:00 am By JD Alois  |  

“Regulators should allow new firms to operate, generate data on the outcomes created by novel business models before writing new rules.” Larry Summers, former Secretary of the Treasury under President Clinton and Director of the National Economic Council under President Obama, delivered a rousing speech… Read More

April 16, 2015 @ 1:24 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Mike Cagney, CEO and co-founder of SoFi, a leading marketplace lender, was named Innovator of the Year by LendIt, a conference series dedicated to connecting the global online lending community. Cagney was recognized for his innovative work redefining the mortgage experience including a first-of-its-kind mobile experience… Read More

April 15, 2015 @ 2:00 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

  OnDeck Capital, which offers short-term loans to businesses of between $5,000 and $250,000, and Prosper Marketplace, a peer-to-peer lending marketplace, today announced their new strategic partnership, according to a story in New York Business Journal. The partnership was made public at the LendIt financial tech conference… Read More

October 30, 2014 @ 6:53 pm By JD Alois  |  

LendIt Europe is Europe’s largest gathering of the peer to peer lending industry. The inaugural European event will bring together approximately 400 senior executives from 20 countries. It will be the first event of its kind to host more than 40 established and emerging P2P lending… Read More

May 5, 2014 @ 5:33 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Monday morning, Patch of Land and WealthForge announced on a collaboration to help make online real estate investing, specifically into real estate loans, more accessible for accredited investors. Patch of Land, a real estate crowdfunding platform and online lending marketplace, which to date has… Read More

April 25, 2014 @ 9:43 am By JD Alois  |  

The LendIt Conference is the leading conference in the global online lending industry, encompassing both consumer and small business lending. LendIt is about introducing people to the latest and greatest online lending platforms, the big data that makes them tick and how investors can benefit…. Read More

April 25, 2014 @ 9:40 am By JD Alois  |  

LendIt, a global P2P and online lending conference, is prepping for their flagship conference taking place at the Hilton Union Square in San Francisco, May 4 – 6, 2014. Claiming the title of the world’s largest P2P industry expo featuring over 37 exhibitors; more than… Read More

September 6, 2013 @ 9:17 am By JD Alois  |  

The National Association for Business Economists (NABE) will be holding their 55th annual meeting next week in San Francisco.  As part of the gathering a session has been scheduled entitled, “Crowdfinancing: Can the Revolution in Financial Intermediation be a Catalyst for Small Business?”. This session… Read More

June 19, 2013 @ 9:51 am By Charles Luzar  |  

The LendIt conference is a major event taking place tomorrow, June 20th in New York City. The event is now sold out, and in light of this the conference organizers have announced that the event will be available online via livestream. Discussion points at the event… Read More

April 6, 2013 @ 2:25 am By JD Alois  |  

Lend Academy, a resource for the P2P lending industry, and NowSteet Media, producer of  financial events that highlight Wall Street transformations, are pleased to announce LendIt, the first global conference for the burgeoning P2P and online lending industry. Lend Academy, the preeminent resource for the… Read More