January 23, 2018 @ 10:02 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, loanDepot announced it is continuing the expansion of its mortgage and personal loan businesses by launching newly formed venture, mello Home, which connects pre-approved homebuyers with verified real estate agents in their local market and help consumers find and hire home improvement and other… Read More

June 23, 2017 @ 12:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

While the revelation that online mortgage lender Sindeo was turning off the lights and shutting down was disappointing news in the Fintech space. But other online mortgage lenders continue to execute and grow. One of the most promising is loanDepot, the creation of CEO Anthony… Read More

March 10, 2017 @ 12:17 pm By JD Alois  |  

LendItUSA, the annual event that jumps between New York City and San Francisco everu 12 months, opened up to larger audiences and an industry sector that endured a challenging year. The online lending sector received a two-punch assault in 2016; a battle that left the… Read More

March 6, 2017 @ 8:13 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

loanDepot announced on Monday the launch of its proprietary digital lending platform, mello, which is part of an $80 million investment in technology over the last 18 months. According to the online lender, the new platform is an end-to-end technology solution designed to scale with the… Read More

January 25, 2017 @ 1:30 am By JD Alois  |  

loanDepot challenges the status quo of traditional banking every day. loanDepot has just achieved an impressive milestone.  In the past 7 years since platform launch, loanDepot has now funded $100 billion in home, personal and home equity loans making it a top-five retail mortgage lender… Read More

December 1, 2016 @ 11:47 am By JD Alois  |  

loanDepot is extending its reach and services by acquiring both Closing USA (CUSA) and American Coast Title (ACT). The pair of acquisitions is designed to boost loanDepot’s national footprint for title, escrow and settlement services which are complimentary to its mortgage lending operation. Upon closing… Read More

November 2, 2016 @ 10:32 am By JD Alois  |  

LoanDepot, founded by Anthony Hsieh less than 7 years ago, has become the 5th largest mortgage lender by volume according to the most recent report by Inside Mortgage Finance.  In 2015, loanDepot was acknowledged as the 7th largest retail mortgage provider. Joining loanDepot in the… Read More

August 23, 2016 @ 10:01 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last week, loanDepot announced the closing of its $150 million capital transaction. The online lender revealed it plans to use the funds to continue investments in technology and product development. Sharing details about the transaction, Anthony Hsieh, chairman and CEO at loanDepot, stated: “Capital investment in consumer lending and in the mortgage industry… Read More

March 22, 2016 @ 8:44 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

loanDepot announced it has formed a new partnership with Avant as a way to expand credit options for borrowers nationwide. The online lender revealed that it has teamed up with Avant through an API integration to offer borrowers access to credit products that match their financial needs. Speaking about the partnership, loanDepot, LLC… Read More

March 10, 2016 @ 9:27 pm By JD Alois  |  

Anthony Hsieh, CEO and founder of loanDepot, visited the studios of CNBC for a session of Power Lunch last week.  Hsieh shared some perspective into his platform and the over $60 billion in loans it has provided since 2010.  The non-bank lender explained the difference… Read More

February 29, 2016 @ 7:57 am By JD Alois  |  

loanDepot has announced a new partnership with Orchard Platform – the company that is at the nexus of online lending and institutional participation. loanDepot will now be integrating its performance data into the Orchard U.S. Consumer Marketplace Lending Index and Market Data products. loanDepot states believes… Read More

February 24, 2016 @ 2:54 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

loanDepot on Wednesday announced the launch of its consumer experience and product development team with the appointment of Tim Von Kaenel as chief product officer, Rick Medeiros as chief digital officer and Helen Wang as head of consumer experience, according to a recent press release. The appointment… Read More

January 11, 2016 @ 1:48 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Monday, direct lender loanDepot announced that it is heading into 2016 after a record-breaking 2015. This is due to the fact that the company added 125,000 new consumers to its community of borrowers over the past twelve months and has increased year-over-year fundings by… Read More

December 1, 2015 @ 9:46 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

loanDepot, America’s lender, today announced the closing of a $150 million securitization of its popular unsecured personal loans accessed by consumers. This $150 million securitization was structured and sold by Jefferies, a global investment banking firm. In the first six months since launching its first… Read More

November 23, 2015 @ 9:03 am By JD Alois  |  

In a blog post, LoanDepot CEO Anthony Hsieh explained his decision to hold off on launching an IPO for now.  Hsieh used the experience of Square, which dropped its IPO price by 25% to boost investor interest just prior to offering shares to the public…. Read More

October 1, 2015 @ 10:34 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

LoanDepot LLC, a marketplace lending platform, announced on Thursday the appointment of Michael H. Wilson as SVP, Information Technology. Michael H. Wilson joins loanDepot after serving as CIO and Director of IT Strategy at Ball Aerospace where he led classified and unclassified IT strategy, including… Read More

August 11, 2015 @ 3:40 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

loanDepot announced on Monday plans to offer new home equity products. loanDepot is a marketplace lender that offers American consumers a choice of credit products through purchase and refinance home loans, unsecured personal loans, and now home equity loans on one convenient tech-enabled lending platform. This announcement comes… Read More