Tagged: loans

October 24, 2023 @ 7:31 am By Omar Faridi  |  

TAB, the real estate finance and investment house set to have a £500m loan book in 2024, has completed a private securitisation facility with NatWest and Atalaya Capital Management of “up to £300m to support TAB’s lending products.” Both funding partners support TAB’s commitment to… Read More

October 16, 2023 @ 11:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

PeerBerry’s business partner – real estate developer Lithome – repaid investors a EUR 320 000 (real estate project “City Stories”, funding of the first construction stage) loan and paid EUR 30,406 in interest. PeerBerry closed one more record month – in September, PeerBerry investors funded… Read More

October 16, 2023 @ 12:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The month of September has shown “promising” growth on Mintos. Total investments via Mintos saw “a significant increase to €94.9 million, and interest earned by investors climbed to €4.1 million.” This upward trend was primarily “driven by the same trend we observed in August,” explained… Read More

October 15, 2023 @ 11:59 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Qatar Central Bank (QCB) has issued the Loan-Based Crowdfunding Regulation for the purpose of licensing and regulating loan-based crowdfunding activities and services in Qatar. The move forms part of QCB’s permanent endeavor to regulate and develop the financial sector in the country and is line… Read More

October 11, 2023 @ 10:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Small business loan approval percentages at big banks ($10 billion+ in assets) fell again, dropping from 13.2% in August to 13.1% in September, according to the latest Biz2Credit Small Business Lending Index. Big bank lending to small businesses “has dipped every month since June 2022.”… Read More

October 11, 2023 @ 10:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Versana announced that founding investor Citi (NYSE: C) is now connected to its transformative digital data platform, “enabling syndicated loans agented by Citi to be available to Versana’s growing subscriber base in real-time.” Citi joins Versana’s other three founding investors – Bank of America, Credit… Read More

October 10, 2023 @ 5:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Point Predictive, the firm focused on AI-powered fraud solutions for the auto lending industry, has joined forces with Metro Jobber’s, Inc., a wholesale automotive distributor, to tackle the growing issue of auto loan fraud in the Detroit Metropolitan area. This strategic partnership is set “to… Read More

September 29, 2023 @ 8:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

One more business partner, Smartcredito from Spain, joins the PeerBerry platform. Smartcredito will offer PeerBerry investors investments “in short-term loans with a 10% annual return.” Loans provided by Smartcredito to PeerBerry investors “include a buyback and a group guarantee.” Smartcredito (legal name Arena Finance Spain… Read More

September 23, 2023 @ 6:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

During August 2023, Debitum says that it continued to implement the platform’s long-term development plan. Last month: the change in ownership of Debitum was announced (expect more details soon). As noted in the update from Debitum, Ukrainian asset management was “restructured and announced new investment… Read More

September 23, 2023 @ 6:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In 19 months of the war (since February 24, 2022), PeerBerry business partners Aventus Group and Gofingo Group have, in total, “repaid PeerBerry investors €45.52 million or 90.64% of the total outstanding war-affected obligations.” Compared to other war-affected platforms, PeerBerry claims that it is the… Read More

September 23, 2023 @ 6:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The growth that kickstarted in July has continued into August, “with increases across the board,” the team at Bondora noted. Loan originations, as well as investment product funding, “totaled over €15M each in August. Cash recoveries and collection efforts also increased to over €1M.” Bondora… Read More

September 10, 2023 @ 11:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

LHV Bank, the UK’s newest licensed bank, has rolled out a new loan system for its SME Lending division, transitioning to the cloud-based banking system of its SaaS partner, Tuum. This move consolidates the bank’s architecture, “enhances resource allocation, and establishes a robust futureproof framework,… Read More

September 10, 2023 @ 10:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The individual who acquired the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) recently made a $11.9B commitment so that he may help people streamline their mortgages for a lot less than what consumers are paying right now, according to a report. Founder and Chief Executive Jeffrey Sprecher’s… Read More

September 7, 2023 @ 10:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nu Mexico announces the launch of its new product: personal loans. Like all Nu products, the launch will follow “a phased rollout process, starting in the coming days with a group of employees who will begin testing the product, to then expand the offering to… Read More

September 6, 2023 @ 4:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Debitum is pleased to announce that Debitum-affiliated Loan originator Sandbox Funding has issued its 1st million euros in loans. Loans have been issued “to Latvian companies from forestry and agriculture, energy, and eco-house construction industries.” Henrijs Jansons, Debitum CEO, said: “We started to test Sandbox… Read More

September 6, 2023 @ 1:01 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Robocash notes that the month of July turned out to be “active,” which is reflected in the key monthly figures. For now, Robo.cash says they are still “keeping a low-key offer and waiting for updates from the business.” As covered, Robo.cash has announced upcoming changes… Read More

September 6, 2023 @ 9:32 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In August, PeerBerry reportedly crossed two key milestones. PeerBerry investors funded “a record amount of EUR 75.36 million in loans, exceeding a pre-war level”. It is the largest amount funded “in one month on the platform in PeerBerry’s six-year history.” At the end of August,… Read More

September 4, 2023 @ 12:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

A new Experian report shows consumers are continuing to opt for shorter term loans. In the second quarter of 2023, captives reportedly “regained the lion’s share of total vehicle financing, outpacing banks and credit unions.” According to Experian’s State of the Automotive Finance Market Report:… Read More

August 29, 2023 @ 9:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

EstateGuru reports that the loan origination volume in July “performed robustly across our key markets.” As noted in the update shared by EstateGuru, Estonia accounted “for €5.0M, Latvia contributed €1.4M, and Lithuania added €1.9M, resulting in a total origination volume of €8.9M.” The EstateGuru team… Read More

August 15, 2023 @ 11:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Debitum notes that July is one of the quietest months in the investment world, however, the firm has been “very active” during this time. During July, Debitum reveals that they have: added new ABS assets from Sandbox Funding to the platform, offered to invest on… Read More