Tagged: loans

June 23, 2023 @ 7:16 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Funding Circle (LSE: FCH),which claims to be the UK’s largest small business lending platform, and Waterfall Asset Management (WAM), a multi-national institutional asset manager, announce “the closing of a £240m securitization backed by SME loans.” The loans, “financed by funds managed by WAM, and originated… Read More

June 19, 2023 @ 9:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In another step to expand access to credit and broaden its portfolio, Nubank (NYSE: NU), which claims to be one of the largest digital financial services platforms in the world, announces a new type of loan with investments in Tesouro Direto (treasury Securities) as collateral…. Read More

June 12, 2023 @ 10:01 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

SoFi at Work – the holistic, financial well-being, and education assistance benefits partner to more than 1,000 organizations – announced the launch of a new Student Loan Verification (SLV) service. SoFi (NASDAQ: SOFI), the digital personal finance company and all-in-one app, announces this new addition… Read More

May 17, 2023 @ 8:24 am By Omar Faridi  |  

LHV Bank, a provider of banking services to fintechs and SME lending solutions for UK businesses, announces the extension of its maximum loan size to £5 million, enabling further support for UK SMEs aiming to grow. LHV Bank’s Manchester-based SME lending team “offers commercial mortgages… Read More

May 16, 2023 @ 10:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

DelfinGroup reports that the company increased its revenue by 46% in the first quarter of 2023, reaching €11.1 million compared to the same period last year. Furthermore, the company’s profit before taxes “increased by 16% to reach 1.8 million euros.” The company further shares “that… Read More

May 16, 2023 @ 8:04 am By Omar Faridi  |  

PeerBerry business partners are repaying €1.8 million of war-affected loans. Under the Group guarantee mechanism in 15 months of the war, PeerBerry business partners have already “repaid €38.73 million, or 77.12% of the total war-affected obligations towards PeerBerry investors.” As noted in a blog post,… Read More

May 15, 2023 @ 11:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

P.F.C. (Personal Finance Co.), a Stockholm-based fintech, announced that its customers can now take out personal loans directly in the app, extending the range of financial services it provides on Mambu’s cloud banking platform. Mambu’s rapid deployment capability enabled P.F.C. “to configure the personal loan… Read More

May 13, 2023 @ 2:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Revolut announced its strategy for France over the next few years, including the launch of customer credit products towards the end of May 2023. At a recent press conference held in Paris hosted by Antoine Le Nel, VP of growth at Revolut, Le Nel said… Read More

May 5, 2023 @ 8:18 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In March 2023, the loan origination volume via EstateGuru reportedly “grew compared to February, with €7.0M worth of loans.” According to EstateGuru, the most active market “was Estonia (€3.1M), followed by Lithuania (€1.9M) and Finland (€1.2M).” In March, the loan origination volume via EstateGuru grew… Read More

April 22, 2023 @ 10:25 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Estateguru’s secondary market provides their investors with an “exit strategy,” should they need access to their funds “before the loan matures, but it’s also a way to diversify your portfolio, and build your wealth.” As a peer-to-peer lending platform based in Europe, Estateguru claims it… 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 18, 2023 @ 10:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Debitum reveals that their Estonia-based partner – non-bank financing company Evergreen Capital which issues business loans to Estonian SMEs from the manufacturing and services sectors has “released a new ABS program with 26 underlying assets.” According to a blog post published by Debitum, the ABS… Read More

April 17, 2023 @ 8:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The European Investment Bank (EIB) is granting a €100 million loan to illimity which, in turn, “undertakes to invest an additional €100 million for small businesses through b-ilty, the illimity Group’s digital bank.” As noted in the update, 30% of the resources will be “channeled to… Read More

April 16, 2023 @ 11:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Assetz Capital, which claims to be one of the UK’s leading alternative finance providers, has announced that it has “funded a loan of £2.83 million for a new residential development in the affluent area of Purley, south London.” The loan has been “granted to a… 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 5, 2023 @ 6:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The second month of 2023 “produced the lowest loan origination volume” that EstateGuru has seen “in the last 12 months, with €6.5M worth of loans.” Despite that, the total historical financed loans via EstateGuru amount “has reached €700.0M, out of which €406.3M has been repaid.”… Read More

March 30, 2023 @ 9:14 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Presta, an end-to-end digital lending platform that modernizes and accelerates the loan origination process, announced its launch after raising $3.3 million in oversubscribed pre-seed fundraise. Led by Distributed Ventures with additional investment from Zeal Capital Partners, Matchstick Ventures, The Fund, Tech Stars, and Jumpstart Ventures,… Read More

March 28, 2023 @ 8:36 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Estateguru, the Pan-European property investment platform, and the Czech investment bank J&T Banka have made an agreement “to fund real estate-backed loans in the Baltics.” J&T Banka initially “invested €2.5M in Finnish and German loans as part of its continued commitment to funding Estateguru loan… Read More

March 24, 2023 @ 5:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The economy took a wild ride in 2022, and with interest rates continuing to rise, inflation expected to remain relatively high and household savings dwindling, 2023 could be “just as challenging,” according to an update from TrueAccord. As consumers battle high inflation and interest rates… Read More

March 19, 2023 @ 10:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

PeerBerry business partners are “repaying EUR 1.7 million of war-affected loans.” Under the Group guarantee mechanism in 13 months of the war, PeerBerry business partners have already “repaid EUR 34.8 million, or 69,3% of the total war-affected obligations towards PeerBerry investors.” Remember that AutoMoney UA… Read More