Tagged: marketplace

September 29, 2020 @ 10:03 pm By JD Alois  |  

EstateGuru, a European marketplace for property-backed loans, has announced an expansion into Finland beginning in October. EstateGuru is based in Tallinn, Estonia, but currently operates in multiple European countries including Latvia Lithuania, Germany, UK, Spain, and Portugal. Established in 2013, EstateGuru has originated loans for… Read More

September 28, 2020 @ 11:47 am By JD Alois  |  

Younited Credit Germany, an expansion by France based Younited Credit, reports having originated over €10 million in loans since launch in February of 2020. Younited Credit is a European online credit platform, certified by the French authority in charge of financial stability and customer protection (ACPR)…. Read More

September 25, 2020 @ 10:31 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Mirakl, a marketplace SaaS platform that empowers both B2B and B2C organizations to launch and grow an enterprise marketplace at scale, announced earlier this week it secured $300 million through its latest investment round, which was led by  Permira, with participation from long term investors… Read More

September 22, 2020 @ 9:51 pm By JD Alois  |  

LendingClub (NYSE:LC), a top marketplace lender serving consumers, says two recent studies indicate that personal loan payments take priority over paying off credit cards. Of course, this is good news for LendingClub – a long time advocate of cheaper personal loans versus expensive credit card… Read More

September 10, 2020 @ 10:55 am By JD Alois  |  

creditshelf Aktiengesellschaft, a marketplace lender serving German SMEs, reports that growth remains robust for its platform even during the ongoing COVID-19 challenge. According to creditshelf, a solid Q2 led to significant revenue growth of 41.6% during the first six months of 2020 when compared to… Read More

September 9, 2020 @ 2:49 pm By JD Alois  |  

Fitch Ratings has announced a new service – the US Marketplace Loan Monitor.  Fitch reports that marketplace loan performance has been “relatively stable” but posits this could change in the coming months as “borrowers focus on priority loan payments.” As has been previously reported, marketplace… Read More

September 7, 2020 @ 11:14 am By JD Alois  |  

Smart Lenders AM, a firm that invests in marketplace lending, has received an equity investment from Matmut, according to a company release. Matmut is said to have been an investor in the Moonstone Lending Fund, the main investment vehicle managed by Smart Lenders. Matmut reportedly… Read More

September 3, 2020 @ 2:58 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Cachet, the financial services marketplace for online platform workers, announced on Thursday it secured €1.1 million through its seed funding round, which was led by Icebreaker.vc with participation from previous pre-seed stage investors like Techstars (in a follow-on investment), Barclays and Lemonade Stand as well… Read More

September 2, 2020 @ 8:35 am By JD Alois  |  

Largest Fintech Funding Round in Eurozone for 2020 auxmoney, a Germany based marketplace lender, has raised € 150 million led by Centerbridge. In a note from the Fintech, auxmoney stated that existing VCs, including Foundation Capital, Index Ventures, and Union Square Ventures remain fully invested…. Read More

August 19, 2020 @ 4:33 pm By JD Alois  |  

LendingClub (NYSE:LC) is the leading online consumer lender in the US and the first big Fintech lender to go public on the NYSE. Over $50 billion in lending has been originated on the platform that claims more than 3 million customers. The last few years… Read More

August 16, 2020 @ 10:12 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

RemitRadar, a UK-based money transfer marketplace, is now seeking £400,000 through its recently launched equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs. Founded in 2014, RemitRadar describes itself as a money transfer marketplace aggregating major money transfer systems to provide consumers with a “​one-stop “​ money transfer and… Read More

August 11, 2020 @ 2:24 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Policygenius, a U.S.-based online insurance marketplace, announced on Tuesday the launch of its mobile app, which enables consumers to create wills and trusts conveniently on their phones. Consumers may also shop for life and home insurance from the app, creating a mobile one-stop-shop for key… Read More

August 10, 2020 @ 2:41 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Howsy, a UK-based rental marketplace platform, is set to close its equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs with more than £2.3 million raised from nearly 600 Seedrs investors. The funding round was launched last originally seeking £250,000. Howsy also applied for the Future Fund. Founded… Read More

August 4, 2020 @ 4:36 pm By JD Alois  |  

LendingClub (NYSE:LC) is out with Q2 earnings and, as anticipated, COVID-19 has hit the online lender hard. According to the company, during the quarter loan originations came in at $325.8 million, down 90% year-over-year. LendingClub’s net revenue during the quarter was down 77% year over… Read More

July 6, 2020 @ 1:52 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

GrapeStars, a marketplace where celebrities may promote their wine and spirits to followers, is now seeking funds through its Regulation Crowdfunding (Reg CF) campaign on Republic. Founded in 2017, GrapeStars claims it is a one-of-a-kind online marketplace where celebrities can promote wine and spirits directly… Read More

July 3, 2020 @ 8:13 am By Omar Faridi  |  

October, a leading European online lender, notes that it was launched after the global financial crisis of 2008-2009 with the goal of providing more financing options or alternatives to European SMEs. The October team wrote in a blog post published on July 1, 2020: “We… Read More

June 30, 2020 @ 9:00 am By JD Alois  |  

LendingClub Corporation (NYSE: LC), the largest marketplace lender in the US, is expanding its LCX platform to provide biding and pricing on loans prior to issuance. This marketplace is said to operate down to the individual loan level thus providing exceptional granularity, according to a… Read More

June 26, 2020 @ 9:29 am By JD Alois  |  

Lex – an Oneline Marketplace for Real Estate Securities Real estate investment has historically been a challenging sector of opportunity for smaller investors. If you want to go it alone it takes a lot of time and knowledge to flip houses or rent flats. Of… Read More

June 25, 2020 @ 5:27 pm By JD Alois  |  

LendingClub (NYSE:LC) has published a blog post and affiliated 8-K updating on platform performance during a challenging market pummeled by COVID-19. During the last earnings report, LendingClub reported loan originations down in April by a whopping 90%. Today’s missive is a bit more optimistic as… Read More

June 17, 2020 @ 1:50 am By JD Alois  |  

October, an online lender serving European SMEs, has launched a new predictive risk tool to instantly respond to requests for State Guaranteed Loans. Like other regions, the COVID-19 crisis has hit European businesses hard. In order to help them get back on their feet, the… Read More