Tagged: marketplace

August 12, 2015 @ 9:24 am By JD Alois  |  

Marketplace lending platform Lending Club (NYSE:LC)  has announced the release of a series of APIs for online brokers and advisors to more easily connect investors with Lending Club loans.  Labeled Lending Club Open Integration (LCOI), the new feature should make investor interaction more seamless while facilitating… Read More

August 12, 2015 @ 8:26 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

The Christchurch-based online marketplace for cottage industries, Felt.co.nz, has launched an equity crowdfunding campaign through New Zealand platform PledgeMe on Wednesday. Felt founder Lucy Arnold stated: “Felt is super excited to be taking the site to the next level with the help of our crowd. Rather than follow… Read More

August 10, 2015 @ 10:30 am By Candace Klein  |  

  As traditional lending tightened for consumers and small businesses, following the 2008 recession and the Dodd Frank regulatory environment that followed, alternative lending has now become quite the burgeoning new industry. And with alternative lenders ranging the gamut from near-bank products and terms to… Read More

August 9, 2015 @ 11:11 pm By JD Alois  |  

Not so bad for a 5 year old. Renrendai, a leading peer to peer lender in China, may hit 15 billion yuan (about $2.4 billion) in loans by the end of the year. The direct lending platform had transactions worth $1.4 billion (9 billion yuan) in… Read More

August 7, 2015 @ 8:00 am By Giles Andrews  |  

This is a question I get asked a lot. And the usual line of thinking of those asking the question is that it does matter.  The common assumption is that the increased activity of “institutional” funds is crowding out the core retail investors that platforms… Read More

August 5, 2015 @ 2:18 pm By JD Alois  |  

The US Department of Treasury held a discussion today regarding the fast growing Marketplace Lending industry.  Treasury released a brief statement regarding the event highlighting the panelists which included: Michael Barr, University of Michigan Law School William Black, Moody’s Investors Services Nick Bourke, Pew Charitable… Read More

August 4, 2015 @ 4:46 pm By JD Alois  |  

The largest marketplace lending platform in the United States reported Q2 results today. Lending Club (NYSE:LC) stated that loan originations grew to $1.91 billion versus the same period year prior where the direct lender facilitated $1.01 billion in loans.  Lending Club said total loans have now… Read More

August 4, 2015 @ 1:31 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Mass Fidelity, the creators of the Indiegogo alum The Core, announced on Tuesday its selection and participation in Amazon Launchpad, a new program that showcases cutting-edge products from today’s brightest start-ups, to offer the Core to millions of Amazon customers. Amazon Launchpad was launched last week… Read More

August 3, 2015 @ 8:37 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfund Insider reported last month on the US Department of Treasury’s interest in the fast growing Marketplace / Peer-to-Peer lending space. Treasury published a “Request for Information” (embedded below) seeking public comment to study the various business models and review “how the regulatory framework should… Read More

August 1, 2015 @ 12:13 pm By JD Alois  |  

Neil Roberts, founder of New Zealand based peer to peer lender Harmoney, has unexpectedly stepped down as his role as a member of the platform’s Board of Directors.  Reportedly Roberts will remain as CEO. Roberts launched Harmoney as the first P2P platform in the country… Read More

July 29, 2015 @ 9:58 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

UpCounsel, an online marketplace for legal services, announced it has secured $10 million in Series A funding to accelerate further adoption of its on-demand legal marketplace. New investor Menlo Ventures led the funding round with participation from previous investors including Homebrew and Metamorphic Ventures. The company has raised $13.9… Read More

July 29, 2015 @ 9:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Direct lending platform CommonBond has selected Morgan Edwards as its new Chief Financial Officer.  Edwards has spend the last 7 years as an MD at Macquarie Capital.  According to a company report, Edwards has tallied over 25 years in traditional finance.  At Macquarie he played… Read More

July 28, 2015 @ 10:30 am By JD Alois  |  

Direct lender Dealstruck has formed a partnership with LendingTree, an online loan marketplace. According to Dealstruck, LendingTree’s customers will gain access to Dealstruck’s multiple credit products. LendingTree has facilitated over 55 million loans to date. Dealstruck sited an example of Dennis Corrado who used a… Read More

July 27, 2015 @ 12:12 am By JD Alois  |  

  Last week Crowdfund Insider published a report on how the US Department of Treasury was investigating marketplace lending and the rising prominence of online, direct lenders. While the interest is certainly understandable, anytime the government shows up – industry gets concerned.  While Treasury stated their… Read More

July 24, 2015 @ 2:23 pm By JD Alois  |  

New peer to peer lending platform Funding Societies has inked a partnership with Orangefield Trust to hold funds from lenders.  The collaboration is said to “provide lenders with greater confidence in engaging P2P lending platforms”. “We have taken steps to ensure there is no mishandling of… Read More

July 24, 2015 @ 11:37 am By JD Alois  |  

P2P Global Investments has successfully raised £400 million bringing their total raised to date to £870 million.  The Issue, which was over-subscribed, will issue 40 million C Shares, of which 38,200,016 C Shares will be issued under the Placing and 1,799,984 C Shares will be… Read More

July 24, 2015 @ 10:48 am By JD Alois  |  

  Orchard, the conduit platform for institutional money flowing into direct lending platforms, has published an update on the marketplace “Lendscape”.  Orchard is uniquely positioned to provide perspective into the evolving ecosystem because the majority of substantive marketplace lending platforms are plugged into their network…. Read More

July 24, 2015 @ 10:17 am By Karteek Patel  |  

Something strange is happening. It may be received wisdom that women tend to invest less than men, and that when they do they are more risk averse, but something is up. Something is changing and it’s changing in a pretty fundamental way that might mean… Read More

July 22, 2015 @ 3:54 pm By JD Alois  |  

Peer to peer lender ThinCats has appointed Jill Sandford as Head of Risk and Recoveries. She joins ThinCats on secondment from Baker Tilly a leading firm of business advisers where she is a Director of Restructuring and Recovery. According to ThinCats, Sandford will be responsible for… Read More

July 22, 2015 @ 6:42 am By JD Alois  |  

VPC Specialty Lending Investments (LSE: VSL) has announced that it has invested net IPO proceeds into 16 different direct lenders, in the US, UK and Europe, covering both the consumer and SME loan space. VPC states that it continues to execute on its capital deployment… Read More