Tagged: marketplace

January 11, 2019 @ 10:27 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Weecos, an online sustainable marketplace and ready to scale globally with the vastest range of sustainable products in the Nordic countries, has raised its minimum €140,000 funding target on  equity crowdfunding platform Invesdor. As previously reported, Weecos was founded in 2012 and claims to be the first marketplace… Read More

January 6, 2019 @ 11:16 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Vesta, a UK-based online marketplace for buying & selling income generating, residential investment property, has successfully secured its initial £750,000 funding target from nearly 100 investors through its equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs. Founded in 2016, Vesta describes itself as a new, innovative online marketplace for buying,… Read More

November 27, 2018 @ 9:23 am By JD Alois  |  

Online lender October (formerly Lendix) has launched in the Netherlands. Alongside this expansion, the Paris based October is providing SME financing in France, Spain, and Italy. According to a note from October, SMEs may apply for loans ranging from €30,000 and up to €3.5 million. The marketplace… Read More

November 21, 2018 @ 11:33 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK challenger bank Starling Bank announced last week it launched its in-app Marketplace for small businesses. According to Starling Bank, the new wave of Marketplace partners includes the launch of accounting software platform Xero and the latter will enable the bank’s 20,000 business banking customers to automatically… Read More

November 20, 2018 @ 9:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Announced less than a year ago, LendingClub’s (NYSE:LC) new Club Certificates have topped the $1 billion mark, according to a release by the marketplace lending platform. The Club Certificates is an entirely new pass through security designed to make it easier for institutional investors to participate… Read More

November 8, 2018 @ 10:03 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Kaleido, a ConsenSys company, in collaboration with Amazon Web Services, is now launching a new blockchain marketplace. According to Kaleido, the Kaleido Marketplace extends its Blockchain Business Cloud to become what it claims to be the first full-stack enterprise platform. The new marketplace includes trusted tools… Read More

November 6, 2018 @ 4:54 pm By JD Alois  |  

Marketplace lending platform LendingClub (NYSE: LC) has reported financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2018. According to the company, net revenue rose 20% year over year to a “record” $184.6 million. Loan originations came in higher too at $2.9 billion, up 18% year… Read More

October 31, 2018 @ 7:30 am By Therese Torris  |  

The news was leaked last week. Now it’s official. From its Paris headquarters, Olivier Goy, founder and CEO, announced that the European lending marketplace formerly known as Lendix is changing its name into October. With this name change the company reasserts its ambition to expand… Read More

October 23, 2018 @ 10:06 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

HBUS, a U.S.-based digital currency marketplace, announced on Tuesday it has appointed formed Intuit and Google executive, Tiffani McCoy, and its new General Counsel. According to HBUS, McCoy previously served as the Assistant General Counsel at Intuit, where she drove new business initiatives while helping… Read More

October 16, 2018 @ 6:08 pm By JD Alois  |  

Funding Circle (LSE:FCH), the now publicly traded peer to peer lending company based in the UK, has long operated a US subsidiary providing access to credit for SMEs. While the UK iteration is more about P2P in the US, due to antiquated securities regulations, it… Read More

October 16, 2018 @ 9:40 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Crypto marketplace Coinbase announced on Tuesday it has continued its European expansion by opening its new office in Dublin. According to Coinbase, the expansion will create new jobs and grow the burgeoning Irish crypto economy. The marketplace then confirmed that the number of its customers in the… Read More

October 4, 2018 @ 10:36 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Blockchain-based real estate marketplace QuantmRE announced on Thursday it has teamed up with global financial services technology Securrency to create the infrastructure to support its real estate trading platform and launch globally compliant stablecoin and cryptocurrency ecosystem EQRE. Founded in 2017, QuantmRE is seeking to become the… Read More

September 28, 2018 @ 2:07 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged LendingClub Asset Management LLC, and former President Renaud Laplanche with fraud for improperly using fund money to benefit LendingClub.  LendingClub Asset Management, Laplanche, and former CFO Carrie Dolan, also were charged with improperly adjusting fund returns. The… Read More

September 13, 2018 @ 9:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Boston based funding manager, ILA Capital, has partnered with Switzerland based Woodman Group to launch a machine learning, marketplace lending fund. ILA said the fund has an initial commitment of $100 million. The Fund will have a short duration, high yield strategy that primarily invests… Read More

September 3, 2018 @ 7:32 am By JD Alois  |  

The long rumored initial public offering (IPO) of UK based Funding Circle appears to be on track and moving forward with a listing on the London Stock Exchange later this year. In a blog post today, Funding Circle stated; “Today we have announced the next… Read More

August 29, 2018 @ 5:59 pm By JD Alois  |  

LendingClub (NYSE:LC) has announced the resignation of Chief Operations Officer Sameer Gulati in an 8-K filing with the SEC today. Gulati was said to have resigned yesterday (August 27) but the departure will become effective on December 31, 2018. The company said that Gulati will “focus on… Read More

August 29, 2018 @ 2:12 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Raisin UK, a successful European Fintech that provides a marketplace for consumers to earn more money on their savings, announced on Wednesday it has launched a new savings platform in the Netherlands. The company reported that it expanded its reach in the Netherlands after introducing… Read More

August 13, 2018 @ 10:22 pm By JD Alois  |  

Singapore based Funding Societies, a leading peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platform in Southeast Asia, has topped S$ 200 million mark in total crowdfunded SME loans. Funding Societies notes that this accomplishment arrives just 6 months after crossing S$ 100 million in January of this year. The… Read More

August 8, 2018 @ 8:52 pm By JD Alois  |  

There has been an ongoing debate regarding the benefits of marketplace lending when it comes to consumer loans.  A Federal Reserve study hammered peer to peer lending (ie marketplace lending) in late 2017 only to see the study pulled as industry advocates highlighted shortcomings in… Read More

August 7, 2018 @ 4:22 pm By JD Alois  |  

LendingClub (NYSE:LC) is out with numbers for the second quarter of 2018 ending in June. According to a release, LendingClub delivered the following results: Record net revenue of $177.0 million, up 27% year-over-year Record originations of $2.8 billion, up 31% year-over-year Improved Contribution Margin to… Read More