Tagged: moneylion

March 3, 2021 @ 11:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In early 2020, Opportunity Financial began evaluating whether it should go public. The online lending platform was interested in shifting focus away from the installment loan business to various other financial products (in order to improve its company profile). Jared Kaplan, CEO of the Chicago-based… Read More

February 15, 2021 @ 3:47 pm By JD Alois  |  

MoneyLion, a digital banking Fintech, is the next company to go public via a special acquisition company (SPAC). The deal was announced last Friday where MoneyLion will merge with Fusion Acquisition (NYSE:FUSE) at a transaction value of $2.4  billion and $2.9 billion in equity value… Read More

September 15, 2020 @ 3:59 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

MoneyLion, a U.S.-based consumer digital finance platform, announced on Tuesday the launch of its new thematic investment solutions. MoneyLion reported that through thematic investing, its members may now invest in portfolios that reflect their personal preferences and interests, which includes clean energy, artificial intelligence, and… Read More

August 3, 2020 @ 9:30 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

U.S. fintech Galileo announced on Monday it is powering RoarMoney, a new demand deposit account offered by consumer digital finance platform MoneyLion. According to Galileo, RoarMoney is designed to meet consumers’ financial needs now and as they evolve – from faster access to their funds… Read More

July 23, 2019 @ 9:30 am By JD Alois  |  

MoneyLion has raised $160 million in funding. MoneyLion previously revealed $60 million of this amount but has since added $100 million as part of Series C funding round. MoneyLion is an entrant in the hot challenger bank marketplace. It provides its banking services via a… Read More

March 26, 2018 @ 9:13 am By JD Alois  |  

Ron Suber, President Emeritus of Prosper and a prominent Fintech advocate, has joined the advisory board of MoneyLion. Suber was quoted in a report explaining his interest in the online lender; “MoneyLion is seeing Facebook.com, Inc FB -like engagement with its app. Users are coming back daily. When… Read More

February 13, 2018 @ 1:48 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

MoneyLion, the mobile personal finance platform, announced on Tuesday it has reached two million customer milestone. This news comes just one month after the platform secured $42 million through its Series B funding round, which was led by Edison Partners, with participation from FinTech Collective,  GRUPO Sura,… Read More

January 17, 2018 @ 1:30 am By Timothy Li  |  

Last year, I boldly predicted 10 Fintech movements that will take place as Earth makes another perfect rotation around our Sun. It’s always fun to look back and see how wrong I was, so let’s stump the chump! Here are my original predictions. Let’s score… Read More

January 4, 2018 @ 8:15 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

MoneyLion, the mobile personal finance platform, announced on Thursday it has secured $42 million through its Series B funding round led by Edison Partners, with participation from FinTech Collective,  GRUPO Sura, Greenspring Associates and Danhua Capital. While sharing details about the latest funding round, Diwakar Choubey, CEO… Read More

August 8, 2017 @ 12:42 pm By Timothy Li  |  

Familiar Faces This is the second year that I travelled to China for the LangDi FinTech Conference in Shanghai. What a difference a year makes? Last year, the conference had a massive showing of over 1,300 attendees. This year, the conference nearly doubled to 2,400… Read More

May 26, 2017 @ 1:11 pm By JD Alois  |  

MoneyLion has announced new features for its online lending and personal finance App as part of a website and mobile redesign. MoneyLion’s new features have been designed to help their 1 million + users simplify their day-to-day relationship with money and making it easier to build… Read More

December 5, 2016 @ 10:54 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

MoneyLion, the mobile personal finance platform, announced on Monday it secured $22.5 million during its Series A Funding round, which was led by Edison Partners. The company stated the Series A financing and existing $650 million debt facilities will fuel its growth and expand its lending… Read More

September 15, 2016 @ 5:17 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

MoneyLion, the mobile personal finance platform, announced on Thursday it has closed its portfolio financing line with the Macquarie Group. The company revealed that the Macquarie funds, which are combined with existing facilities from institutional investors as well as equity capital from the FinTech Collective and other VCs, provide… Read More