Tagged: online lending

July 13, 2023 @ 5:44 pm By JD Alois  |  

The tight lending market has impacted smaller firms and compelled some business borrowers to look elsewhere for capital. As interest rates have risen and banks have pumped the brakes on lending, online platforms – including funding portals, have stepped in to take the place of… Read More

July 4, 2023 @ 9:42 am By JD Alois  |  

SME peer-to-peer lender Linked Finance has topped €250 Million in Lending to Irish firms. According to a note from the company, during the first 6 months of 2023, Linked Finance issued €31.7 million in loans representing a 90% increase in comparison to the first 6… Read More

June 20, 2023 @ 10:58 am By JD Alois  |  

Froda is launching a card-based embedded lending solution in Denmark in partnership with digital bank Lunar and Visa. According to a public statement, the launch follows a successful test period, as the company strives to make it faster and cheaper for SMEs to access growth… Read More

June 17, 2023 @ 10:02 am By Omar Faridi  |  

One of the UK’s largest small business lending platform, Funding Circle (LSE: FCH), has made its new product, FlexiPay, available for brokers to offer their clients who currently have a Funding Circle business loan. The launch of FlexiPay “means small business borrowers can now also borrow,… Read More

June 1, 2023 @ 9:09 am By JD Alois  |  

Smart Lenders AM has surpassed $2 billion in online loans financed, claiming to be the top European crowdfunding specialist for debt. Smart Lenders, based in Paris, invests in loans originated in online lending platforms in Europe and the US. Loans include both consumer and business…. Read More

May 31, 2023 @ 10:19 pm By JD Alois  |  

Affirm (NASDAQ: AFRM) and Worldpay from FIS  (NYSE: FIS) have announced a partnership that will make Affirm’s Adaptive Checkout available to Worldpay merchants in a multi-year agreement. Becca Stone, VP of Strategic Partnerships at Affirm, said the partnership would help Worldpay’s merchants drive growth and… Read More

May 29, 2023 @ 3:26 pm By JD Alois  |  

Manappuram Finance Limited has launched a digital lending app Ma-Money. Manappuram is a gold loan platform in India.  The company went public in August 1995, and its shares are listed on the stock exchanges of Mumbai, Chennai, and Kochi. The new digital lending platform is… Read More

May 15, 2023 @ 3:28 pm By JD Alois  |  

Fintech ZestMoney appears to be falling apart after its founders announced they were departing the firm. ZestMoney, is a digital EMI/  BNPL platform that has announced multiple partnerships with some pretty big firms during its brief existence. A deal with PhoneRE was in the works… Read More

May 15, 2023 @ 11:21 am By JD Alois  |  

Creditshelf, an online lender service SMEs, is reporting high loan demand during the first three months of 2023. Creditshelf says it is the largest digital SME lender in Germany. Creditshelf said the requested loan volume increased by 15% to €490 million in the first three… Read More

May 9, 2023 @ 5:06 pm By JD Alois  |  

Upstart (NASDAQ:UPST), an online lending marketplace that leverages artificial intelligence (AI) has posted Q1 2023 earnings that have topped analyst expectations driving shares higher in after-hours trading. Dave Girouard, co-founder and CEO of Upstart, issued a statement sharing he was pleased with Q1 performance: “Despite… Read More

April 26, 2023 @ 11:01 am By JD Alois  |  

Estateguru, an online investing and originating platform that serves the European market, is reporting a “stable and success” first quarter of the year. Estategura says it funded 178 projects with a loan volume of €23 million and hitting a new milestone of over €700 million… Read More

April 25, 2023 @ 4:19 pm By JD Alois  |  

Biz2Credit and affiliate Biz2X have been recognized by the Financial Times as one of America’s fastest-growing companies, according to a note from the fimr. Biz2Credit and Biz2X were ranked 69th on the fourth annual FT Americas’ Fastest-Growing Companies list of 500 firms that had the… Read More

April 7, 2023 @ 1:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CrowdProperty, an online property lending platform, has raised 103% (£414,271) of its £400,009 target via Seedrs (at the time of writing) from 403 investors with 5 days left in the firm’s crowdfunding campaign. CrowdProperty has utilized the services of Seedrs multiple times in the past…. Read More

March 29, 2023 @ 9:10 pm By JD Alois  |  

Australian Fintech MoneyMe (ASX:MME) has raised A $37 million in equity capital, according to a statement by the company. MoneyMe is a digital lender serving consumers. It was reported earlier this week that MoneyMe founder and CEO Clayton Howes was seeking to raise capital in… Read More

March 20, 2023 @ 12:57 pm By JD Alois  |  

Smart Lenders AM, an asset management company specializing in managing portfolios of loans from established marketplace lenders, online-lending platforms and crowdlending platforms, has issued a statement in light of the ongoing market volatility and strain on the banking sector. Since its launch, Smart Lenders AM… Read More

March 15, 2023 @ 9:16 am By JD Alois  |  

Accelerated Payments, an invoice financing provider, has announced the appointment of C Ray Hines as Vice President of Business Development. Hines is expected to help increase the Fintech’s market share in North America – more specifically, the midwest. The company said the new hire is… Read More

February 21, 2023 @ 6:22 pm By JD Alois  |  

TP24 is a new digital lender that provides credit secured by borrowers’ invoices. The company’s mission is to solve lending challenges by “offering flexible funding solutions … without the hassle of traditional credit providers.” CI had the chance to connect with Zurich-based TP24 during the… Read More

February 8, 2023 @ 1:52 pm By JD Alois  |  

Apple (NASDAQ) is expected to soon launch its buy now-pay later product (BNPL) as it expands the service to a broader beta group. According to a report filed by Bloomberg, Apple Pay Later is being tested in-house by its approximately 80,000 or so retail employees…. Read More

February 7, 2023 @ 10:52 am By JD Alois  |  

Business loan approval rates have increased – depending on who you are asking. According to a report, alternative lenders, institutional investors and small banks have increased credit but big banks and credit unions have pulled back This is according to online lender Biz2Credit and its… Read More

January 26, 2023 @ 12:01 pm By JD Alois  |  

Online lender Accelerated Payments has announced topping the €1 billion worth of invoice financing milestone. Based in Ireland, Accelerated Payments claims to be of the fastest-growing Fintechs in the world, with offices in Europe, the UK, Canada, and the USA. Accelerated Payments provides a solution… Read More