Tagged: online lending

September 9, 2021 @ 9:20 pm By JD Alois  |  

Lisa Jacobs, Managing Director of Funding Circle UK  (LSE: FCH)  will succeed Samir Desai CBE as Chief Executive Officer beginning January 1st, 2022. The news was revealed today alongside Funding Circle’s financial results. Jacobs joined Funding Circle in September 2012 as Chief Strategy Officer. Prior… Read More

September 9, 2021 @ 9:26 am By JD Alois  |  

LendingClub (NYSE:LC), a digital bank and online lender, has improved its trading system for personal loans. According to a statement from the company it has extended the capabilities of its electronic trading platform named LCX to include LCX Link. This is designed to open access… Read More

September 3, 2021 @ 11:53 am By JD Alois  |  

Funding Circle, an online lender for SMEs, has launched a buy now, pay later (BNPL) payments product thus expanding its set of Fintech services. In a release, Funding Circle announced FlexiPay in a move to “revolutionize” the £1 trillion payments market. Funding Circle says that… Read More

August 30, 2021 @ 1:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fintech investments are fueling growth in the MENA region’s digital economy as consumers increasingly begin to conduct cashless transactions, following the Coronavirus outbreak. The region’s financial technology space is also benefitting from updated regulatory guidelines that may be more conducive for growth, according to consultancy… Read More

August 25, 2021 @ 2:50 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Small businesses’ average total sales reached 80% of pre-COVID levels, according to a recent Kabbage Survey. COVID-19 vaccination rates among small business owners have outpaced the US national average while issues with recruitment and reopening protocols “persist,” the Kabbage team noted earlier this month. Kabbage,… Read More

August 16, 2021 @ 10:13 am By JD Alois  |  

TWINO, an online lending marketplace based in Latvia, is reporting a record profit of €7.4 million on revenue of €61.6 million. The profit was an increase of 28% versus the year prior while top-line revenue increased by 30% year over year. Anastasija Oļeiņika, CEO of… Read More

August 15, 2021 @ 8:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Prosper, a peer-to-peer lending company that connects borrowers and investors with over $17B in loans issued via its platform, has shared its Performance Update Report for the month of July 2021. As noted in the report prepared by Haiyan Huang from Prosper, dated August 13,… Read More

August 12, 2021 @ 8:10 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Online lender October is currently active in five different European countries and now it’s the turn of the CEO of October Italy Sergio Zocchi to share his views and insights (after the company’s Netherlands and Spain Chief Executives provided comments during interviews). Sergio Zocchi, who… Read More

August 5, 2021 @ 11:22 am By JD Alois  |  

Octane Lending has raised $52 million in Series D funding at a valuation of $900 million according to the Fintech. The funding round was led by Progressive Investment Company, Inc. (part of Progressive Insurance with participation from existing investors Valar Ventures, Upper90, Contour Venture Partners,… Read More

July 31, 2021 @ 9:04 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Latvia-based P2P lending platform Sun Finance has exceeded the €1 billion (appr £851.7 million) milestone in the total loans provided. The company reveals that it’s on track to end 2021 with €200 million in earnings. Established in January 2017, the Sun Finance platform has managed… Read More

July 30, 2021 @ 7:48 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at European P2P lending service provider Bondora notes that while return rates on their platform originations declined in June when compared to figures from May 2021, returns over the most recent few years “were still above their target rates.” The Bondora team has… Read More

July 28, 2021 @ 4:53 pm By JD Alois  |  

LendingClub (NYSE:LC), a Fintech that started as a peer-to-peer lender and now operating as a digital bank, has posted strong 2nd quarter results that easily topped expectations. LendingClub finally turned the corner on profitability shredding guidance that had expected a loss. Shares moved considerably higher… Read More

July 26, 2021 @ 6:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital lending software provider Blend (NYSE:BLND) has listed its shares on the NYSE after submitting its registration statement with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), earlier this year, in order to go public. The Fintech said will now focus on accelerating its ability to… Read More

July 25, 2021 @ 7:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

India’s Paytm, which has approved plans for almost a $2 billion IPO on the Indian bourses, recently shared how to lend credit to your clients in an effortless manner with Paytm Payouts. Over 10 years ago, could you have really imagined offering a loan to… Read More

July 22, 2021 @ 8:29 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Assetz Capital has now been accredited as a recovery loan scheme lender. The team at Assetz Capital, which serves as a marketplace lending platform, notes that the lender will be delivering property-secured loans “between £250,000 and £10m” to SMEs across the United Kingdom, covering commercial… Read More

July 17, 2021 @ 8:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at European online lender October has published a blog post on credit risk analysis models including their construction and application. October notes in an update that the Covid-19 health crisis has led to two situations: a rise in the number of new loan… Read More

July 17, 2021 @ 10:31 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Prosper, a peer-to-peer lending company that connects borrowers and investors with over $17B in loans issued via its platform, has shared its Performance Update Report for the month of June 2021. As noted in the report from Prosper, dated July 15, 2021: “In June, we… Read More

July 16, 2021 @ 9:51 am By JD Alois  |  

Marketplace lending platform Assetz Capital has added two executives to its bridging team to accelerate the growth of bridge loans. Assetz Capital states that the moves signal a strategic focus on the bridging market for the lender. Since 2013 the Fintech has originated about £1.5… Read More

July 13, 2021 @ 7:09 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has taken action against GreenSky, LLC for “enabling contractors and other merchants to take out loans on behalf of thousands of consumers who did not request or authorize them,” according to a statement from the Bureau. The CFPB has… Read More

July 8, 2021 @ 12:52 pm By JD Alois  |  

  Younited, a France-based Fintech that provides both online lending as well as payments and BaaS, has raised $170 million in equity capital in a move that is expected to accelerate product innovation and expansion of its solutions including the launch of Younited Pay, a… Read More