Tagged: online lending

March 5, 2020 @ 9:25 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

LendInvest, a UK-based online marketplace for mortgages, announced on Thursday Legal & General Mortgage Club’s lender panel to extend distribution of its Buy-to-Let product to more brokers. According to LendInvest, The club’s member firms are now able to register with the online lender’s platform and… Read More

March 3, 2020 @ 1:30 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

October, a leading European online lender, announced on Tuesday it has reached new milestone. The lending platform revealed €400 million has been borrowed by SMEs on the platform to finance more than 800 projects. Ein weiterer Meilenstein in der Geschichte von October: mit dem heutigen… Read More

March 3, 2020 @ 8:22 am By JD Alois  |  

Online lending services like peer-to-peer, crowdlending, marketplace lending or direct lending, is predicted to hit $9.6 billion in transaction volume in 2020. A 10% year over year rate of growth, according to a new report. European Fintech loans are expected to hit 1.3 million by… Read More

March 3, 2020 @ 7:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

SMEcorner, an online lender for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), has acquired $30 million in funding through a Series B round, which reportedly includes a combination of debt and equity.  SMEcorner is based in Mumbai, India. SMEcorner’s investment round was led by Paragon Partners, which… Read More

March 1, 2020 @ 10:30 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

U.S.-based online lending platform Lendio recently announced it secured $55 million through its Series E funding round, which reportedly included $31 million in equity led by Mercato Partners’ Traverse Fund and a $24 million debt facility from Signature Bank. The equity round was oversubscribed by existing… Read More

February 29, 2020 @ 10:49 am By JD Alois  |  

Harmoney a leading online lender operating in New Zealand is winding down its peer to peer lending business. This means retail investors will no longer be able to invest in loans originated on the platform. The news was revealed earlier this month in a blog… Read More

February 28, 2020 @ 11:24 am By JD Alois  |  

iwoca, an online lender serving SMEs, has received significant backing from BNY Mellon Insight Investment. According to multiple reports, iwoca has received €100 million to provide funding for small businesses in Germany. Last year, iwoca expressed its intent to boost its presence in Germany, a… Read More

February 27, 2020 @ 10:59 pm By JD Alois  |  

Leading SME online lender Prospa Group Limited (ASX:PGL) has published results for the six months ended 31 December 2019 (HY20). According to the Fintech, total loan originations for the 6 month period were $306.8 million, bringing originations for the calendar year (CY19) to $583.0 million,… Read More

February 27, 2020 @ 8:32 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Compound, an open finance solution provider, has launched a new project that aims to decentralize the governance process for its non-custodial lending protocol and platform. The lending solutions’ developers noted that the platform’s governance token, COMP, will let its holders suggest, discuss, and make changes… Read More

February 25, 2020 @ 1:30 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Lendified, a Canadian online lending platform, is cross-listing a securities offering on crowdfunding platform FrontFundr and DealSquare.  Peter-Paul Van Hoeken, founder and CEO of Silver Maple Ventures, labeled the offering a “ground-breaking development for the private markets.” DealSquare is a new platform created by NEO… Read More

February 25, 2020 @ 10:51 am By JD Alois  |  

LendingPoint, a platform that enables the origination of unsecured personal loans, has closed on $246 million in securitizations. LendingPoint said that two securitizations, one for direct to consumer loans – LendingPoint Receivables Trust 2020-1 (LDPT 2020-1) issued $200 million of rated notes backed by a… Read More

February 25, 2020 @ 7:25 am By JD Alois  |  

Singapore based peer to peer finance platform Funding Societies has announced a new partnership with Singapore E-Business Pte Ltd (SGeBIZ). The arrangement seeks to “provide quick financing solutions to local SME suppliers and their buyers.” Funding Societies offers a diverse range of loan products, that… Read More

February 21, 2020 @ 2:36 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

LenderClose, a U.S.-based proprietary, technology-focused lending platform, announced on Thursday that Ascentra Credit Union has offered up an undisclosed investment through LenderClose’s latest funding round. Founded in 2015, LenderClose stated it was established with the key belief that innovative technology would empower community credit unions… Read More

February 18, 2020 @ 5:18 pm By JD Alois  |  

LendingClub (NYSE:LC), the largest online lending marketplace in the United States, has simultaneously announced a GAAP profitable Q4 while revealing it has purchased a federally chartered bank, Radius Bank, thus immediately vaulting the Fintech into the hot digital banking realm. According to a release distributed… Read More

February 14, 2020 @ 11:08 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Small business lending platform and fintech Numerated announced this week an expansion of its platform to support banks’ full suite of business banking products. The platform will now be offering pre-filled digital applications across business banking products, and a range of digital lending and account… Read More

February 12, 2020 @ 2:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Lending firm Figure Technologies is betting on an animated character, called “Blockchain,” which the firm is hoping will allow it to become more competitive against large financial institutions which currently control most of the businesses that the startup is planning to transform. As explained via… Read More

February 11, 2020 @ 3:51 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Biz2Credit announced on Tuesday its latest Small Business Lending Index revealed the approval percentage for small business loan applications at big banks ($10 billion+ in assets) rose one-tenth of a percent to reach 28.3% in January 2020. According to the Index, the approval rate at… Read More

February 8, 2020 @ 8:38 am By JD Alois  |  

Fitch Ratings has upgraded the rates on several notes that are backed by loans from marketplace lending platform Prosper. According to Fitch, the ratings on the Class B and Class C Series 2018-1 (PMIT 2018-1) notes have improved due to the “growth in hard credit… Read More

February 7, 2020 @ 1:22 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

OnDeck (NYSE: ONDK), a small business online lending platform, recently announced he has appointed Linda Tan as its new Head of Internal Audit. OnDeck reported that Tan will oversee its Internal Audit team and deliver independent, objective assurance and advisory audit services that align with… Read More

February 6, 2020 @ 8:37 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Marketplace lending company Funding Circle (LSE: FCH) is reportedly supporting a U.S. business loan transparency law. According to P2PFinanceNews, the online lender is backing the California introduced law, which will require certain data to be disclosed in commercial credit agreements much like consumer loans. Head… Read More