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Online Lender Upstart Catches a Bid as Earnings Deemed Positive by Investors

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

Estateguru, a P2P Investing Platform, Reports Stable First Quarter of 2023

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

SME Online Lender Biz2Credit Recognized as a Fastest Growing Firm

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

UK’s CrowdProperty, a Specialist Property Lending Platform, Secures £414,271 via Seedrs

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

Australia: MoneyMe Raises $37 Million in Equity Funding

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

Smart Lenders Issues Comment on Banking Challenges

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

Accelerated Payments Adds New VP Of Biz Dev

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

Fintech TP24 Leverages Securitization Model to Lend, Raises Capital on OurCrowd

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

Fintech Apple: Big Tech Firm’s BNPL Service Launching Soon, Followed by an Extended Credit Product Apple Pay Monthly

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

Business loan Approval Rates Increase at Alternative Lenders, Small Banks, While Big Banks Decline

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

Accelerated Payments Tops €1 Billion in Originations

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

Creditspring Experiences Jump in Demand for Loans as Cost of Living Impacts Consumers

Creditspring is reporting an increase in demand which they are attributing to the rapid increase in the cost of living, which is expected to continue in 2023. Creditsrping said that during the last 12 months, 260,000 borrowers sought credit on the platform, with “members” increasing… Read More

Digital Lender and Non-Bank Challenger MONEYME Introduces Credit Score

Digital lender and non-bank challenger MONEYME (ASX: MME) has officially launched a new credit score product that has already “seen over 37,000 new customers swarming to discover their score during a Beta Trial, despite zero marketing of the product so far.” The MONEYME Credit Score… Read More

LendingClub Slashes Workforce by 14% as Economy Stumbles

LendingClub (NYSE:LC) has become the latest Fintech to cut costs and reduce employee headcount. According to an SEC filing and release, Lending Club will slash its workforce by 14% or 225 employees while reducing costs and incorporating a reorganization plan. LendingClub said the move was… Read More

Family and Friends Lending Platform Pigeon Now on iOS and Android

Y-Combinator alumni Pigeon is now available on both iOS and Android with its friends and family lending app. Founded by CEO Brian Bristol, he created Pigeon to create a tool to enable peer-to-peer lending between friends and family by automating the process of loaning money,… Read More

Funding Circle US Appoints New Managing Director

Funding Circle US, a subsidiary of the UK firm Funding Circle (LSE:FCH) has selected a new Managing Director to lead operations. According to a release, Steve Allocca will take over the US operations of the SME online lending platform, reporting directly to Funding Circle CEO… Read More

SmartLenders Distributes End of Year Commentary: Better Times Ahead

SmartLenders, an asset manager in the marketplace lending sector, has distributed an end-of-the-year missive with an optimistic note predicting better times ahead. SmartLenders states: “It cannot be ruled out that in 2023, a massive reduction in inflation, a solution to the Ukrainian conflict and a… Read More

Avant Raises $250 Million of Debt and Preferred Equity from Ares Management Alternative Credit

Avant has raised $250 million of corporate debt and redeemable preferred equity from Ares Management Alternative Credit funds, according to a release. Avant is an online lender that targets alternative assets like specialty finance, leasing, structured products and more. Matt Bochenek, CEO of Avant, said… Read More

Asian Platform Funding Societies Tops THB 1 Billion in Thailand

Singapore-based Funding Societies has surpassed THB 1 Billion (USD $27.8 million) in online lending in Thailand, according to a note from the company. Funding Societies secured a license in Thailand in 2021. Funding Societies is a platform providing access to capital for SMEs in multiple… Read More

Marketplace Lender Prosper Releases Latest Performance Update

The team at Prosper notes that they’re sharing performance data from the Prosper Portfolio for October 2022. Highlights from the Prosper Performance Update – October 2022: Dollar % of AA-B rated loan originations in October comprised approximately 63% of total loan originations, representing a 102… Read More

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