Tagged: online lending

May 7, 2019 @ 7:54 pm By JD Alois  |  

LendingClub (NYSE: LC), the leading marketplace lender in the US, reported first-quarter results today. According to the online lender, applications grew 31% with originations hitting $2.7 billion. Importantly, 73% of customers were approved within the first 24 hours – a necessary metric in the digital… Read More

May 7, 2019 @ 11:26 am By JD Alois  |  

European peer to peer lending platform Robo.cash has published a note on platform investors indicating that after the first month of investing, users tend to invest 30% more. The second month, investors bump it up by another 10%. The intimation is that new investors test… Read More

May 6, 2019 @ 10:11 pm By JD Alois  |  

Peer to peer lender Fincera (OTCQB: YUANF) has issued their 2018 year-end results. The Chinese online lender reported top line revenue for the year ended December 31, 2018 at RMB 1,412.0 million (USD $205.7 million), an increase of RMB 388.1 million from RMB 1,023.9 million… Read More

May 5, 2019 @ 10:05 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

OnDeck (NYSE: ONDK), a small business online lending platform, announced on Thursday its 2019 first quarter financial results. According to OnDeck, net income of $5.9 million, Adjusted Net Income of $8.3 million and gross revenue of $110.2 million. “Net income was $5.9 million, or $0.07 per diluted share, and decreased from the… Read More

May 1, 2019 @ 12:38 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Online platform Proplend announced on Wednesday it is making its property funding solutions available to individual owners of commercial property, as well as continuing to provide commercial investment finance solutions to corporate vehicles. According to Proplend, the Proplend loans are available to invest in manually… Read More

April 29, 2019 @ 9:39 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Online lending platform Funding Circle announced on Monday it partnered with Oxford Economics to launch a new report, called “Big Business of Small Business,” which revealed banks have been giving small businesses the “cold shoulder” one decade after the financial crisis, causing the businesses to fail… Read More

April 25, 2019 @ 2:34 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

FinanZero, a marketplace for consumer loans in Brazil, announced on Thursday it secured $11 million through its Series B funding round. Participants of the round were Atlant Fonder, Dunross & Co, and Vostok Emerging Finance. As previously reported, FinanZero describes itself as an independent broker… Read More

April 24, 2019 @ 2:19 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Fintech unicorn SoFi is reportedly seeking to raise $500 million from the Qatar Investment Authority. The company, which has a valuation of $4.3 billion, has previously raised $2 billion from investors, which includes Manhattan Venture Partners, RSC Capital, SoftBank, Silver Lake Partners, and DCM Ventures. Founded… Read More

April 23, 2019 @ 9:43 am By JD Alois  |  

Beginning today, LendingClub (NYSE: LC) will connect small business borrowers seeking a loan on their online lending platform with both Funding Circle and Opportunity Fund. The initiative is being pitched as a collaboration designed to substantially increase small business owners’ access to transparent, affordable and… Read More

April 23, 2019 @ 1:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Peer-to-peer investment platform RateSetter has been recognized with a prestigious Queen’s Award for Enterprise for excellence in innovation. Established in 1965, the Queen’s Award for Enterprise is the most prestigious business award in the UK. The Award recognizes the success of innovative businesses which are… Read More

April 22, 2019 @ 12:44 pm By JD Alois  |  

Online Lender Upgrade, a Fintech serving the consumer credit market, has been named a “Best Place to Work in the Bay Area’”by the San Francisco Business Times and Silicon Valley Business Journal. Upgrade is the creation of  CEO Renaud Laplanche, the founder of publicly traded… Read More

April 18, 2019 @ 1:58 pm By JD Alois  |  

The largest marketplace lending company LendingClub (NYSE: LC) will report Q1 2019 results after the bell on Tuesday, May 7, 2019. According to the Q4 report, the following guidance was provided: Net Revenue to be in the range of $162 million to $172 million Consolidated… Read More

April 18, 2019 @ 8:40 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Lendified, a lending platform for small businesses and a SaaS technology platform providing AI-enabled credit origination and analytics to financial institutions, announced on Wednesday it secured $15 million through its latest funding round with institutional and private investors. The investors include CI Financial Corp., Windsor Private… Read More

April 17, 2019 @ 6:38 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

The European Investment Bank (EIB) announced on Wednesday it will lend €100 million to small businesses through online lending platform Funding Circle. According to the banking group, the investment, alongside a further €25 million from a leading global asset manager, will support more than 2,000… Read More

April 16, 2019 @ 8:44 am By JD Alois  |  

Welendus (PTP Funding Limited), a peer to peer lending platform, has received an investment from the Unicorn Ascension Fund (UAF) for an undisclosed amount. The investment was said to be used for future expansion into India. Other early-stage investors in the company include Pontaq, a… Read More

April 15, 2019 @ 9:35 am By JD Alois  |  

A report from Mintos, an online marketplace for investments in loans, states they have topped €2 billion in funding. Mintos CEO and co-Founder Martins Sulte commented that hitting the €2 billion milestone shows that Mintos is on on the right path of making financial services… Read More

April 14, 2019 @ 9:12 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Peer-to-peer property lender CrowdProperty will be closing its Seedrs funding round after surpassing £1 million in funding from close to 550 investors. As previously reported, CrowdPropert describes itself as a platform that promotes investments that return up to 8% per annum noting that, to date,… Read More

April 14, 2019 @ 9:04 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Propio, a UK-based property investment platform, is set to close its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube with more than £350,000 from nearly 465 investors. As previously reported, Propio describes itself as the home of the Property ISA.  Its platform notably combines decades of property expertise… Read More

April 12, 2019 @ 10:32 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Online lending platform SoFi announced on Thursday the availability of two new exchange-traded funds (ETFs), the SoFi Select 500 ETF (NYSE: SFY) and the SoFi Next 500 ETF (NYSE: SFYX). According to SoFi, both funds have fee waivers in place that lower total fund expenses… Read More

April 11, 2019 @ 1:36 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Less than six months after announcing the first rated securitization of its receivables portfolio, Credibly, a small and medium-sized business lending platform, announced the next phase in its balance sheet growth strategy by launching a $10 million investment grade-rated senior debt offering. The transaction closed late… Read More