Tagged: online lending

August 29, 2018 @ 8:57 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Mortgage marketplace lender LendingHome announced on Tuesday it surpassed $3 million in loan originations. The milestone news comes just little over eight months after the online lender surpassed $2 billion in loan originations. Founded in 2013 and began lending in mid-2014, LendingHome states it has the online… Read More

August 27, 2018 @ 4:25 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Irish peer-to-peer lender Flender has reportedly raised €10 million through its latest funding round to lend to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Flender, which was launched in early 2017,  is authorized and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority under Registration Number 657861. The online lender is now on a… Read More

August 27, 2018 @ 2:59 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Crowdstacker, a UK-based peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platform, recently announced it has exceeded £50 million in funds raised for UK businesses that are featured on its portal. According to the online lender, 100% of the P2P lending funds raised for British businesses through Crowdstacker has come directly… Read More

August 24, 2018 @ 11:54 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just a little over a week after launching its latest equity crowdfunding round on Seedrs, Short-term peer-to-peer lending platform Welendus has successfully secured its initial £850,000 funding target. Founded in 2015, Welendus seeks to redefine the short-term lending market by launching a peer-to-peer short-term lending platform… Read More

August 23, 2018 @ 8:25 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK-based peer-to-peer lender Proplend recently announced the launch of its new Tranche A auto-lend facility, which allows Lenders that are participating on the property lending platform to now have an automated investing option that allocates their available cash to eligible loan parts. The facility also… Read More

August 23, 2018 @ 5:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Upgrade, an online lending platform founded by Renaud LaPlanche, has closed on a Series C round  in the amount of $62 million. The funding was led by China based CreditEase Fintech Investment Fund. Laplanche previously founded LendingClub, the largest marketplace lending platform in the US…. Read More

August 21, 2018 @ 10:15 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Germany-based banking platform SolarisBank announced on Tuesday it has formed a strategic partnership with digital marketplace for European loans CrossLend for fully automated loan securitization. According to SolarisBank, the partnership will allow the bank group to establish a so-called ‘Balance Sheet Light’ model, with loans being generated in… Read More

August 20, 2018 @ 11:28 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Australia-based marketplace lender SocietyOne announced it celebrated its sixth anniversary of operations as total lending since inception approaches $500 million. Founded in 2012, SocietyOne reported its key mission to provide a better deal for borrowers and lenders. The lending platform claims it has been at the forefront… Read More

August 17, 2018 @ 4:45 pm By JD Alois  |  

LendingClub (NYSE:LC) issued a Form S-8 today which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The filing is related to a registration statement for the issuance of up to 30,365,114 shares of common stock in the online lending firm. According to LendingClub, the issuance… Read More

August 15, 2018 @ 2:23 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Online lender Prosper announced earlier this week the release of its 2018 second quarter results. According to Prosper, year-over-year loan originations increased 12% to $867 million, Net Loss decreased 70% to ($12.6) million and Adjusted EBITDA has also increased 31% to $8.8 million. Highlights of the… Read More

August 14, 2018 @ 2:17 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Short-term peer-to-peer lending platform Welendus has returned to equity crowdfunding platform Seedrs to raise £850,000 in funding. The lender’s latest initiative comes less than one year after it secured £208,898 through the funding portal.   As previously reported, Welendus was founded in 2015 and aims to re-define the short-term lending market by… Read More

August 14, 2018 @ 11:49 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Financing military veteran-owned small businesses lender StreetShares announced on Tuesday it has relocated its Virginia headquarters in order to accommodate the growth of its team. The lending platform’s headquarters will now be located at 1900 Campus Commons Drive #200 in Reston, Virginia. Founded in 2013, StreetShares describes itself as America’s… Read More

August 13, 2018 @ 10:22 pm By JD Alois  |  

Singapore based Funding Societies, a leading peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platform in Southeast Asia, has topped S$ 200 million mark in total crowdfunded SME loans. Funding Societies notes that this accomplishment arrives just 6 months after crossing S$ 100 million in January of this year. The… Read More

August 11, 2018 @ 11:16 am By JD Alois  |  

Ning Tang, founder and CEO of CreditEase – a huge Chinese Fintech that started as just a peer to peer lending platform, recently spoke to Bloomberg in Asia. CreditEase is also the majority shareholder of US listed online lender Yirendai (NYSE:YRD) Tang provided an interesting… Read More

August 10, 2018 @ 8:51 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Hexindai (NASDAQ:HX), a China-based peer to peer lender, announced on Friday it has further strengthened its risk control system to better protect investors throughout the entire process of borrower acquisition, risk-based pricing, post-loan management, and default risk coverage through its new comprehensive, stable and efficient asset… Read More

August 9, 2018 @ 9:54 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Online lending platform OnDeck (NYSE: ONDK) announced on Wednesday it closed a $175 million asset-backed revolving credit facility that consisted of funds provided by Liberty Mutual Insurance Company and certain of its affiliates, as well as funds managed by affiliates of Ares Management L.P. (NYSE: ARES). According to OnDeck,… Read More

August 8, 2018 @ 8:52 pm By JD Alois  |  

There has been an ongoing debate regarding the benefits of marketplace lending when it comes to consumer loans.  A Federal Reserve study hammered peer to peer lending (ie marketplace lending) in late 2017 only to see the study pulled as industry advocates highlighted shortcomings in… Read More

August 7, 2018 @ 4:22 pm By JD Alois  |  

LendingClub (NYSE:LC) is out with numbers for the second quarter of 2018 ending in June. According to a release, LendingClub delivered the following results: Record net revenue of $177.0 million, up 27% year-over-year Record originations of $2.8 billion, up 31% year-over-year Improved Contribution Margin to… Read More

August 7, 2018 @ 3:54 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK-based marketplace platform for mortgages LendInvest recently announced it has removed its debenture and floating charge to its Buy-to-Let (BTL) loan product. The online lender reported that it will no longer require a debenture or floating charge on limited company applications. According to LendInvest, as part of its… Read More

August 6, 2018 @ 3:22 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Linked Finance, an Ireland-based peer-to-peer lending platform, recently announced it facilitated more than €10.1 million to Irish SMEs during the second quarter of 2018, which ended in June. The lender reported the second quarter success follows a strong start to the year, with totaling lending for… Read More