Tagged: online lending

June 20, 2018 @ 8:50 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Hexindai (NASDAQ:HX), a China-based peer to peer lender, announced on Tuesday it was officially accepted as a member of the Nandu Finance Digital Union on June 11th. The lending platform reported that the Union, which was launched in April 2018 by the Nanfang Metropolis Daily and the Nandu Finance… Read More

June 18, 2018 @ 10:44 am By JD Alois  |  

Ranger Direct Lending Fund is preparing to wind down operations due to struggling returns and a dust up with a large shareholder. In an announcement today, Christopher Waldron, Chairman, and Director Matthew Mulford have both confirmed that they will resign immediately, both citing the fact the… Read More

June 15, 2018 @ 3:39 pm By JD Alois  |  

puddlePuddle, an online lender that provided micro-credit in a peer to peer platform, is shutting down. In an email circulated by the company, Puddle founders stated that after five years of operation the businesses model was “unsustainable.” Founded in 2012, the site was envisioned as… Read More

June 15, 2018 @ 7:53 am By JD Alois  |  

UK based peer-to-peer lender RateSetter is reporting that subscriptions to its IFISA have surpassed £100 million. This milestone took four months to reach and, according to RateSetter, faster than any other P2P lender. To date, RateSetter has originated over £2.5 billion in online loans to… Read More

June 13, 2018 @ 7:49 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Funding Circle has announced that a new report produced by Oxford Economics revealed that lending through its platform unlocked 45,000 jobs in the UK in 2017. Globally this number jumps to 75,000 across all four of the Funding Circle markets. Overall, Funding Circle’s platform contributed £2.4… Read More

June 9, 2018 @ 2:38 pm By JD Alois  |  

Online lender Unchained Capital has closed on a $2.995 million seed round, including a $595k SAFE. Investors included, Michael Komaransky, Brian Spaly, Mike W. Erwin and Whurley of Ecliptic Capital, and Ezra Galston of Starting Line. In addition to making investments this round, Komaransky, Erwin and Galston… Read More

June 8, 2018 @ 9:52 am By JD Alois  |  

  Online mortgage lender LendInvest reports it is scrambling to hire new employees due to the demand of its Buy-to-Let (BTL) product. The LendInvest team has now grown to 15 people in the short period since the  BTL product was launched in November 2017. Antonia… Read More

June 5, 2018 @ 10:00 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Online lender BlueVine announced on Tuesday it raised $60 million through its Series E Funding Round, which was led by Menlo Ventures, and includes new investors, such as SVB Capital. All major existing investors also participated. The funding round comes just a little over a month… Read More

June 4, 2018 @ 12:31 pm By JD Alois  |  

Lendix, a Paris based online lender that claims to be the number one SME lender in all of continental Europe, has received a new €32 million funding round for its European development. Investors in this round include Idinvest Partners, Allianz France and CIR S.p.A. (a… Read More

May 31, 2018 @ 5:07 pm By JD Alois  |  

A report on online lending is promoting the benefits of providing access to capital for small businesses in the US. As we all know, small business is absolutely vital to the health of the economy. If SMEs don’t have access to credit the economy suffers… Read More

May 25, 2018 @ 11:41 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Autotrader and Kelley Blue Book announced earlier this week it is working with LendingTree to offer more auto lending options. While sharing details about the new collaboration, Jai Macker, Senior Vice President of Product at Cox Automotive, the mother company of Autotrader and Kelley Blue… Read More

May 25, 2018 @ 8:16 am By JD Alois  |  

UK based peer to peer lending platform RateSetter has topped £2.5 billion in loan originations, according to a note from the company. The online lender provides credit to both individuals and UK SMEs. The milestone comes just as RateSetter announced that it had generated £100… Read More

May 24, 2018 @ 9:35 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Sberbank announced on Thursday it has extended more than ₽535 billion in loans to SMEs since the start of 2018. The bank reported that over the first four months of 2018, lending to SMEs increased by 74.4% vs. the same period in 2017. “Sberbank has… Read More

May 17, 2018 @ 11:00 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this week, France-based online lending platform Lendix announced it has appointed Luuc Mannaerts as the new CEO of Lender Nederland, Lendix’s Dutch subsidiary. According to the online lender, Mannaerts has more than 20 years of experience in the Dutch and European banking sector. Prior to… Read More

May 16, 2018 @ 10:49 am By JD Alois  |  

Marcus, a fast emerging digital only challenger bank, is poised to enter the UK market and then cross the channel to set up operations in Germany. This is according to multiple reports as the erstwhile online lender leverages its successful US tech in other markets…. Read More

May 16, 2018 @ 9:45 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Prosper, a peer-to-peer lending platform connecting borrowers and investors, reported earlier this week its financial results for the first quarter of 2018. The online lender revealed that loan originations increased 27% year-over-year to $744 million, driven by strong demand for the company’s personal loan product… Read More

May 15, 2018 @ 7:08 am By JD Alois  |  

UK Peer-to-peer lending platform RateSetter has topped the milestone of returning £100 million in pre-tax interest payments to its investors. RateSetter reports accomplishing this without any individual investor losing a penny. Launched in October 2010, RateSetter now claims over 500,000 customers. From the investing side, more than… Read More

May 14, 2018 @ 5:38 am By JD Alois  |  

Latvian Fintech Mintos is reporting a profit in its brief three year old history. According to the company, the global online marketplace for loans has seen their revenue increase more than four-fold in 2017 to € 2.1 million generating a net profit for the year of €… Read More

May 11, 2018 @ 7:43 am By JD Alois  |  

Mintos, a European marketplace for  peer to peer loans, is a leader in Continental Europe with an estimated 39% market share. Today, Mintos has announced a significant next step by listing their first UK originator – thus expanding into the most robust P2P market in… Read More

May 8, 2018 @ 4:44 pm By JD Alois  |  

LendingClub (NYSE: LC), the largest marketplace lending platform in the US, has just released their Q1 earnings report while providing guidance for the full year. According to LendingClub, revenue increased 22% to $151.7 for the quarter with originations growing 18%. Total lending has now topped… Read More