Tagged: online lending

December 12, 2017 @ 1:19 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Finnish crowdfunding and peer-to-peer lending platform Fellow Finance announced on Tuesday it received payment institution authorization from the Financial Supervisory Authority of Finland. The online lender claims it is the first funding platform to receive this type of authorization, which will notably enable Fellow Finance to… Read More

December 12, 2017 @ 9:55 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Peer-to-peer lending platform Prosper announced on Tuesday it has appointed former Chief Marketing Officer of J.P. Morgan, Claire Huang to its board of directors. According to Prosper, Huang has held senior leadership positions at various well-known financial services companies, which includes Bank of America, Fidelity Investments, and American Express. While… Read More

December 12, 2017 @ 9:15 am By JD Alois  |  

Affirm, a Fintech that provides point of transaction access to credit, has been received Unicorn status, according to multiple reports. Affirm is the creation of Max Levchin, a PayPal co-founder, who knows a thing or two about finance. According to a report in Bloomberg last… Read More

December 11, 2017 @ 9:31 am By JD Alois  |  

The Mintos marketplace for loans has added its first Russia based loan originator: EcoFinance. The online lender offers investments in unsecured personal loans issued in Russia under its CreditPlus brand. Mintos reports that EcoFinance loans on its marketplace will initially be listed in Euros with… Read More

December 11, 2017 @ 8:00 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Friday, online lending platform SoFi announced that it has closed its $769 million SoFi Private Student Loan notes (SoFi 2017-F). The lender revealed that the closing marked its 12th ABS transaction this year and brings the total amount of ABS issuance to $6.9 billion. SoFi reported… Read More

December 8, 2017 @ 4:02 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this week, Harmoney announced there has been an increase in Kiwi SMEs that are tapping into peer-to-peer (P2P) lending for business cashflow. The New Zealand online lender stated it estimates $100 million will be loaned to business accounts through its lending platform within the… Read More

December 8, 2017 @ 10:58 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this week, online lending platform Zopa announced that users may now set their repayments to automatically move into an ISA. The lender reported this means that users may gradually move their Zopa money into an ISA without having to sell loans and pay fees… Read More

December 7, 2017 @ 7:01 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF), the leading global research institute for all things Fintech, has published its fourth annual survey on UK alternative finance. According to the report, entitled Entrenching Innovation: The 4th UK Alternative Finance Industry Report, the sector of emerging financial… Read More

December 6, 2017 @ 4:59 pm By JD Alois  |  

Yellow Brick Road has added online lender Prospa to its lending panel. The move was described as an effort to diversify its lending offerings for Australian small business customers. Yellow Brick Road is a full service wealth management company that offers products and services for… Read More

December 6, 2017 @ 11:02 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Wednesday, UK peer-to-peer lending platform RateSetter released its accounts for the year ending on March 31, 2017. The online lender reported that revenues were £23.7m, up 38 percent from 2015-16; loans under management grew by 23 percent, from £581m to £714m; the number of… Read More

December 6, 2017 @ 9:23 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Marketplace lending platform Lendio, recently announced its has opened its new franchise located in Nashville, Tennessee. Lendio revealed that its franchise program makes accessing business loans easy by helping small business owners skip the legwork of looking for a small business loan. The online lender noted that… Read More

December 5, 2017 @ 6:54 pm By JD Alois  |  

LendingClub (NYSE:LC) has gone from Wall Street darling to Wall Street dog. Since the IPO at the tail end of 2014, shares in the largest marketplace lending platform in the US have struggled to regain its offer price of $15 a share. If you are… Read More

December 4, 2017 @ 3:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

LendingTree recently announced it has entered into an amended and restated $250 million five-year senior secured revolving credit facility that will replace its previous $125 million credit agreement. According to the online lender, the amended and restated revolving credit facility provides increased borrowing capacity and improved pricing, along with greater strategic and operational… Read More

December 3, 2017 @ 6:26 pm By JD Alois  |  

Hexindai (NASDAQ:HX), a China based peer to peer lender, became the most recent Chinese online lender to trade on a US exchange early last month. The company will report fiscal year results this coming Tuesday before markets open. The  online lender listed their shares on the… Read More

December 1, 2017 @ 1:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Thursday, peer-to-peer lending platform Crowd For Angels reportedly announced the launch of its £50 million bond investment opportunity. This news comes less than a year after Crowd for Angels launched its first crowd bonds, which are described as specially created secured, high-interest products act are… Read More

November 30, 2017 @ 9:48 pm By JD Alois  |  

Prospa, an online lender serving SMEs in Australia, had a visit from the Honorable Scott Morrison yesterday. The Treasurer of Australia help to open up Prospa’s new high tech Darlinghurst office, which apparently is quite large extending over two floors housing a team of 150…. Read More

November 30, 2017 @ 1:07 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK-based peer-to-peer lending platform Assetz Capital announced on Thursday its Innovative Finance ISA (IFISA) will be available as a wrapper on all of its investment accounts, including the manual lending account. The online lender reported that the IFISA will be launched next month, with users… Read More

November 29, 2017 @ 3:22 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Peer-to-peer lending platform Assetz Capital completed its latest equity crowdfunding round on Seedrs. The online lender launched the funding round last month and raised a total of £1,665,892.  As previously reported, the launch of Assetz Capital’s latest funding round comes just after the online lender announced from… Read More

November 29, 2017 @ 11:31 am By JD Alois  |  

According to a report in El Español, peer to peer lender Comunitae has ceased all operations indefinitely due to fraud detected on the platform this past October. The Comunitae web site is still live but certain portions are not functional. Madrid based Comunitae is described… Read More

November 28, 2017 @ 3:47 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Monday,  Financial Markets Authority (FMA) today published its first statistical report on peer-to-peer lending (P2P) and crowdfunding in New Zealand. The organization described the report as a snapshot of P2P and crowdfunding activity in New Zealand for the year ended June 30, 2017. It was revealed: “The… Read More