Tagged: online lending

November 2, 2017 @ 2:42 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK-based peer-to-peer property platform Lendy announced on Thursday it has broken all previous records for loan repayments generated in any one month, recovering £20 million in total in October 2017 alone. The online lender reported that this exceeds its previous September 2016 high of £14.5 million. The… Read More

November 2, 2017 @ 9:43 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK-based peer-to-peer business lender Growth Street has successfully surpassed £100 million in online lending. The platform, which was launched in 2013, allows investors to lend to small-and medium-size businesses using a flexible working capital solution. According to Peer2Peer Finance News, along with its lending milestone, Growth… Read More

October 31, 2017 @ 5:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Several years back while at LendIt Europe in London, I had the opportunity to sit down with Karen Mills a Senior Fellow at the Harvard Business School Harvard. Mills previously was a Cabinet Member during the Obama Administration from 2009 to 2013. At that time,… Read More

October 31, 2017 @ 2:42 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Less than two and a half years after successfully raising more than £3.2 million through its Seedrs campaign, peer-to-peer lending platform Assetz Capital has returned to the equity crowdfunding platform to raise more growth funds. The news of Assetz Capital’s latest funding round comes just after… Read More

October 31, 2017 @ 1:52 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, Latvian peer-to-peer lending platform DoFinance announced it is now available for investments from legal entities. According to the online lender, it is already offering investment options for individuals and is operating in both European and Asian markets. According to DoFinance, for both individuals… Read More

October 30, 2017 @ 9:48 am By JD Alois  |  

PeerIQ, a leading provider of loan-level analytics that is big into the alternative finance space, has partnered with  Mosaic on a $307 million loan securitization. Mosaic is a leader in the solar financing sector. Launching as a peer to peer lender, Mosaic has shifted into… Read More

October 30, 2017 @ 9:25 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Marketplace lender SocietyOne announced on Monday it is set to provide positive consumer credit information to credit bureaus as part of the move to establish a fully-fledged comprehensive credit reporting (CCR) regime in the country of Australia. The online lender stated it will start sending… Read More

October 29, 2017 @ 4:17 pm By Ido Lustig  |  

What is a world-class risk team and how do you build one? I’m often asked that question as Chief Risk Officer of BlueVine. Like other Fintech lenders, we are intensely focused on risk. Building a world-class risk team has been and will always be a… Read More

October 27, 2017 @ 3:20 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

ING announced this week it has started to offer online lending to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in France and Italy. According to ING, this proposition fits its strategy to grow its lending business to SMEs and creating a differentiating customer experience. The offering has… Read More

October 27, 2017 @ 8:17 am By JD Alois  |  

CommonBond, an online lender that helps students and graduates finance their loans, has closed a $248 million securitization of refinanced student loans. This is the largest and highest rated securitization for the Fintech to date. The offering’s most senior notes achieved AA ratings from Moody’s,… Read More

October 26, 2017 @ 2:40 pm By JD Alois  |  

SoFi recently topped $25 billion in loan originations, according to a tweet by the Fintech platform.. The company also claims a growing community of just under 400,000 users. The online lender skipped over the standard milestone release and shared the information via social media. The positive… Read More

October 26, 2017 @ 7:48 am By JD Alois  |  

Quantuma, a corporate recovery and business advisory firm that works with several peer-to-peer lending platforms, has joined the UK Peer to Peer Finance Association (P2PFA). Earlier this year, the P2PFA announced the creation of Associate Members to broaden its membership beyond strict lending platforms. At… Read More

October 25, 2017 @ 1:19 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Singapore-based WishFinance announced on Wednesday the global expansion of its blockchain platform. According to the company, this decision was widely applauded by investors who put into the project during the token pre-sale campaign from October 15th to October 25th.  As previously reported, WishFinance has issued more… Read More

October 24, 2017 @ 2:40 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Peer-to-peer lending platform RateSetter announced on Friday it has formed a partnership with Experian to help businesses both invest and grow. The online lender revealed that the new collaboration with Experian is now providing credit reference data and analytical services, which ensure that RateSetter continues… Read More

October 23, 2017 @ 4:20 pm By JD Alois  |  

A law suite between investors and LendingClub (NYSE:LC) received the green light to proceed as a class action from US District Judge William Alsup in California last week. The case stems from investors who purchased shares in the online lender only to see the value… Read More

October 23, 2017 @ 1:30 pm By JD Alois  |  

Mambu is a Software as a Service (SaaS) platform that has quickly differentiated its product as a leader in the white label core banking space. The cloud based service provides a path for both traditional finance and Fintech’s to rapidly launch a digitally native financial… Read More

October 22, 2017 @ 7:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Fundera, an online lending comparison site, has partnered with Oliver Wyman on a report about SME lending. Entitled, “Great Expectations: Improving the loan application process for small business borrowers, the document effectively labels the traditional borrowing process as broken. Their research concludes that banks generally… Read More

October 22, 2017 @ 2:30 am By JD Alois  |  

Fincera Inc. (OTCQB: YUANF), a provider of online financing and e-commerce services for small and medium – sized businesses and individuals in China, has reported financial results for the second quarter ended June 30 , 2017. According to their numbers, loan transaction volume across both… Read More

October 20, 2017 @ 11:33 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Peer-to-peer lending platform ThinCats announced on Friday it has appointed Ravi Bagri as its new Origination Manager, who will cover the Midlands region. According to the online lender, Bagri is considered one of the most well-established names in the Midlands finance sector and has nearly 30… Read More

October 19, 2017 @ 1:11 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Online lender OppLoans announced on Thursday it has appointed Andy Pruitt to the role of CTO. Pruitt is a renowned technologist and company founder. Pruitt is a hands-on technologist who has helped start and grow three Chicago-area software companies. He is founder of Data Anywhere, a data management company. The lending platform… Read More