Tagged: online lending

September 9, 2017 @ 1:16 pm By Xu Gao  |  

Online Marketplace Lenders Banned from Lending to College Students in China On September 6th, Zhao Jianjun, deputy director of the Department of Finance at Ministry of Education, announced at a press conference that online marketplace lenders are banned from lending to college students in China…. Read More

September 6, 2017 @ 9:33 am By JD Alois  |  

Latvia based Mintos has reached a new milestone having now topped  €300 million in online loans since platform launch two years ago. Mintos reports that more than €200 million has been invested in 2017 alone, making Mintos a market leader in continental Europe claiming a… Read More

September 6, 2017 @ 9:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Upgrade, Inc., the new consumer online lender launched by LendingClub founder Renaud Laplanche, has announced the appointment of John Dye as General Counsel. Dye migrates over to the Fintech firm from Western Union where he was Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of the… Read More

September 5, 2017 @ 6:20 am By JD Alois  |  

Assetz Capital, one of the largest peer-to-peer lending platforms in the UK, has announced it has received full authorization from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).  Additionally, Assetz Capital has claimed second place in the ranking of UK’s largest P2P lenders as it reports lending in excess… Read More

September 4, 2017 @ 8:46 pm By JD Alois  |  

Prospa , a leading online lender catering to Australian SMEs, has appointed Rebecca James as its new Chief Marketing and Enterprise Officer. Prospa said the move was indicative of platform growth and the need to boost its executive bench. Prospa has been recognized as the Best… Read More

September 3, 2017 @ 8:16 am By JD Alois  |  

Timelio, an online invoice financing marketplace operating in Australia, has received the backing of Anthony Thomson – a leading Fintech entrepreneur who is founder and Chairman of Atom Bank and founder and former Chairman of Metro Bank. Both Atom Bank and Metro Bank have positioned… Read More

September 1, 2017 @ 11:16 am By JD Alois  |  

Fincera Inc. has received FINRA approval to change its ticker symbol to “YUANF“. Previously, the China based online lender had traded under “AUTCF”. Fincera trades on OTC Markets OTCQB. The Company’s common stock has been assigned a new CUSIP number of G3441J102 in connection with the… Read More

September 1, 2017 @ 8:57 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Friday, online lender for small businesses OnDeck (NYSE: ONDK) celebrated 10 years of lending. The company stated that to date it has provided more than $7 billion in capital to over 70,000 customers in 700 different industries in the U.S., Canada, and Australia. Noah Breslow, CEO… Read More

August 29, 2017 @ 7:46 am By JD Alois  |  

ID Finance, an emerging markets focused Fintech company, is now listing investment opportunities on the Mintos marketplace incorporating prime personal loans issued under its Solva brand in Georgia. Solva is a fully owned ID Finance subsidiary in Georgia that has disbursed 28,000 personal loans worth… Read More

August 29, 2017 @ 7:16 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Monday, online lender SoFi announced its members have cumulatively paid off over $5 billion dollars in credit card debt using its SoFi Personal Loans and getting them out of debt faster with lower interest rates. According to SoFi, members who used SoFi Personal Loans to… Read More

August 28, 2017 @ 5:52 pm By JD Alois  |  

Online lending platform Float has allegedly shut down. Crowdfund Insider has heard from several different sources the digital platform has called it quits. Earlier today, Crowdfund Insider attempted to contact the platform but no response has been forthcoming. Float provided an instantaneous line of credit… Read More

August 28, 2017 @ 4:49 pm By JD Alois  |  

LendingClub (NYSE: LC), the largest marketplace lending platform in the US, has scheduled an investor day in New York City. The event, which is by invitation only, will take place on Thursday, December 7, 2017. CEO Scott Sanborn and other executives from the LendingClub management team will provide… Read More

August 25, 2017 @ 5:05 pm By JD Alois  |  

Recently, Crowdfund Insider published an article about Marqeta signing a partnership with Visa on payments and loans. The marriage is designed boost innovations in commercial and consumer payments and online lending. Visa also made a strategic investment in Marqeta at that time to the tune… Read More

August 24, 2017 @ 10:52 am By JD Alois  |  

The Future of Banking is Blockchain and Hero Wants to be the One Hero, part of the PawnHero online lending platform, is preparing an Initial Coin Offering (ICO). You may read the white paper in English here.  PawnHero is an already successful secured lending platform… Read More

August 24, 2017 @ 8:52 am By JD Alois  |  

Suretly quickly topped its minimum funding goal of $1.5 million in its Initial Coin Offering (ICO) and now stands at over $2.9 million. The service descirbes itself as Tinder for Loans and is an online exchange for micro-loan guarantees. SUR tokens issued by the company will… Read More

August 24, 2017 @ 7:21 am By JD Alois  |  

Assetz Capital, a UK based peer-to-peer lending platform, has announced another milestone. Today the platform has shared that investors in aggregate have earned gross returns of more than £25 million on their investments in approximately four years. Assetz Capital says lenders earned an average of… Read More

August 23, 2017 @ 4:08 pm By JD Alois  |  

Zopa, the first peer to peer lender to set up shop in the UK, has filed its annual accounts for 2016, and according to their numbers business is looking better. Top line revenue improved by 61% jumping to £33.2 million for 2016. The operating loss… Read More

August 22, 2017 @ 8:43 am By JD Alois  |  

RiverNorth is out with an encouraging note on its fund that invests in marketplace lending platform loans. As of the end of July 2017, RiverNorth’s portfolio consisted of 10,173 loans, with an average loan size of $10,176. The RiverNorth Marketplace Lending (NASDAQ:RMPLX) is designed to provide… Read More

August 21, 2017 @ 3:15 pm By JD Alois  |  

Last week, Funding Circle celebrated seven years of operation. Launched in August of 2010, three friends from university concocted the concept of peer to peer lending in support of UK SMEs. That first year of operation saw a mere £2 million in loans originated. Today,… Read More

August 21, 2017 @ 1:07 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Australia-based online lender SocietyOne announced on Monday it is celebrating its five-year anniversary of helping customers achieve their lending needs. This celebration comes less than two months after the lending platform surpassed $300 million in total originations. The lender revealed that more than 13,000 customers thanks… Read More