Tagged: online lending

July 21, 2017 @ 5:59 pm By JD Alois  |  

Borrowell, a Canadian Fintech firm that provides a safe way for Canadians to obtain three and five year fixed-rate loans at low interest, has raised $57 million in Series A funding round. The capital infusion included $12 million in equity and $45 million in a new credit… Read More

July 21, 2017 @ 10:47 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

While revealing a “refresher” of its lending policies, UK-based peer-to-peer lender, Zopa, announced that as of July 20th it has lent £2.46 billion and is lending around £80m per month. “With the support of our customers, we have (as of 20 July 2017) lent £2.46bn… Read More

July 20, 2017 @ 10:35 am By JD Alois  |  

AutoGravity says it has now surpassed 500,000 in just one year. AutoGravity is an App-based online lender targeting the auto financing space. Pick the car and request a loan all on your smartphone. It’s that simple. AutoGravity has benefited from a growing number of high… Read More

July 20, 2017 @ 9:33 am By JD Alois  |  

RateSetter has been hit with a series of significant operational challenges as several large loans have struggled.  The widely reported series of events have culminated in approximately £48 million worth of loans being taken over by the P2P Lender. This amount would have  outstripped the… Read More

July 19, 2017 @ 7:39 am By JD Alois  |  

Prospa, an online lender to Australian small business, has been awarded the 2017 Telstra New South Wales Medium Business Award in the 2017 Telstra Business Awards. Prospa said it was the first Fintech company to be awarded the accolade. This is the company’s third consecutive… Read More

July 18, 2017 @ 7:56 am By JD Alois  |  

Bondora, a European peer to peer lender based in Estonia, has announced that it has become profitable during the first six months of 2017. Bondora stated that it had generated a net profit of €300,00 during the first half of the year. The overall revenue target… Read More

July 17, 2017 @ 3:36 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just eight months after announcing its plans to move into Hong Kong and Singapore, Chinese peer-to-peer lending platform Lufax is set to make its way to Singapore. It is now prepping to launch its new platform called Lu International.  As previously reported, Lufax Chairman and… Read More

July 15, 2017 @ 9:20 am By JD Alois  |  

Fluid, a Fintech and Adtech startup has expanded its service to US students into 32 different states. The App based lender is available on iTunes allowing up to $500 in credit without any additional interest payments.  The description on iTunes explains it is exclusively designed… Read More

July 14, 2017 @ 11:15 am By JD Alois  |  

GLI Finance (AIM: GLIF) has announced that FundingKnight has been granted full Authorisation from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). FundingKnight is an online / P2P Lender providing access to capital for UK SMEs. FundingKnight has been operating under interim permissions since 2014, when the FCA… Read More

July 13, 2017 @ 6:01 pm By Therese Torris  |  

  Germany is a huge SME and VSME (very small business) credit market. But it is not as mature a market for online marketplace lending as the UK, the US, or even the Netherlands. This partly explains why Funding Circle Germany’s early loan book underperformed…. Read More

July 13, 2017 @ 8:49 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Chinese peer-to-peer lending platform Dianrong announced on Wednesday it has acquired Quark Finance’s asset-origination operations. According to the online lender, the transaction will expand and strengthen its existing asset generation capabilities across Asia. Dianrong reported that Quark Finance currently operates 71 borrower service centers in 47 Chinese… Read More

July 12, 2017 @ 5:04 pm By JD Alois  |  

LendingClub (NYSE:LC), an online marketplace connecting borrowers and lenders, has announced that it will report second quarter earnings, which ended on June 30, after the bell on Monday, August 7, 2017. LendingClub will host a conference call to discuss the Q2 results at at 2:00PM… Read More

July 11, 2017 @ 7:35 am By JD Alois  |  

iwoca, an online SME credit provider and a founding member of Innovate Finance, formed a partnership with Intesa Sanpaolo Group on SME lending. Intesa Sanpaolo is among the top banking groups in the euro zone and the leading business lender in Italy. The bank has a… Read More

July 10, 2017 @ 11:27 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

China Rapid Finance announced on Monday it has exceeded 20 million cumulative loans facilitated since its marketplace lending platform launch. According to the lender, this new milestone demonstrates accelerating the growth of its consumer marketplace due to the fact that the number of facilitated loans… Read More

July 10, 2017 @ 10:31 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

LendingTree (NASDAQ: Tree) announced on Monday it has appointed Brad Wilson as its new Chief Marketing Officer. According to the online lender, Wilson has experience in growth and profitability of consumer brands and held the position of General Manager at Travelocity. Speaking about Wilson’s appointment,… Read More

July 10, 2017 @ 9:42 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Monday, Australia-based online lender SocietyOne announced it not only celebrated its five year anniversary, it has also surpassed $300 million in total originations. The platform revealed it advanced over $100 million of new lending during the first half of 2017 and its loan book increased… Read More

July 10, 2017 @ 9:16 am By Therese Torris  |  

German online consumer lending marketplace auxmoney announced that it has crossed a new milestone: the marketplace has granted more than 70,000 loans worth more than €500 million in cumulated volume. Raffael Johnen, CEO of auxmoney, commented: “Half a billion euros worth of loans. This demonstrates… Read More

July 7, 2017 @ 4:47 pm By JD Alois  |  

Below is the copy of the letter Paul Mathieson, the CEO of IEG, sent to Scott Sanborn, CEO of LendingClub, and the LendingClub Board of Directors. In the letter, Mathieson declares his intent to commence a tender offer for up to 9.99% of LendingClub (NYSE:LC)… Read More

July 7, 2017 @ 4:22 pm By JD Alois  |  

LendingClub (NYSE: LC) has announced that on June 29, 2017, its Board of Directors received a letter from IEG Holdings Corporation (IEG) stating its intention to acquire up to 9.99% of the outstanding common stock of LendingClub on the basis of two shares of IEG common stock… Read More

July 7, 2017 @ 11:23 am By JD Alois  |  

Marlette Funding, LLC, an online consumer lending platform and service provider, has closed its third securitization from its proprietary “MFT” shelf. Marlette states that approximately $369 million of BestEgg unsecured personal loan collateral was financed via three classes of Notes and one class of Certificates with… Read More