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Orchard Works to Shape the Future of Marketplace Lending with Partner Forum

Orchard Platform will be holding its first Partner Forum designed to help shape the future of marketplace lending.  The inaugural event will involve Orchard executives alongside industry executives such as Noah Breslow of OnDeck, Ron Suber of Prosper and Tom Glocer of Angelic Ventures. According… Read More

loanDepot Partners with Orchard

loanDepot has announced a new partnership with Orchard Platform – the company that is at the nexus of online lending and institutional participation. loanDepot will now be integrating its performance data into the Orchard U.S. Consumer Marketplace Lending Index and Market Data products. loanDepot states believes… Read More

The Online Lending Ecosystem (Infographic)

Orchard has updated their Lendscape infographic once again.  As the online lending ecosystem has matured, Orchard has periodically created a visualization depicting the intertwining relationships from investor to borrower.  Orchard is uniquely positioned as they channel much of the capital flowing between big money and… Read More

Temporary Jitter or Trouble Ahead? Orchard Says 2016 is Different for Marketplace Lending

Orchard platform, the company at the epicenter of marketplace lending, has published a thought-provoking missive that makes one wonder about the state of the economy.  David Snitkof, co-founder and data guru at Orchard, states that after only 6 weeks in – 2016 is a very… Read More

Orchard Platform Super Loan Bowl II: We Predict the Winner

After our show stopping success last year in using data on borrowers to predict the Super Bowl winner, we decided to for a second year of success, even if the Patriots did not.  Using the loan data from Lending Club over 2010-2015, we compared borrowers… Read More

China – US Event to Focus on Future of Marketplace Lending

Industry representatives from the two largest economies in the world, China and the United States, will gather in San Francisco later this month to discuss the future of P2P / marketplace lending.  The conference is organized by Sync US International (Chi Mei International) a bilateral “resource”… Read More

Brief: Orchard MPL Monthly Report Shows Quarterly Growth

Orchard has published its’ monthly industry report covering the marketplace lending sector for consumer unsecured loans. According to data provided by the company, total origination volume has consistently increased quarter-over-quarter during the past year. Some highlights included in the document; Borrower interest rates have been… Read More

Orchard’s Originator Database Grew 400% in 2015

Orchard platform has revealed its Originator Database grew 400% in 2015.  Announced towards the end of 2014, the online application launched with 30 online lenders.  Today the database numbers 150 originators and continues to grow. Orchard is the digital service that connects marketplace lending platforms with… Read More

Orchard Shares “Most Interesting” Charts of 2015

Orchard platform has published a recap of 2015 but has done this in a visual fashion. Yes, Orchard loves the data and associated charts. But then a picture can be worth a thousand words.  Co-founder and Chief Analytics Officer of Orchard, David Snitkof, has used… Read More

Orchard: Helping Marketplace Lending Investors Make Their “Pick”

The marketplace lending industry has been above the fold lately, in particular the online platforms, borrowers and investors, but it is important to remember that the MPL ecosystem is made up of many other players. If you need evidence of this, just check out the… Read More

Orchard Partners with Bloomberg. Will Distribute Marketplace Lending Index

Orchard Platform has inked an agreement to partner with Bloomberg Professional service to provide the Orchard US Consumer Marketplace Lending Index. Orchard is a unique platform.  It is the digital pipeline for institutional funds flowing into marketplace lending loans.  This exchange of investors and borrowers… Read More

What Do We Want FinTech to be When it Grows Up?

Last week, Mike Cagney, the CEO of SoFi, gave an interview in the San Francisco Business Journal in which he made some fairly controversial comments. It instantly made the rounds in the industry and has become  a topic of much debate. I recommend reading the… Read More

Orchard Perspective: There Will Be A Global Shift in the Way Capital is Distributed

Orchard, an important participant in the online lending world, benefits from a unique perspective.  The company powers the digital pipes that channel billions of dollars of institutional money into marketplace lending platforms.  As a valued partner in the P2P / Marketplace lending space, Orchard took… Read More

LendTech Angels Hosts First Successful LendLab for FinTech Entrepreneurs

Despite a hot and rainy New York City morning, there was a great turn-out at LendTech Angels’ first LendLab event.  Hosted by Kiran Lingam, managing director of LendTech Angels, the event gave aspiring marketplace lending startups an education in the regulatory landscape they are entering…. Read More

Orchard Accelerates. Raises $30 Million in Series B

Orchard platform, the company that has become the internet pipes to funnel institutional funds into marketplace lending platforms, has raised more money. This time Orchard has received $30 million in a Series B Funding round led by some big names in finance. Already recognized as… Read More

Why Invest in Marketplace Lending Loans? Great Returns Of Course

In a recent write-up on the Orchard blog, the FinTech company profiled Don Davis, Managing Partner of Prime Meridian Capital Management. Davis launched the Prime Meridian Small Business Lending Fund in the summer of 2014. The objective was to lend to high quality SME loans… Read More

Orchard Shares Thoughts on US Treasury’s Interest in Marketplace Lending

On August 5th the US Department of Treasury hosted over 80 individuals as part of a series of roundtables and information seeking events to discuss the fast growing sector of Marketplace Lending.  This past July, Treasury published a “Request for Information” regarding Peer to Peer… Read More

Orchard Provides Feedback on Recent US Treasury Interest in Marketplace Lending

  Last week Crowdfund Insider published a report on how the US Department of Treasury was investigating marketplace lending and the rising prominence of online, direct lenders. While the interest is certainly understandable, anytime the government shows up – industry gets concerned.  While Treasury stated their… Read More

Report: An Update on the Marketplace Lending Ecosystem (Infographic)

  Orchard, the conduit platform for institutional money flowing into direct lending platforms, has published an update on the marketplace “Lendscape”.  Orchard is uniquely positioned to provide perspective into the evolving ecosystem because the majority of substantive marketplace lending platforms are plugged into their network…. Read More

Orchard on Marketplace Lending: This is the Tip of the Iceberg

One of the interesting (and helpful) aspects of marketplace lending is the volume of data that is made readily available. Many direct lenders are noted for their exceptional transparency with more than a few publishing data on their loans including default rates.  Orchard, the company… Read More

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