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

August 21, 2017 @ 9:03 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Monday, Funding Circle announced it is set to launch a new version of its existing Autobid and Autosell lending tools. Funding Circle will be eliminating the option to manually choose which businesses an investor may lend to and which loan parts to sell will be… Read More

August 19, 2017 @ 4:17 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Friday, P2P lending platform RateSetter announced it has withdrawn from the Peer-to-Peer Finance Association (P2PFA). This news comes less than a month after the online lender was hit with a series of significant operational challenges as several large loans have struggled. RateSetter stated; “Following our… Read More

August 17, 2017 @ 11:17 pm By JD Alois  |  

Singapore has worked hard to gain, and retain, the crown of Asian Fintech Hub and you can guarantee it won’t give it up without a fight. There are several countries that are in the race. Recently both Australia and Hong Kong have staked a claim… Read More

August 15, 2017 @ 10:16 am By JD Alois  |  

4thWay, a peer to peer lending comparison platform, is out with a note that cautions users on the utilization of six money comparison websites stating they display “wildly inaccurate information about peer-to-peer lending.” Neil Faulkner, co-founder and managing director of 4thWay, commented on the report; “When… Read More

August 15, 2017 @ 8:57 am By JD Alois  |  

Singapore based Funding Societies has become the first peer-to-peer lending platform to become a member of the International Association of Credit Portfolio Managers (IACPM), a prestigious forum for credit risk management. Funding Societies also reported that risk expert Terry Tse has joined the online lender’s… Read More

August 15, 2017 @ 8:07 am By JD Alois  |  

Peer to peer lender ThinCats has facilitated a £2.4 million loan for the Academy of Contemporary Music (ACM) as part of a growth initiative by the Academy. Founded in 1997 to provide higher education courses for students in the contemporary music and arts arena, ACM… Read More

August 12, 2017 @ 12:31 pm By Xu Gao  |  

China Sets up Centralized Clearing Platform for Online Payments The People’s Bank of China, the country’s central bank, has required all banks and third-party payment institutions to connect to a unified platform by June 30 of 2018 to ensure effective regulation and transaction security. The… Read More

August 11, 2017 @ 4:13 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Friday, online lender Zopa announced an update on its loan sale pricing. The lending platform reported that it has made some changes to how it works out the value of loans for more accurate pricing. But, due to technical issues, some investors may have paid… Read More

August 11, 2017 @ 7:55 am By JD Alois  |  

LendingClub‘s (NYSE:LC) CIO has posted an update on the online lenders performance including some perspective into the LendingClub model. The executive explains that part of the power of the marketplace lending model is the iterative nature of the loan making process. Over time, data generated… Read More

August 10, 2017 @ 3:28 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Asset-backed lending platform Ablrate announced it has received a rapid response following the launch of its new flexible IFISA. The online lender revealed the exciting news on Twitter. 80 IFISAs opened with Ablrate in 48 hours with £350,000 deposited. Get your tax free trading account… Read More

August 10, 2017 @ 8:44 am By JD Alois  |  

Robo.Cash, an automated peer to peer lending platform with a buyback guarantee, reports that July was a solid month for the online lender as investments jumped 30%. The young platform was launched in February.  In the first half of the year, Robo.Cash says that over… Read More

August 8, 2017 @ 11:07 pm By JD Alois  |  

The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) is expected to strengthen the regulation of internet finance firms including peer to peer lenders and payment platforms. The report by China News references a statement by the PBOC that labels some financial products offered by Fintech firms as… Read More

August 7, 2017 @ 1:16 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Monday, online lender OnDeck released its second quarter 2017 financial results, which revealed a significant narrow quarterly loss along with providing an update regarding the lender’s ongoing $45 million cost rationalization plan, and reaffirmed it is on track to achieve GAAP profitability by the end of 2017…. Read More

August 7, 2017 @ 8:47 am By JD Alois  |  

Peer to peer lender  Fellow Finance has added a new invoice financing option for SMEs in search of finance. Fellow Finance, which is based in Finland, said this move established their company as the most comprehensive crowdfunding platform in Europe for long-term business loans and… Read More

August 3, 2017 @ 6:27 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

RateSetter recently announced its lenders have now delivered more than £2 billion in loans to people and businesses across the UK and in doing so have earned over £76 million in interest. According to the online lender, 94% of its lenders are individuals looking for… Read More

August 2, 2017 @ 10:41 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Chinese peer-to-peer lending platform Dianrong announced on Wednesday it successfully secured $220 million during its Series D round funding, which was led by GIC Private Limited with participation from CMIG Leasing, Simone Investment Managers, and other institutional and individual investors. The funding round comes just two… Read More

August 2, 2017 @ 9:12 am By JD Alois  |  

FundedByMe Malaysia (FBM Crowdtech Sdn Bhd), one of the first approved crowdfunding platforms in the country,  has created a peer to peer lending platform for SMEs. The new platform, entitled AlixCo, is designed to help finance Malaysian entrepreneurs and to address the SME financing gap in… Read More

August 1, 2017 @ 3:13 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, Swedish fintech firm Klarna announced the launch of its new peer-to-peer (P2P) payment app, Wavy. This news comes less than two weeks after the company announced its strategic equity investment from Permira. According to Klarna, Wavy enables consumers across 31 European markets to transfer… Read More