Tagged: p2p

October 18, 2017 @ 8:57 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Online lending platform SoFi recently announced the launch of its Entrepreneur Program 2.0. The company reported that original program was launched four years ago and since then has helped four classes of 70 companies founded by the lender’s members to get off the ground with its… Read More

October 16, 2017 @ 5:38 pm By JD Alois  |  

LendingClub (NYSE:LC) has filed an 8K with the Securities and Exchange Commission indicating it has entered into a Warehouse Credit Agreement on October 10th with “certain lenders.” In connection with the Warehouse Agreement, “LendingClub Warehouse” also entered into a Security Agreement with the Administrative Agent… Read More

October 16, 2017 @ 9:50 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

SoFi announced on Friday the closing of a $776.7 million offering of SoFi Professional Loan Program 2017-E notes, which has been dubbed the lending platform’s largest loan securitization. According to the online lender, SoFi 2017-E marks the company’s largest asset-backed securities issue to date and its 10th ABS… Read More

October 13, 2017 @ 11:04 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ireland-based peer-to-peer lending company Linked Finance announced on Thursday it secured €2m in equity funding to support its plans for expansion. The funding round was led by the company’s original venture capital backers, Frontline Ventures. The platform has now lent over €34.5 million to Irish SMEs since… Read More

October 12, 2017 @ 6:54 pm By JD Alois  |  

  LendingClub (NYSE:LC), the largest marketplace lending platform in the US, has scheduled its quarterly earnings report for November 7th, at 5PM ET (2PM PT). A live webcast of LendingClub’s call will be available at the Investor Relations portion of the LendingClub websit under the… Read More

October 12, 2017 @ 8:20 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

bitJob announced on Wednesday it has secured $2 million to launch its global, decentralized marketplace for student employment powered by blockchain technology. According to the company, the new marketplace is offering students the opportunity to earn income and sharpen their skills while enriching their resumes,… Read More

October 11, 2017 @ 8:36 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, Biz2Credit announced the release of its latest monthly analysis, which revealed that Business loan approval rates at big banks ($10 billion-plus in assets) hit another post-recession high in September 2017. According to the report, Small business loan approval rates at big banks improved two-tenths of… Read More

October 9, 2017 @ 11:18 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Peer-to-peer business lending platform ArchOver announced on Monday it has nearly doubled its overall lending in the first nine months of 2017. The company reported that since 2017 its total lending has reached £21.39 million, bringing its cumulative total that has been lent to date… Read More

October 9, 2017 @ 11:06 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Linked Finance, Ireland-based peer-to-peer lending company, announced on Monday the launch of its new type of pension account. The account allows holders of self-managed pensions to make P2P lending to Irish SMEs part of their pension investment portfolio. According to Linked Finance, the accounts have… Read More

October 9, 2017 @ 10:10 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Argentina-based peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platform Afluenta recently announced during its fifth-anniversary celebration it was launching commercial loans to the fifth version of its lending platform. According to the lender, in the latest version, it will add its own proprietary credit scoring and introduces commercial loans for people with commercial activities,… Read More

October 6, 2017 @ 9:14 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this week, UK-based peer-to-peer lending platform Landbay announced its September saw a total of £6.31 million lent across 31 mortgages and it announced five new hires.  According to Financial Report, last month’s lending levels were higher than the previous two months combined.  Among the new… Read More

October 6, 2017 @ 2:40 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Thursday, peer-to-peer lending platform RateSetter announced it is celebrating its seventh anniversary this weekend. This celebration comes two months after the platform announced its lenders have now delivered more than £2 billion in loans to people and businesses across the UK and in doing so… Read More

October 5, 2017 @ 9:30 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK-based peer-to-peer property platform Lendy is currently seeking permission to launch an innovative finance ISA (IFISA). This news comes just after the online lender announced its 2016 earnings and additional growth plans. According to FT Adviser, head of marketing and communications for Lendy, Paul Riddell… Read More

October 4, 2017 @ 7:56 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is out with “Master Directions” regarding non-banking financial companies or peer to peer lenders. RBI indicated last month P2P lenders would not be considered banks. The governmental directive is officially known as the “Non-Banking Financial Company – Peer to… Read More

October 2, 2017 @ 9:23 am By JD Alois  |  

Zopa, the largest peer to peer consumer lending platform in the UK, has revealed a new partnership with Saffron Building Society that will deliver a physical presence for the online lender. The new partnership was announced today with Zopa CEO Jaidev Janardan commenting; “The partnership… Read More

October 1, 2017 @ 9:46 am By JD Alois  |  

  Beehive, based in Dubai and MENA’s leading peer to peer lending platform, has raised $5 million in funding as part of a Series A round led by Riyad TAQNIA Fund along with participation by the Mohammed Bin Rashid Fund (MBRF), the financial arm of… Read More

September 29, 2017 @ 10:08 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Assetz Capital, one of the UK’s fastest growing peer-to-peer finance platforms and the largest property backed peer-to-peer lender, announced on Friday it has lowered its entry interest rate for commercial mortgages from 7.9% to 6.9% in an unprecedented move to give access to even lower rates… Read More

September 28, 2017 @ 4:22 pm By JD Alois  |  

LendingClub (NYSE: LC) has sponsored and contributed to its second securitization deal following the the last successful self sponsored deal this past June. The “Consumer Loan Underlying Bond” (CLUB) Credit Trust 2017-P1 (CLUB 2017-P1) issued $323.1 million in prime notes backed by consumer loan assets originated via… Read More

September 28, 2017 @ 7:47 am By JD Alois  |  

Emerging peer to peer lender Robo.Cash has topped €2 million in loans with the advent of the 1000th investor.  According to Robo.Cash, investors are spread across most of Europe with lenders now coming from 28 different countries. The short term loans are coming from Spain and… Read More

September 27, 2017 @ 1:25 pm By JD Alois  |  

Funding Societies, Singapore’s and Southeast Asia’s SME crowdfunding platform, has announced the launch of its new chatbot “Miyu”. This is described as the first such chatbot created by a crowdfunding company in Southeast Asia. Miyu was jointly developed by two Singapore Management University interns at… Read More