Tagged: p2p

October 25, 2016 @ 7:32 am By JD Alois  |  

Lending Club (NYSE:LC) has entered a new credit vertical with the launch of an auto loan refinancing product. The marketplace lending platform pointed to the fact that for most consumers an auto purchase is their second largest following their home. Initially only residents of California will… Read More

October 24, 2016 @ 10:46 pm By JD Alois  |  

Australian online lender DirectMoney (ASX: DM1) has secured institutional funding for loans originating on its platform, according to the company’s board of directors.   The specific details were not immediately available but reportedly contractual terms on the wholesale institutional loan funding agreement was made with… Read More

October 24, 2016 @ 11:38 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last week, UK-based alternative finance lender for SMEs, LendingCrowd, announced the launch of its new P2P deal to investors. The platform stated that by investing £5000, investors will get a 2.5% joining bonus allocated to their accounts and access to a lending platform that achieved… Read More

October 24, 2016 @ 7:21 am By JD Alois  |  

Lending Club (NYSE:LC) has scheduled third quarter earnings release for Monday, November 7, 2016. The conference call will take place at 8AM ET that day. A live webcast of the call will be available at on the Lending Club website under the Events & Presentations menu…. Read More

October 21, 2016 @ 8:07 am By JD Alois  |  

Irish born but Asia based, First Circle has received $1.2 million in seed funding led by Key Capital and IMJ Investment Partners.  The online lender is targeting SME in the Philippines first but plans on expanding across Southeast Asia. Speaking with Businessworld.ie, Patrick Lynch, the… Read More

October 19, 2016 @ 11:16 am By JD Alois  |  

This past weekend, Crowdfund Insider reported that China government officials published a list of restrictions for peer to peer lenders. These were largely a rehash of previously revealed regulations directed towards internet finance and more specifically peer to peer lending. But the Chinese government is… Read More

October 17, 2016 @ 12:35 pm By JD Alois  |  

Fitch Ratings is out with a note on Goldman Sachs’ foray into the online lending market. Fitch says that Marcus, Goldman’s recently launched lending platform, seeks to combine the best of both Fintech and the stability of being a more traditional bank. Marcus is differentiated from… Read More

October 16, 2016 @ 12:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

The evolving Chinese peer to peer lending sector took another twist in the regulatory path, as the government issued a special work plan this past week. According to ECNS, the plan incorporated a list of restrictions for P2P lenders to help curb investor and borrower… Read More

October 16, 2016 @ 10:29 am By JD Alois  |  

CircleBack Lending has stopped making loans. This is according to a report by Bloomberg. The online lender said that funding had vaporized as some borrowers failed to repay their loans.  CircleBack provides unsecured consumer credit for loans from $3000 to $35,000. Michael Solomon, CEO and co-founder… Read More

October 15, 2016 @ 10:27 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this week, CEO of peer-to-peer lending platform Zopa Jaidev Janardana took to the stage of the marketplace lending conference, LendIt Europe, to share details about the industry’s growth and development over the past year. During his keynote speech, “2016: Growing Up,” Janardana noted despite… Read More

October 14, 2016 @ 5:07 pm By JD Alois  |  

Siddhartha Jajodia, Lending Club‘s Chief Investment Officer, has forwarded a letter to the platform’s investor’s updating the key stakeholders on credit and interest rate changes. The letter from Lending Club (NYSE:LC) was disclosed in an 8-K filed with the SEC today (October 14, 2016). In… Read More

October 13, 2016 @ 8:37 am By JD Alois  |  

Lending Works, a consumer peer to peer lending platform, has received full authorisation by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).  Lending Works said it had originally applied for FCA approval in October of 2015 and had undergone a “stringent review process”. Lending Works has been operating… Read More

October 11, 2016 @ 10:20 pm By JD Alois  |  

  The answer is keep it simple, and  keep it transparent. The above statement came from Lord Adair Turner in a speech delivered at LendIt Europe this week. He was reflecting upon how peer to peer lending can avoid situations of systemic risk as exemplified… Read More

October 11, 2016 @ 12:35 pm By JD Alois  |  

Lord Adair, the former FSA Chair and longtime banker, sideswiped the UK online lending industry last year during an interview on BBC.  Adair criticized the peer to peer lending industry in a blistering statement regarding disruptive online lenders; “The losses which will emerge from peer-to-peer… Read More

October 10, 2016 @ 11:25 pm By Pawee Jenneeranon  |  

The Peer-to-Peer Lending Industry in Thailand Peer-to-peer lending, which is also known as social lending or crowdlending, has drastically increased in the recent years in many countries around the world. The total volume of peer-to-peer lending activities has been growing rapidly. A good example is… Read More

October 10, 2016 @ 12:20 pm By Xu Gao  |  

PowerEgg Drone: Most crowdfunded campaign in the drone industry ever! Up to 30th September, 2016, PowerEgg Drone from PowerVision has raised more than ¥86.3 million (USD $12.87 million), becoming the most funded campaign on JD.com’s crowdfunding platform. The previous record belonged to Niu.com which raised… Read More

October 7, 2016 @ 11:29 am By JD Alois  |  

Leading marketplace lending platform Prosper has launched a new credit card services. Prosper’s “Credit Card Optimizer” is designed to aid consumers in managing their credit cards more effectively – stratght from their smartphones. Credit Card Optimizer seeks to save consumers money by solving common credit… Read More

October 7, 2016 @ 7:54 am By JD Alois  |  

Online commercial mortgage marketplace lender LendInvest has released financial results and for the 3rd year running has reported a profit of £3.4 million. The company also stated that revenue rose 133% in the 12 months ending in March 2016. Gross revenue hit £32 million versus… Read More

October 7, 2016 @ 7:38 am By JD Alois  |  

Finstar backed peer to peer lender Viventor has released a statement saying it is experiencing 60% average monthly growth during its first year of operation. The online lender launched in October 2015.  The company also shared that initial results after launch in 2015 were disappointing but said… Read More

October 5, 2016 @ 4:38 pm By JD Alois  |  

According to multiple reports, Prosper is shutting down secondary trading for it’s loans eliminating a liquidity path for retail investors. The justification was stated as lack of demand. Bloomberg reported that Sarah Cain, a Prosper spokesperson, explained the decision as one driven by utilization; “While… Read More