Tagged: peer to peer

September 2, 2019 @ 7:29 am By JD Alois  |  

Folk2Folk, a peer-to-peer lender for local, rural and SME businesses, has now surpassed £300 million in lending, according to a company release. Folk2Folk notes that it is the 3rd largest P2P Lender to UK businesses in terms of money lent. Folk2Folk has a unique local… Read More

August 30, 2019 @ 10:39 am By JD Alois  |  

Peer to peer property investment platform the House Crowd is crowdfunding on Seedrs. Founded in 2012, the House Crowd explains that it has evolved from an FCA regulated P2P platform in the buy to let space to doing multi-million-pound property developments. The House Crowd states:… Read More

August 30, 2019 @ 8:19 am By JD Alois  |  

Robo.cash, a consumer lender that operates in several European countries as well as Southeast Asia, reports that interest in peer to peer lending in Eastern Europe is increasing. Company analysts claim that the search activity associated with P2P lending in Europe indicates a relative popularity… Read More

August 18, 2019 @ 9:39 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Chinese peer-to-peer lending platform Hexindai (NASDAQ: HX) announced last week its invested Indonesian online lending platform, Musketeer Group, Inc. (Musketeer) has completed registration for its peer-to-peer lending platform with the Indonesian Financial Services Authority (OJK). Hexindai notably acquired a 20% equity stake in Musketeer in… Read More

August 15, 2019 @ 10:44 am By JD Alois  |  

Mintos, an online marketplace that aggregates 65 lending companies, is reporting having topped €3 billion in loans financed. The €2 billion hurdle was surpassed in April thus it appears that Mintos is experiencing increasing velocity. Mintos reports that it currently services over 170,000 investors globally…. Read More

August 14, 2019 @ 3:19 pm By JD Alois  |  

Fincera Inc. (OTCQB: YUANF), a China-based peer to peer lending platform providing access to capital for SMEs, has become the target of a local government attempt to shut down P2P lenders. According to a note from Fincera, the Hebei provincial government, where Fincera is based,… Read More

August 11, 2019 @ 8:02 pm By X.Y. Ng  |  

Thanks to the rise of peer-to-business (P2B) lending, the concept of Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) debt as an asset class has altered for the better. With low risk of default and high-interest rate returns, it is now possible to invest in SME debt at… Read More

August 10, 2019 @ 4:51 pm By JD Alois  |  

SME Peer to peer lending platform Growth Street has joined digital bank Starling Bank‘s marketplace, according to a blog post. Excited to announce that GrowthLine is now available on the #Starling Marketplace! It means your business can apply for and manage your GrowthLine all from… Read More

July 30, 2019 @ 7:50 am By JD Alois  |  

Robo.cash, a peer to peer lending platform operating in Europe as well as parts of Asia, has surveyed their investors and come to the conclusion that individuals in different parts of Europe – invest differently.  According to Robo.cash, investors in Central Europe tend to make… Read More

July 29, 2019 @ 6:59 am By JD Alois  |  

Last week, peer to peer lender Viventor selected Andrius Bolšaitis as the new CEO of the online lender. In a release, the company said previous CEO Toms Niparts was departing the firm to start a new, unnamed company. Viventor, based in Riga, is a P2P… Read More

July 22, 2019 @ 10:49 am By JD Alois  |  

Not too long ago, the Chinese peer to peer lending industry was growing at a breakneck speed and the largest online lending market in the world. This sector of Fintech was the enormous in China as big names and aspiring platforms moved quickly to fill… Read More

July 21, 2019 @ 9:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Iain Niblock, CEO peer to peer lending aggregator Orca Money, says that current criticism of the P2P sector of Fintech should not be construed as being reflective of the entire industry. Returns, which tend not to be correlated with the stock market, remain strong. The… Read More

July 9, 2019 @ 1:03 am By JD Alois  |  

A “leading financial institution” has committed to funding £1 billion in buy to let mortgages originated on the Landbay platform, according to a post by CEO John Goodall. The company did not disclose the name of the institution. Landbay is also a member of the… Read More

July 8, 2019 @ 8:03 am By JD Alois  |  

Peer to peer lender Initiative Ireland has announced the appointment of Aisling Healey, as the company’s new Director of Finance & Treasury. Healy is said to bring over 30 years’ experience in financial management to the role. She will be responsible for all aspects of… Read More

July 7, 2019 @ 9:15 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Online lending platform Funding Circle announced last week it completed its fourth securitization of funding. According to Funding Circle, the £232 million transaction is considered the largest ever securitization facilitated through its platform. “The transaction was rated by two rating agencies, and its senior tranche was… Read More

July 4, 2019 @ 1:01 pm By JD Alois  |  

Blockchain startup Generic wants to create a tokenized bridge for peer to peer lending/merchant cash advanced credit, according to a note from the company. While not live yet, Generic claims it will “create a direct bridge between users and companies looking for funds, without an… Read More

July 4, 2019 @ 8:52 am By JD Alois  |  

creditshelf Aktiengesellschaft, a Germany based online lender, says it lending volume has more than doubled in volume during the first 6 months of 2019. In comparing the first half of 2019 versus the first six months of 2018,  creditshelf reports that the volume of arranged… Read More

July 2, 2019 @ 6:26 am By JD Alois  |  

Funding Circle (LSE:FCH) has provided an update to its outlook for 2019, as well as H1 2019 financial results and updates to its statistics pages for the three months ending 30 June 2019. The forecast from the SME peer to peer lender indicates lower revenue… Read More

June 25, 2019 @ 8:39 am By JD Alois  |  

Peer to peer lender and digital bank Zopa is out with note highlighting the fact that consumers too frequently do not receive the interest rate they expect when applying for a loan. In fact, Zopa states that an astounding two-thirds of loan applicants are offered… Read More

June 24, 2019 @ 8:20 am By JD Alois  |  

The peer to peer lending market in China was at one time similar to the ridiculous ICO market. Full of big promises that ended up being empty commitments. Allegations of fraud in the P2P sector in China has been far larger than the ICO sector… Read More