Tagged: smart lenders

October 29, 2024 @ 10:40 am By JD Alois  |  

Smart Lenders AM has signed an exclusive arrangement with Pony via its Lending Smart Fund 1. Pony is an online lender in the mobility sector operating in 21 different cities in France and Belgium. It finances scooters, bicycles, and other mobility items. The credit is… Read More

October 23, 2023 @ 9:25 am By JD Alois  |  

Smart Lenders AM, a Paris-based investor in online loans, has announced a partnership with UK-based Ooodles, a financing firm for tech products. Erich Bonnet, Président of Smart Lenders, said that they are providing capital via their Lending Smart Fund 1, participating in the early financing… Read More

June 1, 2023 @ 9:09 am By JD Alois  |  

Smart Lenders AM has surpassed $2 billion in online loans financed, claiming to be the top European crowdfunding specialist for debt. Smart Lenders, based in Paris, invests in loans originated in online lending platforms in Europe and the US. Loans include both consumer and business…. Read More

March 20, 2023 @ 12:57 pm By JD Alois  |  

Smart Lenders AM, an asset management company specializing in managing portfolios of loans from established marketplace lenders, online-lending platforms and crowdlending platforms, has issued a statement in light of the ongoing market volatility and strain on the banking sector. Since its launch, Smart Lenders AM… Read More

February 21, 2022 @ 4:17 pm By JD Alois  |  

Smart Lenders AM has announced the launch of the Lending Smart Fund 1, a debt fund targeting European platforms. In a public statement, Smart Lenders said that in Europe, apart from consumer and SMBs loans, the market is composed of new niches, like fractional payments… Read More

July 26, 2021 @ 8:34 am By JD Alois  |  

Smart Lenders AM, a France-based asset management firm that is focused on loan portfolios from online lenders, is celebrating the 5th anniversary of its Moonstone Lending Fund (MLF) SIF SICAV launched in July 2016. Smart Lenders moved from London to Paris in 2018. Smart Lenders’… Read More

June 28, 2021 @ 8:15 am By JD Alois  |  

Smart Lenders AM, an asset management firm that invests in loans originated on online lending platforms, reports that in June it topped $1 billion in purchases through online lending platforms. The loans include $900 million of consumer loans and $100 million of SMB loans. Launched… Read More

December 10, 2020 @ 9:25 am By JD Alois  |  

The online lending sector has been hammered by the ongoing COVID-19 health crisis as consumers struggled to pay personal loans and SMEs backed away from debt. Many Fintech lenders worked diligently with borrowers to mitigate the impact of the pandemic with loan extensions and deferred… Read More

September 7, 2020 @ 11:14 am By JD Alois  |  

Smart Lenders AM, a firm that invests in marketplace lending, has received an equity investment from Matmut, according to a company release. Matmut is said to have been an investor in the Moonstone Lending Fund, the main investment vehicle managed by Smart Lenders. Matmut reportedly… Read More

November 19, 2019 @ 1:24 am By Therese Torris  |  

Smart Lenders AM announces the upcoming launch of a new fund dedicated to financing loans to European SMEs issued through marketplace lending platforms (crowdlending). Smart Lenders AM is an asset management firm that specializes exclusively in financing loans issued by online marketplace lenders. Established in… Read More

May 20, 2015 @ 8:43 am By Erin Hobey  |  

In an article posted today in the Luxumburger Wort, Luxembourg Finance Minister Pierre Gramegna commented that FinTech is the engine driving new financial services business models, promoting the Grand Duchy as a location for the burgeoning ICT sector. “What Silicon Valley has in Tech, we have in Fin,”… Read More

April 3, 2015 @ 7:02 am By JD Alois  |  

Luxembourg based Direct Lending Investment, advised by Smart Lenders, has created the first US Dollar denominated security that is backed by peer to peer, or marketplace, funded loans.  As part of the process, Direct Lending Investment is using  Orchard’s analytics technology, according to information received… Read More