Tagged: sofi

February 7, 2017 @ 12:07 pm By Timothy Li  |  

The Office of Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) is an independent bureau within the United States Department of the Treasury that was created by the National Currency Act of 1863 (154 years ago, 20 years before the automobile was invented by Karl Benz from Germany)…. Read More

February 1, 2017 @ 9:40 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Top Online Lender SoFi Acquires Digital Only Bank Zenbanx SoFi has announced the acquisition of Zenbanx, a Delaware-based Fintech firm providing multi-currency mobile banking services in the U.S. and Canada. SoFi revealed it intends to leverage Zenbanx’s platform and underlying technology to expand its growing suite of… Read More

January 26, 2017 @ 12:21 pm By JD Alois  |  

LendingRobot has officially launched their next big vertical: a Robo-Hedge Fund for alternative lending. Crowdfund Insider initially wrote about the forthcoming Robo-fund when we uncovered an SEC filing for a pooled investment vehicle last November. While the filing became public at that moment, the “LendingRobot… Read More

January 22, 2017 @ 5:19 pm By JD Alois  |  

Leveraging a common language and an emerging Fintech regulatory realm that is improving, SoFi is poised to enter the mortgage lending market in Australia. First reported in the Financial Review, SoFi, one of the largest online lenders in the US, is prepping to challenge  Aussie… Read More

January 17, 2017 @ 2:18 pm By JD Alois  |  

SoFi expects the online mortgage origination industry to be a big portion of their business. In fact, they expect mortgages to experience the fastest growth of any of their products to date. National Mortgage News shared some comments from SoFi management including Chief Revenue Officer… Read More

January 5, 2017 @ 10:34 pm By JD Alois  |  

A report by Renaissance Capital shows the US IPO market tanking in 2016.  The proceeds from IPOs dipped to the lowest level since 2003. This includes the dark years of the Great Recession. While the IPO had a grim year, the researchers at Renaissance are… Read More

January 2, 2017 @ 4:49 pm By JD Alois  |  

Last year due to time constraints I was unable to publish my list of Crowdfunding/Fintech predictions for 2016. This year I am back once again, for better or worse, peering deep into my crystal ball with a list of prognostications for the coming year. The… Read More

December 22, 2016 @ 5:02 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this week, CEO of online lender SoFi, Mike Cagney, sat down with Caroline Hyde on “Bloomberg Technology” to discuss the platform’s plans for 2017 along with revealing details about the lender’s competitors. SoFi, which was founded in 2011, currently offers various types of lending options…. Read More

December 18, 2016 @ 8:10 am By JD Alois  |  

Fitch shared last week its intent to rate SoFi’s RMBS transaction that included 270 loans with a total balance of approximately $168.79 million. The group of loans consists of prime fixed-rate mortgages originated on the SoFi online lending platform. The presale report was pretty positive… Read More

December 14, 2016 @ 11:52 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Last week, SoFi, one of the largest online lenders in the US, made a special appearance on the hit talk show The Ellen Show and offered the audience a bit of a surprise. As previously reported, SoFi describes itself as a “modern finance company.” Its mission has… Read More

December 11, 2016 @ 2:03 pm By Jessica Pham  |  

In a grand mashup of investment and politics, President-elect Donald Trump and Tokyo-based SoftBank Group Corp.‘s CEO Masayoshi Son announced their plan this week to create 50,000 new jobs in the U.S. via a $50 billion investment namely in startups. Deal Street Asia reported that the… Read More

November 23, 2016 @ 4:12 pm By JD Alois  |  

Coverage in minutes. No trip to the doctor necessary. Incredible pricing. This is what most people want to hear when they are considering purchasing life insurance. Online lender SoFi is doing just this but they are targeting the healthiest demographic among us – the Millennials…. Read More

November 4, 2016 @ 4:10 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

SoFi, one of the largest online lenders in the US, announced this week the launch of its new program dedicated to helping homeowners pay off their student debt faster. The platform new offering, which is called the Student Loan Payoff ReFi, allows homeowners to have the… Read More

October 28, 2016 @ 5:16 pm By JD Alois  |  

Orchard Platform is out with their weekly report and they are reporting that “things appear to be getting back on track” as money is flowing back into the online lending sector.  New loan issuance is being led by platforms like SoFi and Avant. If this… Read More

September 21, 2016 @ 9:38 am By JD Alois  |  

SoFi has released a new service as they expand their financial wellness offerings. SoFo has created “SoFi at Work”, the program is similar to a 401(k) where companies offer the service as a nice benefit. It should be noted that SoFi contributes $200 to each… Read More

August 25, 2016 @ 4:01 pm By JD Alois  |  

Joanne Bradford, SoFi COO, visited the studios of CNBC earlier today to give an update on the status of their lending operations. Bradford’s discussion comes  on the heels of Orchard’s industry update that showed a dip in online lending during the second quarter of 2016…. Read More

August 12, 2016 @ 10:59 am By JD Alois  |  

SoFi, one of the largets online lenders in the US, has settled a class action lawsuit regarding “hard credit” inquiries for potential borrowers. Under the terms of the agreement, SoFi will pay a $2.4 million fine which includes $625,000 in fees and $48,000 in cost reimbursements… Read More

June 8, 2016 @ 12:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

SoFi COO Joanne Bradford visited with CNBC yesterday to talk about their Fintech platform and their customers as part of the Disruptor 50 series. SoFi targets HENRY’s or High Earners Not Rich Yet customers with their growing portfolio of lending and financial services. In the… Read More

May 22, 2016 @ 11:20 pm By JD Alois  |  

While the marketplace or online lending industry has been hammered recently with negative news, WSJ.com is reporting that Moody’s has delivered the highest rating possible for a new bond deal coming out of SoFi. According to the report, the most recent bond securitization deal merited a… Read More

April 17, 2016 @ 6:43 pm By JD Alois  |  

  LenditUSA 2016 was bigger than ever. If you look back just three years the venue and the organizers have scaled what was once a relatively small gathering of 375 industry participants in 2013 to one that is truly a global event with over 3,500… Read More