Tagged: sofi

March 9, 2016 @ 4:10 pm By JD Alois  |  

While this should probably not come as a surprise, SoFi CEO and founder Mike Cagney spoke to WSJ.com and announced the creation of a hedge fund.  The SoFi Credit Opportunities Fund filing hit the pages of the SEC in January and is designed to invest in SoFi’s own… Read More

March 6, 2016 @ 8:04 pm By JD Alois  |  

SoFi, perhaps the fastest growing marketplace lending platform, is investigating the possibility of launching a Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT). This is according to a report in Bloomberg that cited people with knowledge of the preparations.  SoFi is said to be considering the option as… Read More

February 7, 2016 @ 7:05 pm By JD Alois  |  

Don’t Bank. SoFi. The marketplace lender doesn’t want to change the banking industry. It wants to eliminate it completely. Having raised a mere billion dollars last year, SoFi has decided to spend a few dimes on promoting its message around the country. And what better… Read More

January 29, 2016 @ 2:27 pm By JD Alois  |  

  SoFi is one of the fastest growing marketplace lending platforms in the United States. The direct lender started by providing student loan services to well-educated young professionals. These borrowers were typically ignored by banks as the monolithic banking model and its antiquated process denied reality… Read More

December 31, 2015 @ 3:07 am By Erin Hobey  |  

As 2015 comes to a close, here are some highlights from WWF, the wonderful world of fintech. And what a year it’s been!  At the close of last year, the world watched Lending Club’s astounding IPO. By this November, the firm surpassed $13B from borrowers since its 2006 launch. During… Read More

December 26, 2015 @ 12:42 pm By JD Alois  |  

  The end of one year, and the entry into another, typically brings a cacophony of predictions for the new year along with lamentations and accolades for the one ending. At the beginning of 2015 (January 2nd to be precise), I peered deeply into my… Read More

December 17, 2015 @ 3:26 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

IVP, a later-stage venture capital and growth equity firms in the U.S., announced on Thursday that it has raised a new $1.4 billion fund and distributed over $500 million in capital back to its Limited Partners, including the proceeds from three significant M&A transactions: Business… Read More

December 17, 2015 @ 11:08 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

SoFi, a marketplace lender for financially responsible consumers, announced on Thursday it has surpassed $6 billion in funded loans across mortgages, personal loans, and student loan refinancing. Founded in the Fall of 2011, SoFi is the first marketplace lender to have reached Founded in the Fall… Read More

November 23, 2015 @ 8:36 am By JD Alois  |  

Moody’s assigned definitive rates to the  SoFi Professional Loan Program (2015-D).  According to Moody’s, approximately $536 million in asset backed securities were rated. The securities are backed by student loans.  Moody’s said cumulative expected net loss for the loan pool was about 4.7%. The rating… Read More

November 12, 2015 @ 8:13 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

  “I think Fintech, particularly as it applies to lending, has the capacity to completely transform how consumers and small business use credit. The best platforms are true innovators, underwriting consumers and small businesses in new ways using data that was simply unavailable ten or… Read More

October 27, 2015 @ 8:34 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Renren Inc. (NYSE: RENN) (“Renren” or the “Company”), a real-name social networking internet platform in China, announced on Tuesday  it has completed an additional $150 million preferred stock investment in Social Finance Inc. (“SoFi”), a San Francisco-based online lending company. Renren has been an investor… Read More

October 5, 2015 @ 11:06 pm By JD Alois  |  

Sofi CEO and co-founder Mike Cagney recently commented on the $1 billion in funding they received from a Series E round led by SoftBank.  Cagney nonchalantly explained they now have more options as to when they will go public. That is a bit of an… Read More

October 5, 2015 @ 12:32 pm By JD Alois  |  

RenRen is a publicly traded company that is listed (ADRs) on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE:RENN). The company is making an attempt to go private and has an offer on the table to buy-out shareholders at a price of $4.20 per share. RenRen’s traditional… Read More

October 1, 2015 @ 9:18 am By JD Alois  |  

Online lender SoFi has just closed on a Series E funding round in the amount of $1 billion.  Led by SoftBank, SoFi has claimed the “largest single financing round in the Fintech space” ever. SoFi has now raised approximately $1.42 billion in equity. The marketplace… Read More

September 11, 2015 @ 10:42 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

SoFi, the second largest marketplace lender, today announced Arthur Levitt, the longest-serving chairman of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), will become an advisor.  Levitt served at the SEC from 1993 to 2001. The firm also announced it has surpassed $4 billion in funded… Read More

August 27, 2015 @ 4:25 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Insurance Provider, USI Affinity, announced on Thursday that is has formed a partnership with marketplace lending, SoFi, to offer members of the Pennsylvania Bar Association (PBA) the opportunity to consolidate and refinance their private and federal student loans into a single loan with a lower… Read More

August 24, 2015 @ 8:34 am By JD Alois  |  

SoFi, or Social Finance, is a marketplace lending platform that uses data to provide loans to refinance student debt.  The direct lender has had an enviable degree of success in generating solid risk adjusted returns for its investors. SoFi claimed the title of fastest growing marketplace… Read More

August 17, 2015 @ 3:20 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

SoFi, the second largest marketplace lender, announced on Monday that Joanne Bradford has joined the firm as Chief Operating Officer.  Bradford was most recently head of partnerships at Pinterest. She is a seasoned executive highly regarded for her experience driving growth at some of the country’s leading startups,… Read More

August 4, 2015 @ 1:01 pm By JD Alois  |  

Renren, a Chinese social media platform and significant investor in disruptive finance, is going through a period of turmoil.  On July 31st acting Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Ashley Law Kwok Wai, resigned from his position at the company to “pursue another career opportunity”. Around the same time… Read More

July 30, 2015 @ 9:35 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

SoFi, a marketplace lender, announced it has priced a securitization of $417.6 million in refinanced student loans. It also announced SoFi was considered the first fintech company to receive an “AAA” rating from DBRS and an “AA2” from Moody’s for the senior notes, which equaled $387.3 million. Nino Fanlo, SoFi CFO/COO,… Read More