Instimatch Global Bolsters Executive Team with Two New Hires The firm has hired Daniel Sandmeier as its CEO and Michael Schmidt as the Executive Chairman.
Online Lenders Aren’t Keeping JPMorgan’s Jamie Dimon Up at Night, but Who Is? Online lending may be taking the SMB loan market share away from banks, but it is payment services startups ...
Fintech Spotlight: Capify’s David Goldin Shares Views on Past, Present and Future In today’s Fintech Spotlight, we connect with Capify CEO David Goldin and discuss the evolution of online lending since ...
What Did You Think of SoFi’s Super Bowl Ad – Are You Great? SoFi showed that they have 'arrived' by joining the exclusive list of companies producing a Super Bowl commercial. But ...
LendingClub Responds to Bloomberg Critique of their Loan Underperformance After claiming that loan data they had published last week was misinterpreted, LendingClub releases a clarification on their loan ...
Spotcap Closes €31.5M Round as Investor Demand in Online Lenders Continues Grabbing funds from private equity firm Finstar Financial Group, Spotcap looks to expand into new countries with their new ...
Fintech Predictions and Thoughts for 2016: Innovation from the Big and Small Finance Magnates dusts off the crystal ball and looks into the future to see what will happen in the ...
P2P and Balance Sheet Lending: Same Same but Different… Hadar Swersky of Smart Box Capital reviews the differences between marketplace and balance sheet based online lending.
What’s Ailing Marketplace Lending Stocks? 2015 was a great year for lenders, but lofty IPO valuations and competition have put a drag on shares ...
US Department of Commerce Taps Funding Circle to Educate Businesses Through a new program with the US Department of Commerce, Funding Circle will be providing education on alternative funding ...
After 72% YoY Growth, BizFi Secures $65 Million in Funding BizFi taps $65 million in financing from Metropolitan Equity Partners as its marketplace aggregation platform for lending grows.
California State Regulators Open Inquiries into Marketplace Lending 12 marketplace lenders have received inquiries from California State regulators for more information about their lending practices.
With a Digital Solution to Conquer Finance, SoFi Targets $30B Valuation SoFi's CEO Mike Cagney sees his firm potentially valued at $30B as it moves into more areas of financial ...
Lighter Capital Closes $9M B Round and Raises $100M to Lend to Tech Firms Lighter Capital raises $100 million, aiming to bring the best of both worlds to equity and debt financing.
Everline and Ezbob Are Latest Lenders to Tap AU10TIX for Fraud Verification Online lenders continue to see value in automated identity fraud prevention tools used for onboarding new customers.
Smart Data vs Big Data: Creamfinance Selling €2.5M in Bonds to Grow Portfolio After raising €5M in an equity sale to fund its future, Creamfinance is selling €2.5M in bonds to help ...
SoFi Raised $1 Billion to Challenge Banks and Other Fintech Firms for Lending Supremacy Backed by SoftBank and existing shareholders, SoFi has raised the largest private funding round within the growing fintech sector.
Capital IQ Launches SME Scorecard to Boost Data on Loans to Women-Owned SME S&P Capital IQ introduces SME Scorecard data analytics to help banks loan to women-owned businesses in emerging markets
Merchant Cash and Capital Rebrands to Bizfi, Launches Marketplace Lending White Label and API Rebranding to Bizfi and launching an API and white label for partners, Merchant Cash and Capital aims to embrace ...
Funding Circle Signs Up H&R Block as Partnership Revenues Growing Quickly Funding Circle adds to its growing list of business partners by signing up H&R Block to provide SME referrals