LendIt has announced the judges for its annual PitchIt @ LendIt Europe competition to be held on October 9 and 10; judges include Rob Moffat of Balderton Capital, Reshma Sohoni of Seedcamp, Dan Cobley of Blenheim Chalcot and Patrick Meisberger of CommerzVentures; in comments regarding the competition and its judges, Jason Jones, co-founder and chief executive of LendIt, said: "The high caliber of judges we've had over the years is a testament to how the competition has evolved, and it's inspiring to see another strong panel taking to the stage for the competition. I'm confident that their diverse professional backgrounds will see one of the most exciting PitchIt competitions yet." Source
Renaud will kick off day two of LendIt Europe with a keynote speech discussing online lending 2.0 as well as the US online lending industry and its role within fintech overall; Laplanche is currently the CEO of newly founded US consumer lending platform Upgrade; the platform raised $60 million from a Series A fundraising and launched in April 2017. Source
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Watch live today at 2:30pm ET as LendIt Fintech International Innovator of the Year award winner Imad Malhas, CEO, IrisGuard talks about financial inclusion, technology, and refugees at the World Bank Group Meetings. Source.
LendIt Fintech has added a new in-person event in Europe called Merge: Where Banking and Fintech meet Web3.
LendIt Fintech has added a new in-person event in Europe called Merge: Where Banking and Fintech meet Web3.
European marketplace lender Lendix will offer loans to Italian SMEs; the platform will now support peer-to-peer loans from EUR30,000 ($32,175) to EUR2 million ($2.1 million) for Italian businesses; Lendix has originated a total of over EUR70 million ($75 million) in business loans from borrowers in France and Spain. Source
LHV UK, a payment infrastructure provider announces the submission of its UK banking licence application to the regulators.
Liberis, today announced that it has entered into a partnership with Barclaycard to offer their small business customers...