A new report from Equiniti found that 30 percent of millennials borrowed more than $1300 in the past year; borrowing has increased by 17 percent since 2015; 44 percent prefer to search for a loan on their phones and 47 percent said they would be willing to borrow from an unfamiliar lender; this is clearly encouraging for fintech firms but also shows challenges remain as millennials look for the cheapest, quickest way for funds. Source.
Solva, an ID Finance subsidiary that offers personal loans in Georgia, is now on the Mintos platform; Solva has disbursed 28,000 loans totaling EUR12 million ($14.3 million) since late 2016; Mintos provides a platform for retail investors to allocate to various online lenders; Boris Batine, ID Finance co-founder and CEO, stated: "Solva is an innovative product in global online lending. It was developed for prime clients and offers very attractive terms for personal loans. It closely resembles traditional bank loans, but with a focus on transparency, ease and convenience of service. Thanks to our technological innovation and efficient operations, we can offer investors a high annual net return." Source
Latvian marketplace lender Mintos has announced it will be expanding its loan offerings to include loans denominated in Czech koruna to avoid currency risk for investors; firm is the third European lender following Creamfinance and Acema to expand to the koruna; says it also has plans for additional currency offerings. Source
Factor 21 has done a management buyout with funding from Mobeus; the private equity firm provided a 9 million british pound funding line for the buyout; Jonathan Gregory of Mobeus will join Factor 21 as investor director; Factor 21 has been in business for over 15 years and has provided invoice funding of over 2 billion british pounds; the management buyout funding will help the firm grow business at its two regional offices. Source
Mode is teaming with payroll service PayEscape to trial the first bitcoin payroll program in the U.K., which deposits a user's wages into a Mode Bitcoin wallet.
Mollie CCO Ken Serdons said, "the entire ecosystem of developers, startups and agencies are incredibly important - both to our success and the success of our customers".
Monese originally launched as a digital bank focused on migrants moving across Europe who could not access the traditional banking...
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CEO Norris Koppel says it’s part of a broader push into credit and lending.
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