Lend Academy features two companies, Landed and Fundrise, who are taking a unique approach to building to new homes and providing down payment assistance. Source
With the huge amount of data available today is large scale borrower fraud a thing of the past? Peter Renton,...
Lend Academy looks at the shift of returns and interest rates at LendingClub; the company recently brought F & G loans in house and there is a noticeable shift in loan grades offered by the platform. Source
Goldman Sachs has been busy acquiring companies to boost its consumer facing business; they now have expertise across consumer lending, small business lending and real estate; Lend Academy shares their latest acquisitions, including the acquisition of Final, a credit card startup; it seems as though credit cards was the missing piece and it's possible Goldman Sachs will enter the credit card business. Source
Many consumers love the convenience of digital communication but still seek live human interaction. Source
The tech focused small business lender, Kabbage, has announcement the acquisition of Orchard, the leading loan analytics provider in the...
In collaboration with Energy 4 Impact, UKAid and the CME Group Foundation, the Cambridge Center for Alternative Finance has released a study on crowdfunding and P2P lending in Africa and the Middle East; Lend Academy provides details of the report in their article; covers 46 countries in Africa and 12 countries in the Middle East, featuring data on 70 alternative platforms. Source
Kabbage's study shows the increased usage of mobile devices for loan applications. Source
Peter Renton, co-founder of LendIt shares his takeaways from LendIt Europe 2017; discusses presentations from many of the presenters on the keynote stage. Source
The Global Fintech 100 list by KPMG and H2 Ventures has been highly publicized and is a leading point of reference for the global fintech market; Lend Academy provides insight on this year's list in their article; the list includes companies from 23 countries with two groupings for established and emerging companies ranked by five factors; marketplace lending reported the greatest representation by category with 32 companies; by country China led the list with four of the top five rankings. Source