UK Based Starling Bank has been granted approval by the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority to offer financial products; the new authorizations will allow the bank to offer mortgages, consumer loans, ISAs and other investment products; they are the first mobile only bank to be granted such permissions. Source.
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Fintech firms are extending credit to UK manufacturers so they can stockpile...
Lend Academy provides 2017 predictions for the industry and analyzes last year's predictions in their article; predictions for 2016 that did occur included a new auto lending product at Lending Club, online lending platform launches from banks, an increased focus on retail investors and a new industry trade association; in 2017 predictions include at least a dozen new bank partnerships, positive reception for the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency's fintech charter, lending platforms offering banking products, increased use of artificial intelligence and significant foreign investment from China in US platforms. Source
CNBC reports on institutional developments in the marketplace lending industry with statistics on the growing securitization market for marketplace loans; in 2016 securitizations backed by marketplace loans totaled $7.62 billion, a 300% increase from introduction in 2013; securitizations are expected to continue at a strong pace with SoFi dominating the 2016 securitization market with 58% of issuance and leading in 2017 with a $564 million securitization portfolio; other institutional investors are also reporting interest including Jeffrey Gundlach of DoubleLine Capital, Zurich Insurance Group, and property and casualty insurer Chubb. Source
Talking with Karen Webster of PYMNTS, NovoPayment CEO Anabel Perez said that...
Orchard's weekly snapshot highlights some new securitization activity in the online lending market; SoFi has filed for its third securitization of 2017 (SCLP 2017-2); Kabbage has filed for their first securitization of the year; in its fourth quarter 2016 earnings report, Lending Club also reported a new securitization program with quarterly issuance of up to $100 million. Source

LendingRobot shares returns for the second quarter; aggregated return for the LendingRobot series was 2.7% year to date; there are currently four risk-based funds in the series ranging from short term conservative to long term aggressive; loans included in the funds are from Lending Club, Prosper, Funding Circle and Lending Home; the series funds are available to accredited investors for investment. Source
Mastercard has teamed up with Urban FT and the payment services subsidiary...
Marqeta last raised a round of funding at a $1.9 billion valuation...
Student loan startup Savi has raised a $6mn series A round led...
