ApplePie Capital has built a dynamic marketplace lending platform with a range of high net worth and institutional investors focused on business lending for franchises; Lend Academy talks with ApplePie Capital CEO Denise Thomas in their podcast; the podcast provides in-depth details on platform loan terms for franchisees; Denise Thomas also gives insight into the small business franchise market and talks about recent capital investments for the platform. Source
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Diwakar Choubey of MoneyLion speaks with Lend Academy in their last podcast of 2016; MoneyLion is an online lender also offering a financial wellness app; firm has received significant funding in 2016; MoneyLion launched in 2014 with an initial focus on a data decision services platform which later evolved into a full service lending platform; firm currently functions as a balance sheet lender but plans to expand to a hybrid approach in 2017. Source
The CEO of Prime Meridian Capital Managements gives his thoughts on marketplace lending today and what investors need to know. Source
Much has been written about machine learning and the impact it will...
Emmalyn Shaw is one of the managing partners at Flourish, a rebrand...
The CEO and Founder of FS Card talks about the challenges of creating a new credit card company for the underserved. Source
The former CEO and Co-Founder of Dealstruck shares his entrepreneurial journey and reflects on the demise of his company. Source
Money360 is a marketplace lending platform focused on commercial real estate; Evan Gentry of Money360 provides insight on the firm in a Lend Academy podcast; the firm offers loans of $1 million to $15 million for commercial real estate properties; it has two primary products, shorter term bridge loans which are mainly funded by high net worth investors, family offices, hedge funds and institutional investors and then permanent longer term loans funded by banks and credit unions; the company has also launched an open-end fund which allows investors to invest in a portfolio of the company's commercial real estate loans; it has plans for continued growth in 2017 with the goal of $1 billion in annual originations over the next few years. Source
Small Business Administration (SBA) loans are a popular source of funding for small businesses in the US; SmartBiz Loans is one of the online market's leading providers of these loans; Lend Academy talks with Evan Singer, CEO of SmartBiz, in their podcast; SmartBiz recently became the number one provider of SBA loans under $350,000, beating out big banks such as Wells Fargo for smaller dollar loans; Evan Singer talks about the firm's business and the origination process which involves a network of bank lenders. Source
The Fintech Junkie talks about his new white paper, The Copernican Revolution...