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- Online SMB lending platform Yalber closes $20M senior credit facility
- BlockFi Raises 1.55M in Seed Funding
- BFS Capital Announces New $175 Million Credit Line
- Braviant Holdings Announces $7 Million Equity Raise
- Vested Ventures Completes Seed Round Investment in Dojo
- Crypto lending platform nears launch
- Fundrise Reports 2017 Performance. Total Return for the Year Stands at 11.44%
- Better Mortgage Milestone: Hits $1 Billion in Mortgage Loans Funded Since January 2016 Launch
- Even Financial Reports $3M Financing Round
The New York Fed's most recent Household Debt and Credit Report shows credit levels reaching new highs; total consumer debt for Q2 2017 was $12.8 trillion and student loan debt reached $1.3 trillion; Forbes highlights an increasingly upward trend in student lending which it says is being supported by federal government loans. Source
As always it was a busy news week with Washington getting ready to regulate stablecoins leading our top 10 fintech news stories
Understanding the millennial customer is a key for most lenders in the market today and Stephen Dash of Credible explains how his firm handles this challenge during his fireside chat at LendIt USA 2017 with Dakin Campbell of Bloomberg; identifying who the millennial is and how they consume information will help you to tailor your products to this group; 25% of consumers today fall into the millennial category and Credible believes a strong, focused product set will help them to service this generation efficiently; before looking to sell other types of services you must first build a relationship with them, trust can be eroded in an instant; ensuring a compelling value proposition is the key and fully understanding what the customer needs will help you to hold that customer over the lifetime; ultimately customers are co-owned and you can help to make sure your relationship lasts by showing a loyal and durable product set. Source
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The marketplace lending industry's first peer-to-peer lender has created a waiting list for new investors and is currently only accepting funds from existing investors; the investor waiting list began on March 9 and follows the previous halting of new money from all investors on its platform in December; the waiting list is another effort to keep processing times down; demand for loans on the platform was higher in February as more investors identified the loan investments for their high yields among other regional alternatives; Zopa has reported plans for expansion to secured car loans and is also continuing with its plans for launching a digital bank. Source