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Nava Finance Ltd. has announced plans to launch a new marketplace lending platform in the UK in 2017; the platform will be called Nava and will focus on near-prime consumer credit loans with investment only from institutional investors; the founders believe their experience and credit underwriting models can provide competitively priced loans for borrowers and competitive market returns for investors. Source

Marketplace lending originations have been increasing significantly in the US and China however in 2016 both countries saw a number of challenges influencing the market and increasing risk; Moody's analyzes market similarities and differences in the two countries; reports on the variance in lending model structuring; notes that US marketplace lenders are more deeply integrated with partner-bank relationships; while structuring and partnerships vary considerably between the two countries, there are similarities, including reliance on big data, lack of credit cycle testing and ongoing development of regulatory standards. Source
One of the main challenges with the emergency loan process is access...
Yesterday, LendingClub shared that they were laying off 460 people, accounting for...
Former IMF managing director and newly-appointed president of the European Central Bank...
A new association has been formed in the marketplace lending industry with a focus on fraud prevention; the Online Lending Network was launched this week at Money 20/20 and will work with ID Analytics on loan tracking and fraud risk solutions; Lend Academy provides more details in their article; focus is on technology from ID Analytics that helps to prevent loan stacking and predict a borrower's intentions. Source
China was once home to the largest p2p lending market in the...
The second round of the Paycheck Protection Program launched this morning at...
Lend Academy talks with Andrea Jung of Grameen America in their podcast; Grameen America is a non-profit lender with a concept founded by Muhammad Yunus who has won a Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts; it provides small business loans to female entrepreneurs; Andrea talks about her career experience and the Grameen America business model, explaining how it has evolved from the original Grameen started by Muhammad Yunus; Grameen currently boasts a default rate of just 0.3% on $620 million of lending. Source
