In its most recent podcast, ReBank talked with Rob Moffat of Balderton Capital; the podcast provides a venture capitalist's view on European fintech; Moffat talks about the market opportunities for investment and the firm's investment portfolio; LendIt will also be featuring Rob Moffat as a PitchIt judge at this year's LendIt Europe event in October. Source
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Online mortgage broker Trussle is currently in the early stages of talks with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to potentially overhaul the mortgage application process; the plan that Trussle is pitching to the FCA is to help standardize documents needed in a format that they are needed in; Mr. Mahli told FTAdviser: "There's an unnecessary inefficiency in the way mortgage applications are packaged and submitted, which varies wildly from lender to lender. Uncertainty is the last thing a buyer wants when making what's often the biggest financial decision of their life."; currently the FCA will not comment on talks that are in such a nascent stage. Source
Writing in AltFi Steven Bisoffi, Payments Advisory Lead at Huntswood, asks if 2019...
Prosper recently published their third quarter results; the company grew originations 6% from the previous quarter to $821 million; reported a net loss of $26.9 million largely due to non-cash charges related to warrants as part of the consortium deal announced this year. Source
American Banker shares some of the companies that may stand to benefit from the Equifax hack as identity verification becomes top of mind; Mitek is planning to roll out a new product called Mobile Verify for Lending; other companies that have similar solutions include Trulioo, VixVerify and AuthenticID. Source
RealtyMogul offers accredited and non-accredited investors debt and equity real estate investments through its crowdfunding platform; the firm has now raised over $290 million online from over 135,000 investors; Crowdfund Insider talks with Co-Founder Jilliene Helman who recently won LendIt's Fintech Woman of the Year award. Source
Habito has raised its Series B funding round, led by Atomico; existing investors Ribbit Capital, Mosaic Ventures and Revolutionary (Ad)Ventures also participated; total funding is now EUR27 million ($35.14 million) for the London based company; the company brings the mortgage process online, describing itself as a digital mortgage broker; one of their biggest competitors is Trussle; funds will be used to integrate with major retail banks and high street lenders; Habito also plans to expand offerings to other parts of the mortgage process including home and life insurance. Source
BBVA and digital business account provider Azlo struck a partnership that focuses on freelancers; with the freelance worker trend increasing the bank is looking to position themselves to better serve the market; BBVA invested in and helped incubate the company through their New Digital Businesses unit; this is part of a wider trend at the bank to help innovation, both inside and outside the bank itself. Source.
Morgan Stanley has upgraded Lending Club's stock to overweight; the stock closed at $4.81 on Tuesday, November 2; analyst, James Faucette, notes the company's new executive leadership and positive capital growth potential for 2017; says the stock could increase to $17; company reports earnings on Monday. Source