The Financial Conduct Authority's P2P lending standards have caused only 40% of P2P loans to be covered under the HM Treasury's 36H regulation; 36H regulation is a compliance factor that P2P firms are concerned with; the differing definitions involve the matching of the loans; the complex process of institutional pre-funding and subsequent loan matching has been a factor resulting in discrepancies between the loan matching definitions from the 36H regulation and the Financial Conduct Authority's definition. Source
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Point of sale finance is not new, but it has changed significantly over time; panelists share how point of sale finance was done 40 years ago and what it looks like today; companies are working with merchants in different ways to serve their customers at the point of sale through improved user experience, buying power and saving the sale; the panel talks about how they go about pitching retailers including how point of sale can help the 100 million consumers who have FICOs of below 700, a demographic that Zibby serves; unique models represented on the panel are Acima Credit's lease to own product and Summit Amerifirst's product which finances home improvement loans through contractors. Source
In 2016 the student loan securitization market increased compared to 2015 and in 2017 the market has already been off to a good start; the panelists discuss the reasons for this trend of increased issuance including knowledge, confidence and a default rate of just 3 bps; in the case of the refinance product, supply has created the demand; panel also comments on the current regulatory landscape and the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) Program which guarantees student loans; on the whole loan side, the panelists talk about the interest from investors, why they are deploying capital to the student loan market and the kind of returns they can expect; finally the panelists talk about risk retention and the importance of fintech in the origination of assets. Source