Since 2008, a number of changes have occurred affecting the U.S. financial industry and its regulations; simultaneously financial technology has also been evolving rapidly and market conditions have actually been a catalyst for P2P lending platforms; Forbes finds, as many market experts have recently discussed, that P2P lending platforms' extension of credit to a more diverse range of borrowers and built in accountability through investors and lenders, is providing a new type of support for the credit market that could help to prevent another crisis in the future. Source
Shadow banking in China increased to 58 trillion yuan which is more than 80% of GDP, according to a report from Moody's; total social financing has now risen to an estimated 220% of GDP; Moody's says light regulation in the nonbank sector is a concern and the new regulations proposed by the government are needed to help manage risk and keep the business from causing major liquidity problems for the broad market. Source
Lending Club announces Q3 earnings on November 7th; LendingRobot provides a review of past quarters including comments on regulation, revenue and loan performance; shares three things they are looking for in the next release including results from corrective actions, a clear path forward for 2017 and a hint of something new. Source
Initiative Ireland is a new peer-to-peer lending platform; they are planning to raise 2 million euros for startup operations through Ireland's Employment and Investment Incentive Scheme; the firm hopes to provide returns of 5% to 7% per year to investors and total loan savings of 20% to 30% for borrowers versus traditional bank lenders. Source
Chinese regulators raided over 40 companies in China to investigate for illegal activities pertaining to the country's newly disseminated laws; investigators found property agents listing homes that owners had not agreed to sell and providing false information about properties; with a focus on real estate property investing, the investigators also found P2P lenders offering down payment loans after they were recently restricted by regulators. Source
IRA Financial Group, a New York provider of retirement plan solutions, is offering a self-directed IRA for P2P loan investors; the firm has designed the IRA for P2P lending; loan investments in the self-directed IRA would be tax deferred. Source
Student loan marketplace lender, Earnest, has completed its fourth securitization; Goldman Sachs and Barclays were the lead arrangers; portfolio valued at $174.44 million; the October securitization is the fourth for the year with previous securitization deals in February, May and July. Source
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
The Innovative Lending Platform Association (ILPA) has released SMART Box for small business lending disclosure and transparency; Lend Academy provides more details and insight from Kathryn Petralia of Kabbage in their article; the SMART Box is intended to provide standardized pricing, cost of capital and verbiage that borrowers can use for credit analysis and comparison. Source
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) will use Borrowell's technology to offer loans to their existing clients with one click of a button; the loans can be up to $35,000, involve a streamlined online application and will be funded within 24 hours; they will only be offered to a select group of CIBC clients to start; David Williamson, Group Head of Retail and Business Banking, CIBC, says, "Our partnership with Borrowell is based on our shared view that the process for borrowing money for personal banking clients could be improved in the digital age, while retaining all of the prudent risk management criteria you would expect from a major bank." Source