South East Asia SME marketplace lender First Circle has announced new funding that will help it further develop its business in South East Asia; the firm was the first to begin lending to SMEs in South East Asia offering its loans in the Philippines; it provides loans for underserved businesses through use of a proprietary underwriting system; the firm says it will use the new investment funding to further develop its technology platform and lending business in the Philippines. Source
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Understanding the products that work for you as a consumer is a key question all borrowers ask themselves; at LendIt USA 2017 the panel entitled Consumer Lending Leaders of Tomorrow discussed some of the up and coming platforms in the market today; LendingUSA focuses on point of sale financing to offer installment loans for expenses like a medical procedure, Uplift Financial uses 600 million pieces of data to tailor the best loan product to you from their network, MoneyLion provides financial wellness advice to help the consumer better understand the loan that fits their situation and BorrowersFirst uses their technology to offer a low cost product to their borrowers; these lenders have taken the time to understand consumers so they can provide the type of variety people are looking for in a market that continues to evolve. Source
Institutional investors and small banks increased their small business lending in March, according to the Biz2Credit Small Business Lending Index report; institutional lending approvals increased to 63.6% and small bank approvals increased to 48.9%; the approval rate at big banks was unchanged at 24.1%; the approval rate at credit unions decreased to 40.7%; the approval rate at alternative lenders decreased to 58.2%. Source