PitchBook provides its insight on the fintech market in 2017; cites securitization as a positive factor for the online lending market with marketplace lending securitizations at $5.4 billion through the third quarter of 2016, an increase of 86% from 2015; also notes robust data providers including Orchard, DV01, MonJa and PeerIQ as another positive factor for the marketplace lending industry's growth. Source
PitchIt@LendIt and the LendIt industry awards were two highlights of the two day LendIt USA conference; Nova Credit was the PitchIt winner, presenting its business plan for the world's first cross-border credit reporting agency; on Tuesday evening LendIt also announced award winners in 18 categories at its first LendIt Industry Awards Show. Source
CEO Tom Burnside from LendingPoint provides his insight on how to be successful in the online lending business in this featured blog post; gives five factors for success; Tom Burnside is optimistic about the industry's growth and potential as well as the success of LendingPoint; in 2016, LendingPoint gained steadily as it continued to focus on providing credit for underserved consumers through fair credit underwriting. Sponsored Blog Post
LendingRobot is launching a new fund for accredited high net worth investors and using a basket of new technologies to automate management of the fund; LendingRobot plans to use automated portfolio algorithms and automated platform investing to manage the fund; it will also use blockchain for fund reporting and fund auditing; Kadhim Shubber of Financial Times shares information on recent Lending Club performance as well as thoughts from UK-based fund P2PGI. Source
There have been many bank partnerships with marketplace lenders however there haven't been any done with real estate crowdfunding platforms; Allen Shayanfekr, CEO of Sharestates, predicts banks will partner with real estate platforms in 2017; says banks could lower costs and require less investment in new products by partnering with real estate platforms; Allen Shayanfekr outlines three types of scenarios for partnerships including: bank as originator, bank as capital provider and white labeling. 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
Marketplace lending has evolved from personal loans to numerous verticals; Prime Meridian Capital Management discusses real estate lending and investment opportunities it offers in comparison to other real estate products; provides examples of platforms including ShareStates, Patch of Land, Realty Mogul, LendingHome and Money360; gives details on loans and the investing process for real estate platforms. Source
India-based platform, KredX, who focuses on providing short-term working capital to blue-chip companies, has raised a Series A round; Sequoia Capital has joined existing investor Prime Venture Partners in the round; company was founded in 2015 and has facilitated 3,000 transactions ranging from Rs 1 lakh to Rs 1 crore (approximately $1,600 to $214,000); company views invoice discounting market opportunity at $100 billion. Source
ProducePay was previously a LendIt PitchIt finalist; the company provides an online financing platform for farmers of perishable goods; they recently announced a $77 million debt and equity funding round that will help it expand its business financing. Source
Professional Bank Services and Austin Associates have merged to form ProBank Austin with offices now in Louisville, KY, Nashville, TN and Toledo, OH; Professional Bank Services specializes in a range of risk management services for community banks including compliance, safety and soundness, audit and management consulting, as well as M&A advisory, also offering education and training to financial institutions, state banking associations and government agencies; Austin Associates provides consulting and investment banking services including M&A advisory, a variety of strategic planning services for stress testing and profitability analysis, and technology software solutions including the firm's LoanPricingPro software; the combination of the two firms will create one of the nation's most robust community bank consulting and investment banking firms. Source