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News RoundupOnline Lending
·Mar. 17, 2017

Creditas Raises $16mn from the ABS Market for Auto Loan Refinancing

Creditas, a provider of online secured loans in Brazil, has raised $16 million from the asset-backed securitization market and will use the proceeds to fund auto loan refinancings; the firm partnered with Empirica Investimentos Gestao de Recursos Ltda to launch the securitized investment portfolio, FIDC Empirica Creditas Auto; Creditas seeks to capitalize on an auto loan refinancing market opportunity that has seen increased risk from higher defaults with decreased lending from traditional banks; Brazil reports secured personal credit accounts for 1% of the country's outstanding loans; Creditas plans to offer auto refinancing at monthly rates of 1.99% to 3.65% for an annual rate of approximately 37% which compares to bank rates annually of 120%.  Source

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News RoundupOnline Lending
·Mar. 6, 2017

Creditas Releases Lending Market Report on Brazil

Creditas is an online secured loan provider in Brazil; the company has announced the release of its 2017 Brazil Lending Market Report which provides an overview of the country's trends in consumer lending; also reports on market metrics including interest rate spreads and outstanding debt by lending categories.  Source

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News RoundupOnline Lending
·Mar. 6, 2017

Brazilian Online Lender Creditas Announces $19mn Funding Round

Creditas, a provider of online secured loans in Brazil, has closed a $19 million funding round which included investment from World Bank member, International Finance Corporation (IFC), Naspers Fintech, Redpoint Eventures, Kaszek Ventures, Quona Capital and QED Investors; the financing marks the first investment in fintech from IFC, a global leader in emerging market private sector investments; the firm plans to utilize the new capital for new distribution channels, technology innovation, platform growth and market positioning; additionally the firm also plans to reduce its minimum interest rate from 2.15% to 1.99% per month, which is compared to the average consumer lending rate in Brazil of 7.20%.  Source

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FintechNews Roundup
·Nov. 10, 2016

Brazil Becomes a Latin American Fintech Leader

Finnovista is a research and industry 'catalyst' firm that is tracking fintech growth across Latin America and Spain; in a recent report on Brazil, they track 219 fintech startups in the country, making it the most prominent Latin American country based on that metric; Mexico follows with 158 startups, then Colombia, Argentina and Chile each having 55 to 80 such startups; an infographic indicates that 26% of Brazil's fintech startups are in the payments sector, 10% in balance sheet lending (with some web presence or other innovation), 2% in true P2P lending and 8% in crowdfunding.  Source

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