United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM) is one of the largest lenders in the country and is making their name known with...
2016 was a year filled with shaky investor confidence, compliance issues and bad credit performance in online lending; OnDeck CEO Noah Breslow's 2017 LendIt USA keynote focused on the challenges posed by 2016 and the trends for 2017 and beyond; after seeing how the industry reacted to these challenges he stated that he is now more optimistic than ever before; the industry is maturing and measures of success have shifted; the unstoppable trends include: customer awareness, trust and adoption of online lending, bank partnerships, constructive engagement between the public and private sector, and the global growth of online lending; he also predicts that by the mid 2020's nearly all small business loans will be made online. Source
The economic downturn has caused financial hardship to businesses and individuals everywhere triggering impacts to cashflow and credit delinquencies. As...
One of the best ways to learn what is going on during the current crisis is to attend live virtual...
LendIt Fintech continues to connect the fintech community during these challenging times; In partnership with Plaid, our next webinar will...
We’ve been hosting virtual content sessions for the past few months in order to help our community stay ahead of...
NEW! LendIt Fintech USA has expanded to a third day filled with six workshops running from 9:00AM - 1:00PM on April 11. Each workshop will be led by expert panelists and will provide training and case study discussions. ConsenSys Academy will be conducting the Blockchain workshop featuring intense learning on this headlining topic. Other workshop themes include Financial AI, Bank Technology, Success Through Diversity, RegTech, and Sales & Marketing. Workshops are available to all registered attendees. Three days away at Moscone in San Francisco. Register here
Renaud Laplanche's new consumer lending platform, Upgrade, has announced a new executive hire; John Dye will be joining the executive team as general counsel; John brings experience from Western Union and has also worked at Freddie Mac, Citigroup and Salomon Smith Barney; John Dye will support the firm's legal, compliance and regulatory operations; he is joined by Louis Shansky who has also been hired as deputy counsel. Source
Online lender Upgrade is opening an office in Phoenix; founded by former Lending Club CEO Renaud Laplanche, the firm launched in April with a fundraising of $60 million; the Phoenix office will be its first expansion from its San Francisco headquarters and the firm plans to hire 100 employees this year. Source
There are still funding rounds getting done during the pandemic, evenly solidly up rounds; Renaud Laplanche’s Upgrade has just closed...