Tagged: auto loans

Fintech Upgrade to Offer Auto Loans

Upgrade, a neobank founded by noted Fintech entrepreneur Renaud Laplanche, has launched auto loans as a new credit offering. In an email from a company representative, Upgrade explained that the “full spectrum” auto lending product will serve all types of consumers from 580 to 850… Read More

Synthetic Identity Fraud Growing to “Record Levels,” New Report Reveals

U.S. lender exposure to synthetic identities is nearly $3 billion; Auto loans reach $1.8 billion representing more than 60% of total exposure to synthetic identities, according to an update from TransUnion (NYSE: TRU). As origination volumes for some credit products slow, a new TransUnion  analysis… Read More

Russian Fintech CarMoney Introduces Direct Listing on Moscow Exchange

The owner of CarMoney, a Russian firm focused on offering secured car loans, launched a direct listing on the Moscow Exchange on Monday (July 4, 2023) in a capital raise that valued the business at roughly 6.3 billion roubles (or the equivalent of $70.7 million)…. Read More

LendingClub Says Auto Lending Now Covers 94% of US Population

LendingClub (NYSE:LC) says its auto lending vertical, launched in 2016, now covers 94% of the US population. LendingClub was initially launched as a peer-to-peer consumer lender. Over time, it has morphed from a marketplace lending platform to a fully chartered digital bank. Adding new verticals… Read More

Zopa to Power Tesco Bank’s Online Auto Financing

Digital bank Zopa has agreed to power Tesco Bank’s online auto financing service. According to a note from Zopa, the partnership enables the Hire Purchase car finance online, helping customers to finance a car in as little as three minutes. Zopa notes there are around… Read More

SoFi Unveils Auto Loan Refinancing Options on Lantern

  SoFi, one of the most successful fintechs in the U.S., announced on Tuesday it has launched auto loan refinancing through its financial services product comparison platform, Lantern. SoFi reported it launched auto loan refinancing through its partnership with MotoRefi, an auto fintech startup on a… Read More

TransUnion Report Confirms that Credit Activity Keeps Rising from COVID-19 Pandemic Lows, Origination Activity Recovering

TransUnion (NYSE: TRU) confirmed that consumer credit activity keeps rising from the COVID-19 pandemic lows, but some areas like automobile loans (subprime) performance have lagged. As noted in an update published on February 18, 2021, by TransUnion, the company’s Q4 2020 Industry Insights report looks… Read More

RateGenius’ Annual Study Reveals: 2020 Savings on Auto Loan Refinancing Among Highest on Record

RateGenius, a U.S.-based fintech company with a proprietary consumer-lending platform, announced on Tuesday its annual study revealed the current state of the auto refinance market for 2021, finding that savings are at a historical high and interest rates are the lowest they’ve been in years,… Read More

U.S. Fintech RateGenius Surpasses $8.5 Billion in Refinanced Auto Loans

RateGenius, a U.S.-based fintech company with a proprietary consumer-lending platform, announced on Friday it has funded approximately $8.5 billion in auto loans. RateGenius reported that nearly $1 billion of those loans were dispersed in 2020, even though 85% of the company’s team worked remotely for much… Read More

Pagaya Expands into Auto Loans

Pagaya has expanded its consumer credit offering into auto loans, according to the Fintech. With a focus on fixed income and alternative credit, Pagaya is an asset management platform using machine learning and big data analytics to manage institutional money. Pagaya says that hundreds of… Read More

Ablrate Launches Portfolio Loans Product After Topping £30 Million in Total Funding & Securing £3 Million in IFISA Funds

Asset-backed lending platform Ablrate announced on Thursday it launching a new range of portfolio loan lending products. This news comes just after the platform topped £30 million in total funding and achieved £3 million in IFISA funds.  According to Ablrate, Portfolio Loans is described as a new type of loan… Read More

CFPB Orders Servicemember Auto Lender SNAAC to Pay Refunds & Fines

Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) took action against Security National Automotive Acceptance Company (SNAAC), an auto lender with headquarters in Ohio, specializing in loans to servicemembers, for violating a CFPB consent order. In 2015, the CFPB ordered SNAAC to pay penalties for illegal… Read More

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