Tagged: lending

May 11, 2023 @ 11:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

There are signs of confidence returning to the UK’s 5.5m small and medium-sized businesses and the lending market they rely on, iwoca’s latest SME Expert Index finds. The new research, “carried out with over one hundred SME finance brokers who collectively submitted over 2,500 SME… Read More

May 11, 2023 @ 7:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ocrolus, a key player focused on AI-driven document automation for faster and more accurate lending decisions, announced it has integrated GPT embeddings from OpenAI into its set of technologies. The addition of OpenAI GPT embeddings “strengthens Ocrolus’ ability to process semi-structured and unstructured documents, such… Read More

May 9, 2023 @ 7:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

MakerDAO, which claims to be the “longest-standing” DeFi lending protocol and creator of DAI, the original decentralized stablecoin, has announced the official launch date of Spark Protocol, a MakerDAO-centric decentralized application. Starting from May 9th, Spark Protocol will “serve as the underlying infrastructure for Spark… Read More

May 4, 2023 @ 9:01 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

LexisNexis Risk Solutions released its latest Small and Midsize Business (SMB) Lending Fraud Study. Based on a survey of lenders, SMB lending fraud “has increased significantly during the past 12 months, with many smaller banks, credit unions and fintechs expecting fraud levels to worsen over… Read More

April 30, 2023 @ 11:54 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The crypto lending business model has come under intense scrutiny following a spate of recent credit events. Credora is helping “rebuild confidence in credit markets through transparency, and the lending infrastructure provider announced a $6 million strategic funding round with S&P Global and Coinbase Ventures… Read More

April 24, 2023 @ 6:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In a move that should help lenders make better, more informed decisions on credit applications submitted using blockchain technology, TransUnion (NYSE: TRU) has partnered with Spring Labs and Quadrata in order “to deliver off-chain credit scoring to DeFi and Web3 applications (internet applications based on… Read More

April 23, 2023 @ 10:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Peach Finance recently conducted a survey of fintech lenders in order to obtain their feedback and insights regarding the current state of lending.. As the fintech industry continues to grow and evolve, one of the most promising areas of innovation is lending…. Read More

April 23, 2023 @ 6:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Clear Capital, a national real estate valuation technology company, announced an expanded relationship with CoreLogic, a global property information, analytics and data-enabled solutions provider, “to assist lenders in modern valuation and appraisal readiness.” Through an existing integration, Clear Capital’s recently launched Universal Data Collection (UDC)… Read More

April 23, 2023 @ 6:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Finastra research reveals that just one in ten financial institutions are “not currently seeking to integrate fintech solutions, indicating that 90% are actively pursuing new fintech partnerships to improve their offerings.” A key pain point is “the automation of digital workflows, with respondents saying only… Read More

April 19, 2023 @ 7:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

British Business Investments, a wholly-owned commercial subsidiary of the British Business Bank, aims “to increase the supply and diversity of finance for smaller businesses across the UK by boosting the lending capacity of a range of finance providers.” Since it was established in 2014, British… Read More

April 18, 2023 @ 11:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

PeerBerry recently revealed that its business partners are repaying €1.8 million worth of war-affected loans. PeerBerry writes in a blog post that under the current Group guarantee mechanism in 14 months of the war, the investment platform’s business partners have already repaid €36.8 million, or… Read More

April 17, 2023 @ 8:34 am By Omar Faridi  |  

A report published by the UK’s small business lending platform, Funding Circle (LSE: FCH), in partnership with insights consultancy Savanta, looks at “how resilience for small businesses and the impact of staff wellbeing is more important now than ever before.” Small businesses have “been hard… Read More

April 13, 2023 @ 7:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

SMBs based in Latin America have received another boost in lending services with the recent $4 million investment in Kala, a Colombia-headquartered firm creating Fintech infrastructure for enabling more efficient lending. The firm, which has been co-founded by Manuel Alemán, Rodolfo Lazo and Pablo Cattólica… Read More

April 13, 2023 @ 7:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

October explains that embedded lending is a relatively new concept in the financial technology (fintech) sector that has been “disrupting” the industry in recent times. Ravis de vous partager aujourd’hui quelques unes de nos références partenaires utilisant déjà notre offre embedded ! Ce qui leur… Read More

April 9, 2023 @ 11:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In March, the total investments on Mintos saw “a surge of €90.7 million worth of Notes funded, with interest earned by investors amounting to €4.3 million.” This was largely “driven by a decrease in pending payments.” The average interest rate for March “was 12.6%, resulting… Read More

April 9, 2023 @ 11:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Bondora says that they truly believe in working hard and “celebrating hard.” Each update, no matter how small, should be acknowledged, the Bondora team added. And there were some significant milestones to celebrate in Q1 of 2023, the firm reveals. Bondora celebrated… Read More

April 9, 2023 @ 9:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In March, PeerBerry investors reportedly funded €65.53 million of loans, “i.e., €10.23 million or 18.5% more than the previous month.” In March, their investors “received €877 001 in interest.” 1071 new investors joined the platform last month. The average annual ROI on PeerBerry “in March… Read More

April 9, 2023 @ 2:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

After a “quiet” February, Robocash slightly increased volumes and continue “to provide you with a stable income.” The platform has reportedly “exceeded 600 M euros of purchased loans since the launch of Robo.cash.” Changes in the Refer a Friend Program From March 10, 2023, the… Read More

April 4, 2023 @ 5:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Virginia Credit Union (VACU) is a state-chartered credit union that has served the central Virginia community for over 100 years. Vice President of Mortgage Lending, Mitchell Jones, said: “At the end of the day, our job is just to help our members live successful financial… Read More

March 29, 2023 @ 9:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

MakerDAO, which claims to be the longest-standing DeFi lending protocol and creator of DAI, the original, “decentralized” stablecoin, has announced the approval of the Maker Constitution. Succeeding in a Governance Poll on the MakerDAO forum, The Maker Constitution will gradually “change the operations of MakerDAO,… Read More