7/22/2022 6:48:26 PM TomoCredit raises $22m in Series B funding By Cristobal de Atucha San Francisco based alternative credit card provider raised $22m in Series B funding led by Morgan Stanley’s Next Level Fund.
5/4/2022 8:50:20 PM Possible Finance raises $20m in new funding By Kate Wang Seattle based lending startup raised $20m in new funding led by Union Square Ventures, Canvas Ventures and Unlock Venture Partners.
5/4/2022 1:51:37 AM Line raises $7m in Seed funding By Kate Wang San Francisco based inclusive lending fintech raised $7m in Seed funding led by Massive.
5/4/2022 1:39:57 AM Point raises $115m in Series C funding By Kate Wang SF based home equity-for-cash company raised $115 million in Series C funding led by WestCap.
4/28/2022 7:47:44 PM HomePace raises $7m in Series A funding By Kate Wang Park City based home equity financing startup raised $7m in Series A funding led by LEN X.
4/28/2022 7:41:26 PM Outfund raises £115m in Series A funding By Kate Wang UK based alternative financing startup raised £115m in Series A funding led by Force Over Mass, PostFinance, 1818 Venture Capital and...
9/18/2020 5:12:59 PM German fintech startup backed by Peter Thiel taken down by coronavirus By Gareth Jones Monedo, formerly known as Kreditech, once the largest German fintech startup backed by the likes of Peter Thiel, JC Flowers and media...
6/11/2020 10:49:09 PM How Payday Lenders Target Consumers Hurt by Coronavirus By Gareth Jones By joining up with out-of-state banks U.S. payday lenders are bypassing ad bans on Google and Facebook and marketing loans that typically...
10/25/2019 3:20:51 AM Anyfin "Loan shark zones" By Gareth Jones Campaign magazine recognized portfolio company Anyfin's recent marketing push, taking name-based puns to the next level with a series of...
6/7/2019 2:04:41 PM SoFi Loses Three Top Executives By Gareth Jones 3 top executives from SoFi are leaving the firm in the coming weeks, adding to the challenges the company faces as it moves through a...
4/5/2019 7:10:20 PM BBVA loan links interest rate to digital milestones By Gareth Jones BBVA has sold a $350m revolving credit facility to Singapore-based Olam International whose interest rate will decline as the borrower...
3/15/2019 6:23:23 PM How big data really fits into lending By Gareth Jones The FT's Alphaville digs into Moody's description of what future data sets, like education, academic scores, labour profile, job history...
1/18/2019 3:00:05 AM Short-seller Bonitas Research targets US-listed Chinese P2P lender By Gareth Jones Short-seller Bonitas Research has attacked Beijing-based lender Hexindai, a US-listed Chinese peer-to-peer lender, accusing it of...
12/21/2018 9:49:13 PM Want a Better Credit Score? Soon, Your Cellphone Bill Could Help By Gareth Jones Experian have announced they will start factoring in bill payment information for some consumers early next year.
11/2/2018 8:56:31 PM Student-Loan Debt Is Crushing Millennials By Gareth Jones Education researcher Erin Dunlop Velez crunched data that was recently released by the Department of Education, and found that only half...
10/5/2018 9:36:46 AM What a £1.2bn company looks like By Gareth Jones The FT thumbs through the Funding Circle prospectus and notes that it has a long way to go to grow into its valuation.