2/16/2023 3:10:00 PM Kennek raises $4.5m in pre-Seed funding By Samantha Wulfson U.K. based alternative lending software company raised $4.5m in pre-seed funding led by Dutch Founders Fund.
11/3/2022 10:04:25 PM Plend raises £40m in Seed funding By Samantha Wulfson London based ethical lending company raised £40m in Seed funding led by Active Partners.
9/23/2022 2:11:55 PM HSBC, Goldman, Santander Ink $810 Million in Financing for Kavak By Kate Wang Kavak, Latin America’s biggest startup, signed structured financing agreements with HSBC Holdings Plc, Goldman Sachs Group Inc and Banco...
6/13/2022 6:05:37 PM Swoop raises £5.4 in Series A funding By Cristobal de Atucha London based SME financing firm raised £5.4m in Series A funding led by Velocity, Arab Bank Ventures, IAG and WeHo Ventures.
2/2/2021 12:00:00 AM The Future of Fintech: Trends & Opportunities in Lending By FinTech Collective Please join Jason Guss, CEO of portfolio company Octane, and Matt Levinson, Principal at FinTech Collective, to discuss the future of...
4/11/2020 2:55:36 AM PayPal, Intuit QuickBooks approved to take part in coronavirus, SBA emergency loan program By Faisal Kawar PayPal and Intuit are among the first non-bank, fintech companies to be approved for the program. The SBA published guidelines for...
7/19/2019 5:52:05 PM UK Investors should have seen through Lendy’s 12% promise By Gareth Jones It sounded too good to be true — and it was. Lendy went into administration in May. You can read the details of its miserable demise at...
3/15/2019 6:03:01 PM Why Goldman Sachs Is Interested in a Small Bike Shop in Mexico By Gareth Jones Goldman's $100m credit line to Credijusto, a 4yr old alternative lender in Mexico, from their special situations group in New York is the...
2/22/2019 7:10:45 PM Fintechs help boost US personal loan surge to a record $138 billion By Gareth Jones The unsecured personal loan market in the US increased 17% last year, reaching $138b. Fintech companies issued 38% of all U.S. personal...
8/2/2018 9:59:16 PM In Second Act, a Silicon Valley CEO Opens Up About Affairs By Gareth Jones Mr. Cagney, formerly of SoFi, opens up to the WSJ on his consensual sexual relationships with staff and how he misled the SoFi board of...
5/18/2018 3:04:32 AM Goldman Sachs eyes Germany for expansion of Marcus By Gareth Jones Goldman Sachs plans to extend its Marcus consumer bank across Europe and has picked Germany as the market to follow its imminent UK launch
4/10/2018 2:33:38 PM Fintech Firm GreenSky Files Confidentially for IPO By Gareth Jones The company, which operates a lending platform that enables retailers, health-care providers and home contractors to offer loans to their...
2/16/2018 12:00:00 AM Amazon partners with Bank of America for its lending program By Gareth Jones In his shareholder letter 2yrs ago, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos said he was looking to team up with banks that could help his company expand...
12/8/2017 9:30:12 PM Make your money roar with Tim Hong and Moneylion By Gareth Jones After launching MoneyLion Plus a new solution that gives consumers ongoing access to a 5.99% APR loan plus helps them grow their savings...
12/8/2017 3:14:10 AM Lending Club shares plumb new depths By Gareth Jones Shares in Lending Club dropped to a record low this week as it cut guidance for profits, overshadowing the company’s first investor day...
12/8/2017 12:00:00 AM Affirm Is Said to Be Raising Funding at $1.5 Billion Valuation By Gareth Jones The San Francisco-based startup is discussing an investment of about $150 million. The deal would value the company at $1.5 billion,...