News·Sep. 8, 2011Lending Club Attracts Their Largest Investor EverToday Lending Club announced a big new investor on their platform. Peter J. Thomson, a director at Thomson Reuters and... Read Full Story
Peer to Peer Lending·Jun. 22, 2015Marlette Funding: the Fastest Growing Marketplace Lender in the USYou could be forgiven for never having heard of Marlette Funding. They have only been in business for just over... Read Full Story
Peer to Peer Lending·Oct. 21, 2014Orchard Lands a $12 Million Investment from Some of the Industry’s Biggest NamesWhen I profiled Orchard back in February, the company was just a few months old and fresh off a $2.7... Read Full Story
Peer to Peer Lending·Feb. 18, 2014Orchard Looking to Build Out the Online Lending EcosystemEvery Saturday, I include links to the most interesting blog posts and news articles of the week. And most Saturdays... Read Full Story
Peer to Peer Lending·May. 13, 2014Peerform Making a Comeback With a New Underwriting ModelI first wrote about Peerform over three years ago. They had just launched and were looking to be the number three... Read Full Story
Peer to Peer Lending·Mar. 12, 2013Lending Club Loans Being Snapped Up QuicklyBack in the old days, as in last year, Lending Club regularly had more than 1,000 loans and sometimes 2,000... Read Full Story
Peer to Peer Lending·Apr. 29, 2014NoteX360 – Order Management and Execution for Institutional InvestorsIf you go into any major hedge fund or Wall Street firm today you will likely find graduates of Baruch... Read Full Story
Peer to Peer Lending·Sep. 12, 2017Orchard Launches New “Deals” Platform Connecting Institutional Investors and Originators[Update: There will be a webinar at 11am ET on September 27 on the The Orchard Deals Platform brought to... Read Full Story
Peer to Peer Lending·Aug. 31, 2017Peerform is Back With an Interesting New Investment Partner Random Forest CapitalI first wrote about Peerform way back in 2010 when they began life as Lendfolio. Even though they are not... Read Full Story
Fintech One-on-One Podcast·May. 22, 2020Podcast 248: Jon Barlow of FinitiveRaising capital for non-bank lenders is a time-intensive endeavor and the same could be said for investors deploying capital on... Read Full Story