After LendIt USA 2015 I took a two-week trip back to my home town of Sydney, Australia. This was primarily...
Ram Ahluwalia is the CEO and co-founder of PeerIQ, a leading data analytics provider; lenders are facing incredible challenges and...
In mid-July, we reported that the United States Treasury is seeking public comment from the marketplace lending industry. As part of their...
Today, Orchard announced that their Orchard US Consumer Marketplace Lending Index will be distributed on the Bloomberg Professional Service. The index measures the...
The Financial Stability Oversight Council's annual report includes a section discussing the risks of marketplace lending. Source
The canary is now 10+ years old as prominent platforms like SoFi and Upstart launched in the early 2010s, and Freedom Financial (now Achieve) has been around for two decades.
Millions of people have lost their jobs in the past two weeks which is having a tremendous impact on our...
Includes data from the UK, EU and the US; AltFi projects €2.8 billion to be lent in Europe in 2018 and £7.5 billion in the UK; this would represent a year over year increase of 73% and 43% respectively; overall 2017 was a bounce-back year for the marketplace lending industry across the globe. Source
The last 12 months has seen a lot of movement on the industry association front. Last year the Small Business Borrowers’ Bill...
[Editor’s note: Many of us have questions on marketplace lending loan valuation so when we were approached to see if...