In the United States investment opportunities in marketplace lending have long been limited to US based platforms for individual investors. However,...
Today, Cloud Lending Solutions, a cloud platform for marketplace lenders unveiled CL Exchange. I spoke to Snehal Fulzele, CEO of...
[Editor’s note: This is a guest post from Oleg Seydak, CEO at Blackmoon Financial Group, an emerging leader in...
Today, Cross River Bank (CRB), one of the leading banks supporting marketplace lending platforms, has announced they have closed a significant...
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[Editor’s note: This is a white paper from Diana Lande, Vice President, Asset-Backed Securities at Morningstar. Morningstar is a Silver sponsor at...
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Europe awoke this morning to find that the second largest economy in Europe no longer wants to be part of...
[This is a guest post from Brock Blake. Brock is the Founder and CEO of Lendio, a marketplace for small...
[Editor’s note: Many of us have questions on marketplace lending loan valuation so when we were approached to see if...
A recent study by Harvard Business School looked into the contribution of marketplace lending on the overall lending market; while companies like Lending Club and Prosper have improved consumer access to affordable loans the study also discussed whether these types of platforms are too transparent; this transparency according to the study gives large investors who leverage the availability of data an advantage in buying loans resulting in an uneven playing field. Source
While the numbers have dropped significantly since the 2010 peak, personal bankruptcy is still a significant issue in the U.S....