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While giving a keynote speech at LendIt Europe 2017 Upgrade CEO Renaud Laplanche laid out his three biggest predictions for the near future; the growth of online lending will accelerate in the next 15 months, a meaningful secondary market will develop and rebundling will give birth to one major consumer product innovation in the next 15 months. Source.
SuperMoney reviews the new US consumer lending platform founded by Renaud Laplanche; firm is an online lender focused on personal loans, also offering consumer credit monitoring and education for its customers with benefits for high quality borrowers; SuperMoney outlines the platform's underwriting standards, application process, and pros and cons versus competitors. Source
Renaud will kick off day two of LendIt Europe with a keynote speech discussing online lending 2.0 as well as the US online lending industry and its role within fintech overall; Laplanche is currently the CEO of newly founded US consumer lending platform Upgrade; the platform raised $60 million from a Series A fundraising and launched in April 2017. Source
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