We were already aware of Avant’s spinoff called Amount which provides various technology solutions to banks; Amount is now raising...
When I first started writing about this industry in 2010 I did it because I loved the concept and believed...
In episode 249 of the Lend Academy Podcast we interview Stephen Dash, the CEO and Founder of Credible, one of...
There has been a lull in US based fintech IPOs over the past several years. Both LendingClub and OnDeck went...
More big news out of Lending Club this morning. I reported in May about Google’s investment in Lending Club that...
In late March, 2017 we learned that Chinese online lender China Rapid Finance filed to go public, hoping to raise...
RateSetter Australia is looking into a potential IPO this year at a valuation around AUS$300m (£157.6m); according to Peer2Peer Finance...
Jianpu listed on the NYSE on November 16th under code JT; it is the fourth fintech company to IPO in the US in the second half of 2017; others included Quidian, Hexindai and PPDAI; Jianpu is a subsidiary of Rong360 and has an active user base of 95.8 million; the platform has provided 170,000 financial products in more than 350 cities. Source
Stripe's possible IPO sent excited waves through the industry. Many see it as the vote of confidence they have been waiting for.
In a move that was not unexpected Prosper announced today that it will no longer update its loan data on a daily basis. Data...