ING Expands Instant Lending to SMEs in France and Italy
- 7 years 1 month ago
- P2P Lending
ING announced today it has started to offer online lending to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in France and Italy. The proposition fits ING's strategy to grow its lending business to SMEs and creating a differentiating customer experience. The offering has been developed in a unique collaboration with suppliers and fintechs, including Kabbage, the fintech ING is already offering instant lending with to SMEs in Spain since 2016. ING invested... more
Peer-to-peer lender TWINO Expands Operations in Russia with Second Originator
- 7 years 3 months ago
- P2P Lending
TWINO, one of Europe’s largest peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platforms, today announces that it is significantly expanding operations in Russia by adding new loans from its second Russian originator, onto its platform. The move is in response to high demand from both investors and borrowers.
Klarna Unveils P2P Payments Service
- 7 years 3 months ago
- P2P Lending
Klarna Bank AB (publ) is delighted to announce the release of our new free of charge peer-to-peer (P2P) payment service ‘Wavy’, which enables people to send and request money in a secure, fast and easy way.
SolarisBank Cooperates with Lendico
- 7 years 3 months ago
- P2P Lending
Lendico, the international peer-to-peer lending provider for small and mediumsized enterprises (SME), has concluded a cooperation with solarisBank, the first digital banking platform with a full banking licence.
Chinese P2P Firm Leadercf.com Explores Overseas Markets
- 7 years 3 months ago
- P2P Lending
Since peer-to-peer lending and financing (P2P) made its appearance in China a decade ago, the country has become one of the world's leading markets for the service, with pent-up demand causing the domestic market to grow especially rapidly over the last two years.
DoFinance Enters Asia and Opens a Representative Office in Indonesia
- 7 years 6 months ago
- P2P Lending
DoFinance opens European peer-to-peer investment gates to private investors in Asia. In becoming the first European-based P2P platform to open a customer centre in Indonesia, DoFinance connects a customer-oriented approach set to European standards and Asian investors.
P2P Lending Platform Assetz Capital Raises Interest Rates for Limited Time
- 7 years 7 months ago
- P2P Lending
Today Assetz Capital, one of the UK’s largest and fastest growing peer-to-peer finance platforms, revealed it was raising the interest rate on its popular 30 Day Access Account (30DAA) by 0.5% to 4.75% for a limited time. The 30DAA allows peer-to-peer lenders to invest automatically in loans and features automatic diversification to spread risk.
Isbank Launches P2P Mobile Payments
- 7 years 9 months ago
- Payments, P2P Lending
Making its customers’ lives easier with digital banking innovations, İşbank has launched a new P2P money transfer service, called as “Social Account”, which is available for the first time in Turkey.
P2P lender Flender Appoints Equifax to Support UK SME
- 7 years 9 months ago
- Platform Technology, P2P Lending
Equifax Limited, the consumer and business insight expert, has been appointed by new P2P lending platform Flender to support the underwriting of loans for UK SMEs.
Growth Street Unveils P2P Investment Opportunity for Individuals
- 7 years 11 months ago
- P2P Lending
Growth Street, an alternative banking service provider for SMEs, announced today that it is now listed as an Appointed Representative (AR) on the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) Financial Services Register. Formerly a peer to peer (P2P) platform purely for incorporated businesses to lend and borrow from each other, this new status allows Growth Street to accept individuals as investors on the platform. By expanding the range of investors,... more
TWINO Becomes First P2P Platform in Europe to List Loans from Russia
- 7 years 12 months ago
- P2P Lending
TWINO, Europe’s fastest growing peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platform, today announces that it has begun listing Russian consumer loans, making it the first P2P lender to offer European investors the chance to invest in the region. The Russian loans will be offered to investors with bank-beating returns of c.14% per annum. Investors will also be offered TWINO’s BuyBack Guarantee, which protects from borrower default risk.
LendIt Names Winner of PitchIt@LendIt Competition
- 8 years 1 month ago
- P2P Lending, FinTech StartUps
LendingWell, a single-platform P2P lending partner, has today been announced the winner of PitchIt @ LendIt, a competition aiming to find a future star within the online lending and fintech space. The competition is organised by LendIt, the largest conference series dedicated to connecting the global online lending community, in partnership with Capital One, an information-based lending company.
LendIt Collaborates with P2P Finance Association to Run Online Lending Conference
- 8 years 6 months ago
- Alternative Finance, P2P Lending
LendIt, the world’s largest online lending conference, today announced the launch of LendIt Europe 2016, its third annual European conference, to be held October 10-11, 2016 in London. LendIt is partnering with the UK P2P Finance Association, Europe’s premier lending association, for the second year to deliver what is expected to be its largest conference to date, with more than 1,000 attendees expected.
Basware & Indiegogo Partner to Provide Capital for the “Next Big Thing”
- 8 years 6 months ago
- Fund Management, P2P Lending
Highlighting the critical need for cash and working capital to grow a business, Basware, the global leader in networked purchase-to-pay (P2P) solutions, e-invoicing and innovative financing services, has launched a campaign with Indiegogo, the largest global crowdfunding and fundraising site, to provide capital for the “Next Big Thing.” The company is soliciting the expert opinions of corporate finance professionals to vote for the start-up... more
Blick Rothenberg: New Tax Relief on P2P Loans
- 8 years 7 months ago
- P2P Lending
Measures introduced in the latest Finance Bill 2016 to offer tax relief on Peer To Peer (P2P) loans are a welcomed move that could give individual investors higher returns on their savings, say London Chartered Accountants Blick Rothenberg LLP.
