marketplace lending

Is The Great Contraction Coming Soon To Alt Lending?
Is The Great Contraction Coming Soon To Alt Lending?
June 14, 2016  |  News

There is nothing we love more here at PYMNTS than … well, payments. There is little we find more inspiring than money moving from one...

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Invoice Finance Platform To Cover (Some) Investor Losses
Invoice Finance Platform To Cover (Some) Investor Losses
June 07, 2016  |  B2B Payments

As skepticism over the vitality of the alternative lending space grows, one marketplace lender in the invoice financing sector is looking to quell any investor...

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RateSetter Takes First Business Lending Steps
RateSetter Takes First Business Lending Steps
May 31, 2016  |  B2B Payments

Has the Lending Club debacle taught the alternative lending industry anything? Perhaps, but the lesson isn’t that the players should abandon the market. The marketplace...

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Banks Move To Protect Themselves From Online Lending Troubles
Banks Move To Protect Themselves From Online Lending Troubles
May 25, 2016  |  Alternative Finances

As the dust continues to settle from the great Lending Club explosion, the big banks of Wall Street are reportedly inking up their Plan Bs...

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Meet Lending Club’s Largest Shareholder
Meet Lending Club’s Largest Shareholder
May 24, 2016  |  Alternative Finances

Lending Club – and the alternative lending industry overall – has lost a lot of support in just a few short weeks following the sudden...

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The CFPB Sets Its Sights On Marketplace Lending
The CFPB Sets Its Sights On Marketplace Lending
April 28, 2016  |  CFPB

The CFPB has its eye on the biggest marketplace lenders in the U.S., and it is leaning toward bringing those online businesses under its supervision...

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FinTech Lenders Are Putting The Brakes On Customer Acquisitions
FinTech Lenders Are Putting The Brakes On Customer Acquisitions
April 11, 2016  |  Alternative Finances

As the wave of FinTech lenders who stepped into the markets after the financial crisis pushed much of their mainstream banking competition out of the...

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Lending Club, Funding Circle And Prosper Join Forces And Form A Trade Association
Lending Club, Funding Circle And Prosper Join Forces And Form A Trade Association
April 07, 2016  |  Alternative Finances

On the logic that everything is easier when taken on with a team, the big names in marketplace lending are joining forces and forming their...

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CFPB Opens Floodgates For Online Marketplace Lender Complaints
CFPB Opens Floodgates For Online Marketplace Lender Complaints
March 08, 2016  |  CFPB

The CFPB has officially opened up its online forum for accepting consumer complaints geared at those who have experienced issues from online marketplace lenders. The...

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