Will Banks be Ready for the Change to Banking as a Platform?
BBVA recently announced a banking platform in the U.S. complete with a full suite of products; business clients can gain access to more than 60 financial products and services, which they can then...
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A New Lending Platform With a Singular Focus
The two main p2p platforms in the U.S. have split personalities. They have to because they are catering to two different sides of their marketplaces: the lender and the borrower. But it makes for a...
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[Editor’s Note: Today we have something a bit different. Rather than discussing p2p lending from an investor perspective this article is for the platform operators, specifically those entrepreneurs...
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NoteX360 – Order Management and Execution for Institutional Investors
If you go into any major hedge fund or Wall Street firm today you will likely find graduates of Baruch College’s Masters of Financial Engineering (MFE) program working at the trading desk. The MFE...
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The Most Important Chinese P2P Lending Companies
Over the past nine months we have worked independently and in conjunction with our friends at Wangdaizhijia, a Chinese P2P lending media firm, to research the huge Chinese P2P lending market. As we...
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Peerform Making a Comeback With a New Underwriting Model
I first wrote about Peerform over three years ago. They had just launched and were looking to be the number three platform in the industry. But they failed to gain much traction and never established...
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An Update on Peerform
In an industry dominated by Lending Club and Prosper it is easy to stay focused on the top two players. But there are other alternatives in the unsecured consumer loan space and one of the up and...
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The Canadian Marketplace Lenders Part 1
This is part 1 of a 2 part series on the Canadian marketplace lenders. In this series, you’ll learn about the state of lending in Canada and about the major marketplaces operating Canada. What’s most...
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The Canadian Marketplace Lenders Part 2
This is part 2 of our 2 part series on the Canadian marketplace lenders. Be sure to read part 1, which provides an introduction to the Canadian lending market and highlights two other marketplace...
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Perspectives from Marketplace Lending Platform Founders at LendIt USA
I am just getting back after taking a vacation following LendIt USA 2016. While the lead up to LendIt USA, which is our largest conference is a busy time of the year, the conference always goes by...
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Ten Marketplace Lending Options for Accredited Investors
Last month Ryan provided this great rundown of marketplace lending investment options for non-accredited investors. Today, we will do the same thing but provide some options for accredited investors....
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