Raisin is looking to expand on their deposit marketplace by offering a term deposit product to European SMEs; this will allow SMEs to earn money on their cash instead of dealing with negative interest rates that have been prevalent across Europe; currently Raisin has enlisted Banco BNI Europa from Portugal, Younited Credit from France and Greenhill Bank from Germany in the product. Source.
Kontomatik shares how easy it is to start a lending company with the help of data via banking APIs. Source
AltFi reports on the new deal where Varengold Bank AG will provide £45m annually to the platform; Varengold is a German private bank which was granted a commercial banking license in 2013; MarketInvoice recently signed a similar partnership with Banco BNI Europa earlier this year. Source
Deposit marketplace Raisin moved into the UK market by acquiring Manchester-based fintech PBF Solutions; Tamaz Georgadze, Raisin’s CEO and founder, tells AltFi “The acquisition of PBF gives us the opportunity to significantly broaden our offer to UK savers and deposit takers." Source.
Younited Credit is a marketplace lending platform that operates in France, Italy and Spain; the round included the French public investment bank Bpifrance among several other investors; total funding is now €103 mn for the company; François Fournier, chief innovation executive of Bpifrance stated, "We were attracted by Younited Credit’s team and by its unique positioning built in Europe. Its innovative digital platform model, great product agility thanks to big data, as well as its solid regulatory strategy, inspire confidence and sustainability." Source
Martin Kissinger, the founder of Lendable is just 28 years old; he has built Lendable into a successful business that has lent £80 mn to 20,000 borrowers; the company had a growth rate of 430% in the last year and provides funds to borrowers in as little as two hours; article profiles Kissinger’s past work experience and more about Lendable. Source
The European Central Bank (ECB) is considering additional capital buffers to banks looking to incorporate fintech; the regulator says adding fintech to the bank will increase the potential for a volatile client base and the untested products will need a lot of capital; this is part of the recent draft licensing guidelines released by the ECB. Source.
CrossLend shares the history of the company and how they shifted their business in November 2016; discusses seven reasons to invest in CrossLend’s single-loan-backed notes. Source
ABN AMRO launched New10 to offer an initiative for SMEs looking to take out a loan entirely online; Mark Schröder, co-founder and Commercial Director of New10, "New10 responds to the desire of SMEs to finance their growth ambitions online, quickly, easily and clearly."; New10 provides loans ranging between EUR 20,000 and EUR 1 million. Source.
MarketInvoice inked another bank deal with Varengold Bank AG for £45mn ($60mn) in debt funding; according to AltFi MarketInvoice's capacity to take on institutional money has increased four fold since 2014; MarketInvoice have funded over 70,000 invoices and lent out over £1.5bn ($2bn). Source.