LendingRobot and NSR Invest are robo-advisors in marketplace lending; the firms have now merged to become the largest robo-advisor in the space; Lend Academy discusses the history of each company and the reasoning behind the merger; discusses the unique aspects of each offering and what the go forward plan is for the merged company. Source
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As a thirty year veteran of consumer lending, loanDepot CEO Anthony Hsieh has seen his share of transformative changes; his keynote at LendIt USA 2017 focused on the modern version of consumer lending and how online lenders are only just scratching the surface; while originations have grown each year loanDepot still only accounts for about two percent market share as the second largest non bank consumer lender; he believes online lending is still in the bottom of the first or top of the second inning; non bank mortgage lenders now account for five of the top ten originators, a few years ago only two non bank lenders cracked the top ten; regulations, capital markets and technology have all contributed to the market changing since the crisis of 2008; he also talks about the future of the customer experience and their continued investment in technology. Source