article thumbnail

Digital Lending Marketplace Offers $3M In Financing To Amazon Sellers

PYMNTS

Digital lending marketplace BitX Funding , which matches business owners and non-bank lenders, is aiming to help Amazon third-party (3P) sellers grow. ” The firm said Fulfill by Amazon (FBA) sellers have a “tremendous opportunity” to expand with the online economy.

Lending 159
article thumbnail

Lending Club Underwriting Questioned As Chargeoffs Climb

Bank Innovation

Scandals aside, Lending Club has been doing well in the area that mattered — borrowers were paying back their loans. But a new report from the Wall Street Journal indicates that chargeoff rates at Lending Club are up 38% since 2013. This is troubling because credit card default rates decreased over the Read More.

Lending 150
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Venture Capitalists Wary Of Online Lenders

PYMNTS

With an early string of alternative lenders having a tough go of it, startups looking to raise money are having to show how they will avoid the woes of the online lenders before them. The executive noted that investors are looking at the “viability of the overall lending model” and what effect it will have on the weaker players.

Online 100
article thumbnail

GAO: FinTech Firms, FIs Seek Alternative Data Clarity In Lending

PYMNTS

Government Accountability Office (GAO) said that financial regulators should look more closely at the role of non-bank tech companies in the small business (SMB) lending and consumer lending markets. Such alternative data, said the GAO, could pose risk to such lending decisions.

Lending 150
article thumbnail

Kabbage Acquires Lending Data Provider Orchard Platform Markets

PYMNTS

Small business lending platform Kabbage is making plans to acquire Orchard Platform Markets, a provider of lending data and services. Founded in 2013, New York-based Orchard initially provided Wall Street firms with data on the marketplace lending sector. Both companies declined to comment. billion.

Lending 108
article thumbnail

Alibaba Invests in Mobile Lending Startup WeLab

Bank Innovation

WeLab was founded in 2013, and now has over […]. The round included big names like Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, Credit Suisse and World Bank’s International Finance Corporation. This latest round of funding brings WeLab’s total to $425 million.

Mobile 150
article thumbnail

NY Regulators Launch Lending Club Probe

PYMNTS

In the latest chapter of the Lending Club drama, on Thursday (May 19), it came to light that New York’s highest-ranking financial regulator has launched an official inquiry into the online alternative lender. The requested New York information dates back to 2013.

Lending 100