Funding Circle surpasses $10b in loans, plans aggressive partnership strategy
Funding Circle, the U.K.-based peer-to-peer lending platform, hit a $10 billion milestone in loans to small- to medium-sized (SME) businesses...
Starling adds peer-to-peer lender Growth Street to its marketplace
Starling Bank recently added peer-to-peer business lender Growth Street to its in-app marketplace. Growth Street's revolving credit facility product is...
German payments giant Wirecard targets US with new app
Wirecard, a Germany-based payments firm that works with brands and retailers, recently launched its first U.S. mobile application in an...
Verrency, Coinify team up to enable crypto payments through banks
Payments provider Verrency and virtual currency platform Coinify are partnering to enable customers to carry out digital currency payments through...
How digital lender Earnest is charting its growth path
At $6 billion in refinanced student loans, digital lender Earnest is rapidly growing its reach. The six-year-old company offers student...
With Softbank investment, working-capital marketplace C2FO closes $200m round ‘for global expansion’
The business-to-business credit market just got a big boost from Softbank's Vision Fund. C2FO, a nine-year old working capital digital...
LendingClub envisions a ‘marketplace bank,’ seeks charter
Peer-to-peer lending platform LendingClub is exploring the possibility of obtaining a national bank charter as it adjusts its strategy following a...
Rewards app Ibotta closes Series D round, in talks with ‘large banks’
Ibotta, a seven-year-old cashback rewards app, has raised an undisclosed amount of Series D funding, led by Koch Disruptive Technologies,...
Starling Bank on track to reach £1b in deposits by year end
Starling Bank seems to be taking flight, quite literally. In a letter published by CEO Anne Boden earlier today, the...
Experts weigh in on Libra and digital currencies at Senate committee
Facebook's digital currency Libra continues to rile lawmakers. The U.S. Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, which held a...
