Online Lending Monthly News. Here are some of the top stories and trends of April 2022 for online lending investors and industry watchers.
Industry News
4/1/2022 What issuers and fintechs should know about Amazon’s Chase deal (AmerBanker)
4/4/2022 As Wall Street banks embrace crypto, start-ups look to lure top finance talent (LendIt)
4/5/2022 US Fintech Cross River’s Latest Funding Round Tops US620m (FinTechMagazine)
4/6/2022 Here’s what financial institutions need to know to be ready for 2030 (LendIt)
4/7/2022 “Decentralized finance and blockchain are real”, says JP Morgan CEO. (AltFiNews)
4/7/2022 One third of UK shoppers want to pay with crypto in 2022 (AltFiNews)
4/8/2022 American Express Increases Speed for Fintech Firms to Issue Cards on Amex Network, Supported by i2c (CrowdfundInside)
4/11/2022 P2P property lender Blend Network secures £120m from family offices (AltFiNews)
4/11/2022 Crypto Investors Take Profits, Outflows Top $134 Million (CrowdfundInside)
4/12/2022 The history of Open Banking: Birth of a billion-dollar revolution (AltFiNews)
4/12/2022 VC crypto investments grow tenfold in LatAm (LendIt)
4/13/2022 Open Banking Fintech TrueLayer Introduces European Payments with Instant Deposits, Refunds, Withdrawals (CrowdfundInside)
4/13/2022 Digital bank Umba raises $15M, plans to expand into three new African markets (TechCrunch)
4/14/2022 Crypto-backed P2P lending platform raises $2.7m (p2pfinancenews)
4/14/2022 Economic uncertainty seen driving demand for real-time payments (AmerBanker)
4/20/2022 Why this credit union says AI can reduce lending bias (AmerBanker)
4/21/2022 Nexo launches the first crypto-backed credit card in the world (LendIt)
4/21/2022 Plaid’s Billionaire Cofounder Is Back With A New Startup–A Fintech-Friendly Bank He’s Running With His Wife (Forbes)
4/22/2022 P2P Lending Market is set to experience a significant growth rate. (digitaljournal)
4/25/2022 5 market niches banks are reaching with technology (AmerBanker)
4/26/2022 FT Partners releases Q1 insight report (LendIt)
4/27/2022 Buy now, pay later “hottest trend” in lending, says TransUnion exec, who underscores importance of trust (AltFiNews)
4/27/2022 Estateguru sees lending rise by 9% in first quarter (AltFiNews)
Platform News
4/4/2022 Profit puts Zopa on track for stock market flotation (thetimes)
4/15/2022 Funding Circle partners with Pitney Bowes for SMB lending (LendIt)
4/18/2022 Monzo co-founder leads £275k angel round for new lending fintech (AltFiNews)
4/18/2022 Funding Circle partners with Pitney Bowes for SMB lending (LendIt)
4/20/2022 Funding Circle co-founder raises millions to launch payments start-up (p2pfinancenews)
4/22/2022 Funding Circle founder Samir Desai Acquires $30M in Funding for Fintech Super Payments (CrowdfundInside)
4/28/2022 LendingClub Deposits Grow 68% in Wake of Radius Bancorp Acquisition (pymnts)
4/28/2022 LendingClub earnings beat Q1 expectations (LendIt)