MonJa Monthly News Update- August 2017
Here are some of the top stories and trends of July 2017 for marketplace lending investors and industry watchers: Industry News: 07-05-2017- ORCA CELEBRATES PEER TO PEER LENDING UK SURPASSING £10 BILLION MARK (Orca/Blog) 07-05-2017- New Milestone: Orca Celebrates P2P Lending Achieving £10 Billion Mark (Infographic) (Crowdfund Insider) 07-06-2017- Orchard & Experian Form Strategic […]
MonJa Monthly News Update- July 2017
Here are some of the top stories and trends of June 2017 for marketplace lending investors and industry watchers: Industry News: 06-05-2017- Is Marketplace Lending a Safer Investment Than the Stock Market? (National Real Estate Investor) 06-06-2017- Act Two: Renaud Laplanche Joins LendIt’s Lang Di Fintech as Keynote Speaker (Crowdfund Insider) 06-12-2017- What do […]
The State of Federal Regulation in Marketplace Lending
As our team prepares to attend LendIt 2017, the World’s Biggest Show in Lending and Fintech in New York next month, we find ourselves thinking about the current state of federal regulation in marketplace lending. In industry news today, there’s a lot of buzz regarding updates to the special purpose fintech charter announced by the Office […]
TRANSCRIPT: Liquidity Outlook (2nd Annual Investors' Conference On Marketplace Lending)
The following is the transcript for the panel entitled Liquidity Outlook: Establishing a Secondary Loan Market held at the 2nd Annual Investors’ Conference On Marketplace Lending on December 1, 2016. Visit IMN’s website to listen to the full audio session. Participants Michael McLaughlin, Senior Managing Director (MACQUARIE GROUP) Rupert Taylor, Founder (ALTFI DATA) Joseph Besecker, Chairman, President & […]
Why Marketplace Lending Fund Returns Look Terrible
Since the end of 2015, the marketplace lending industry has been seen in a negative light. The news portrayal is a result of several events- the Lending Club upheaval, platform job cuts, consumer loan defaults, and more. Funds appeared to be performing poorly. As a result, investors have pulled back from investing, opting to wait […]