Marketplace Lending

Salad Money, a pioneering social enterprise, and D•One, The ClearScore Group's open banking services arm, have recently entered into a significant partnership.

India-based FinTech unicorn Pine Labs raised $285m in a new round of funding which valued the firm at $3bn.

TomoCredit, a credit card that helps first-time borrowers build a credit history, has collected $10m in its Series A round.

Free2, a financial services platform aimed at helping over 55s, has received a £200m securitisation facility from NatWest Markets to help the FinTech issue customer loans.

CUNA Mutual Group, a broad financial services provider, and CarSaver, an automotive e-commerce marketplace and FinTech platform, have partnered to launch the industry's first online marketplace and FinTech e-commerce platform for credit unions.

Specialist VC investor Augmentum Fintech has joined Prime Ventures and others to help European small business lender iwoca to £150m of equity and debt capital.

In a bid to enter the crypto market, lending firm LQD Business Finance launched the development of a bitcoin business lending platform.

Spanish FinTech company Payflow has reportedly added additional funding to its seed round, bringing the total to €2m.

A wave of venture capital investors have backed a $110m financing round for MPOWER Financing, a student loan provider for international students applying to US institutions.

SME lending bank B-North has closed its latest crowdfunding campaign in excess of £2m.