2005 Digital Banking Lending 
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DECEMBER 1, 2019
Launched in 2005, Zopa is considered one of the world’s first P2P lenders, lending almost £4 billion to consumers in the U.K. Acquiring our banking license is the starting point for Zopa to become a major force in retail banking,” said Jaidev Janardana, Zopa’s chief executive, in a statement last year.
PYMNTS
JUNE 24, 2020
million) from new and existing investors in two funding rounds since applying for the banking license in 2016, and it added several former banking executives to create a board. At the time, Zopa said it raised £60 million ($67.7
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Fintech Labs Insights
JULY 30, 2024
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Fintech Labs Insights
AUGUST 26, 2020
In the first 9 years of YC (2005 thru 2013), only 24 YC companies were in the fintech space though two of those early participants are now decacorns ($10B+). Startups 2005 1 2006 0 2007 1 2008 1 2009 2 2010 2 2011 6 2012 5 2013 6 2014 13 2015 19 2016 17 2017 27 2018 23 2019 40 2020 50 Source: YCDB.co, TechCrunch. Year Fintech.
Fintech Labs Insights
NOVEMBER 19, 2021
A defunct Canadian bank, Bayshore Trust, launched the first online loan application in March 1996. Top 30 Alt-Lenders (Digital) Lending to Small-to-Medium Businesses (SMB) in the United States. Founded: 2005. Related: Top 17 Online Digital Corporate Credit Cards for Small Businesses (Dec 2021). Charlston, SC.
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MAY 12, 2021
A defunct Canadian bank, Bayshore Trust, launched the first online loan application in March 1996. Alt-Lenders (Digital) Lending to Small-to-Medium Businesses (SMB) in the United States. Founded: 2005. Online Digital Banks for Small Businesses (SMB) May 2021. Camino Financial. Lighter Capital. Pittsburgh.
Fintech Labs Insights
APRIL 12, 2024
Long before fintech was a thing (1995), I launched the first, and by most measures the biggest, newsletter during the first two decades of online/digital banking. It was called Online Banking Report and was read by a sizable portion of major industry players.
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